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| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? Klipsch are what got me "serious" about this hobby. I've always had stereos, turntables, etc. since I was a teenager, but nothing of "audiophile" quality and as my finances allowed I focused more on home theater than 2 channel audio.I was at a lo... | |
| Qobuz Windows App I cancelled my trial. I'll give it another try in the future perhaps. Besides the performance of the app, I miss the "daily mix" and "my mix" playlists that Spotify and Tidal create. Both do a nice job of putting together music I enjoy while pl... | |
| Tubes vs SS preamp question.... I have tubes all the way - Rogue Audio M180 amps, Modwright LS 100 preamp, and Manley Chinook phono pre with Legacy Audio Focus 20/20 speakers. Definitely not too much of a good thing (to me), but none of those components have a strong "tubey" so... | |
| What's your go-to cheapie cartridge? A little north of your limit on price, but the Denon DL-301MK2 is a bargain at $400. I bought my last one for a lot less when Comet Supply was still selling them. | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? The Chinook will be a nice upgrade over the Tube Box and you should be very happy with it. | |
| Record cleaning and care Record cleaning is a good idea, even with new records. I buy a lot of used records and had gotten a bit lax recently, not cleaning them all. The shop I buy most of them from cleans most of their records (except the bargain bin stuff) with a VPI ... | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? My hypocrisy knows no bounds. | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? "First of all, it's a Klipsch..."I remember watching this a while ago, it is pretty funny. For the record, I have some Heresy I speakers and a have owned and still have a number of other Klipsch speakers (KLF-30, RF-7, RF-5, CF-3, CF-2, and a few... | |
| Technics SL-1700 feet You might look here: https://mnpctech.com/turntable-feet-replacement-isolation/I have no experience (yet) with their products, but just ordered a set of the large feet for my JVC turntable. I'll report back once I get them. The JVC turntable ha... | |
| How much difference will a phono stage upgrade make? I had a project tube box, I think it was the tube box S. It was okay, but there was a noticeable improvement when I replaced that with a jolida jd9. The musical surroundings Nova phonomena was also an improvement over the tube box. My most dramati... | |
| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? The Bluesound Node 2 is a great value and so is the Parks Puffin when talking about new products at MSRP.Some good deals I've come across... Perhaps the best was a pair of Klipsch CF-2 V1 speakers for $75. I picked up a vintage JVC QL-Y66F direct ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Steve Miller - Rock LoveThe Who - Who Are YouThe Nuns - Rumania | |
| Peachtree Audio 2.0 I have a Nova 300 and had taken it out of my computer system for a while in favor of a Heed Elixir. I've made a number of source and speaker changes since then and I have to say it sounds really nice with the Peachtree back in the mix. I'm using... | |
| Is it just me or has Quboz crashed? It was not working this morning. Seems to be back online now. | |
| Qobuz Windows App A follow up in case it helps someone else... I uninstalled the drivers for the other DACs I had on this machine and only left the one I'm using installed and the Qobuz app seems to work fine now. |