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| Looking for mc cartridge in $1000-$1500 range. When I saw the title of your post I was going to suggest you save yourself a little money and get a Hana SL. I have one and am very pleased with it. It comes really close to the $2,000 Van Den Hul MC Two I have on my main turntable. I love my H... | |
| Advice needed: am I going in the right direction? Just like all the other components in an audio system, DACs will have different sonic signatures. Some are "warm", some are "neutral", some are "bright", some are more detailed, etc. etc. etc.At the level your system is currently at those differe... | |
| Suggestion To The Moderators To Rid This Site Of Spam The SPAM seems to get cleaned up pretty quickly and there's not an overwhelming amount of it. I just ignore it. The proposed "solution" seems like more of a problem than the SPAM itself. | |
| Upgrade from my internal Primaluna phono stage... Audio Alchemy PPA-1? What else? First of all, I have not heard the Primaluna phono stage, so can't say whether an external stage would be "better", however this is from Primaluna's web site:"Built in phonostages are “throw in” and are rarely good quality because manufacturers a... | |
| Problems with Bluesound Vault and PC app finding Node2 that are wireless If you can't run a wire to the Nodes, here are a few things to look at:- A better router- A wireless repeater and/or Wireless Access Point- Does your cable modem also have a wireless router? If so, you might try turning it off. If the devices co... | |
| Advice needed: am I going in the right direction? That amp has multiple RCA inputs. You run a USB cable from your computer to a DAC. The DAC will have RCA outs that you can connect to one of the RCA inputs. You don't need digital inputs on the amp. Not complicated at all. I don't have any re... | |
| Catastrophic Accident! What To Do!? It would be worth a call to your insurance agent to see if your homeowners coverage covers your loss. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw My MOFI copy of Abandoned Luncheonette that I purchased from Discogs was advertised as "NM-", but didn't quite live up to that. It does sound really good for the most part, just not as clean and quiet as the "new" one I picked up yesterday.... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hall & Oates - Abandoned Luncheonette. I've bought a few copies of this including MOFI and a "hot stamper". I finally found one that sounds really clean, almost like new, for $5 today. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @slaw The vinyl itself had a little bit of noise but overall I thought it sounded great. One of the things that caught my attention was the production quality. I'm not sure I have the words to describe it, but it reminded me of older classic ro... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I picked up a nice used copy of Jack White's Blunderbuss and listened to that last night. I think that might be my favorite record of his. | |
| Jimmy Page, It's time to call your lawyers? I just about fell out of my chair laughing when I read this line from the Pitchfork review:"Brothers Jake and Sam Kiszka, on guitar and bass, are both wearing hippie costumes they 3D-printed off the internet. The singer, the wretched and caterwa... | |
| Back to the drawing board You should probably give the guys at SVS a call and see about doing an in home demo and getting some tips on proper setup. I'm with the others who question if the SVS subs were set up correctly at Best Buy. Your experience doesn't line up with m... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? I listened to Christian McBride's New Jawn last night. I really liked it, reminds me a lot of Ornette Coleman, some good free form instrumentals. | |
| Help- Review on Phono Stage I had one of their older phone stages, the Tube Box II and it was OK, but nothing to get excited about. I didn't keep it very long. The small format is nice.For $400 I'd get a Parks Puffin. I just bought one and to my ears it sounds better than... |