bigkidz
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| Tube versus SS AC quality did not change with the Covid-19. Come on? More people would be drawing AC if that was the observation. If you build a component power supply that in effect cleans or lowers the noise from AC then that would be a plus (we do that) in... | |
| Loudness - Why has the industry stopped producing amplifiers with this feature any longer? Simply because it is not needed. Preamps & amplifiers can work at low volumes if they are designed correctly. | |
| Best DAC for around $2,500 or less Here are my comments from my listening experiences - don't take them personally please I build a R2R DAC but way out of your price range.From what has been mentioned above - I was not impressed at all with the following:WyredSchittBenchmarkMytekL... | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life Contact me. I am in Northern New Jersey and I manufacturer DACs, phono stages, preamps and amps. I can demonstrate what things sound like to help educate you. These ae reference component. I also have a few good dealers that can help you if you ar... | |
| Direct Drive vs. Idler Drive vs. Belt drive Interesting as VPI just came out with a DD TT. | |
| Do you like your speakers aimed directly at each ear or.... @jbmac75 My local dealer friend showed me this a few months back. An inch or two you could hear the speakers (sound) lock in. Funny but you could actually hear the sound change with a few inches of movement. I think Audio Physics has something... | |
| Help with upgrade bug... First try moving the speaker placement. I would try pulling them out 5 feet into the room just to see how that changes the sound. I am not one for power conditioning so I would take that out all together. The Benchmark is below average DAC, and... | |
| WAF -- Probably could have just pulled your speakers father out into the room and heard the same thing! LOL | |
| Counterpoint SA20 contact me I have someone buying a few old mosfets from me now so if you are looking for those I may have a few left overIf you want I can replace the mosfets with bi-polar transistor and offer upgrades to the amp that make it world class see m... | |
| Review: Alon Model I Speaker There are a few out there but I do not recall them. You should do a search.I am laughing to myself as this past weekend I stopped by my buddies house who has Alon Ones. He pulled them almost to the midpoint in his listening room and man did thos... | |
| Review: Alon Model V mkII Speaker Also have Alon V MKII compltee X-over set I can sell. | |
| Why don’t tube amps sound like tubes anymore? Wima caps wee used in most of the Counterpoint power amps and preamps. That being said, I would call those products not sounding like tubes even as hybrids. The mosfets gave that warm sound. Taking out the Wima for Nichicon and V-Caps retains ... | |
| Mundorf Silver Caps Call V-Cap and get one of there caps to replace them. | |
| Emotiva Repair That would be me I am in New Jersey so you would have to ship to me PM me if you wantPeter | |
| Feeling Tweaky Swap out your preamp resistors with Audio Note 2W non-magnetic resistors of the same value. |