bimmerlover
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| LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS OF MY LISTENING ROOM I was in your situation and what I did was use GIK’s online resources and they had a sound engineer working with me. It’s basically free and relevant consulting. On their website, you request a free recommendations/estimation and you submit dr... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Not knowing what your budget is, it’s hard to make a recommendation. For full disclosure I am a fan of Audio Research, having gone through a number of preamps and amps in a step-by-step upgrade journey. Audio Research preamps stages are well kno... | |
| Directional wires/cables The brands of interconnects with directionality, as specified by the manufacturer, that I have, have all stated that the reason for the directionality is that the shield is grounded at the source end and is floating at the destination end. This r... | |
| Modding the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 and MK2 @richardselectronics greetings! Do you still provide/offer mods for the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1? If so how much does that cost/are there different options? They are selling the PS Audio Directstream DAC MK1 for $1,800 refurbished so with ... | |
| For Tube Folks... @viridian you statement ‘The "O" in NOS stands for original, as in unused, the way they came off of the assembly line. Once the tube has been powered up in anything other than a tube tester it is no longer NOS.‘ is incorrect The “O” does not st... | |
| My Sonus Faber Amatis have weak bass even though I'm running ML 536s--800 w/ch into 4 ohms A friend of mine, let’s call him M, has the SF Amatis and another friend of mine, P, and I went over there recently for a listening session. M had been tweaking his speaker placement for a good while and while the speakers completely disappeared... | |
| DIY Spekon Cable For Rel This may be an easy way to go, and is within your budget: https://tmraudio.com/shop-new/accessories/speaker-cables/kimber-kable-rel-cu-subwoofer-speakon-cable/ | |
| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing I would look at the PrimaLuna series of tube preamps. They are PrimaLuna EVO 100, EVO 200, EVO 300, and EVO 400. (Make sure you look at the preamps and not the integrated models, as the naming is similar.) They are built like tanks, sound very g... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @tablejockey I think you have completely missed one of the most important and appreciated aspects of playing vinyl records, and that is the visual, tactile, organic and emotional aspect of handling physical media. Beautiful album and gatefold desi... | |
| Entry Level Tube Integrated Amps I think a PrimaLuna EVO 100 Integrated is a great starting point. Very good quality and built like a tank. It’s also easy to tube roll. | |
| How To Control The Eager Beaver @larryi excessive antiskating would pull the stylus OUTWARD and not inward as your answer indicates. Furthermore, all records have a raised lip and that’s something a properly adjusted tt/tonearm should handle with ease. Thus, dropping the sty... | |
| More potential bad news for some big names... @secretguy +1 @grislybutter is off the mark here. Drama King. | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! @thecarpathian +1 (I agree, he has NO idea.) Many people just don’t understand how holding companies and combination of brands work. There at least as many successful combinations, enabling niche brands to spend more on R&D and marketing th... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh How can this possibly be worse than McIntosh being owned by a private equity firm, which now sold McIntosh to a company that has been immersed in the audio business for a long, long time. There’s no logic in many of these comments, speculating ab... | |
| Is Rega the easiest turntable to set up.... @lewm that is simply not true. The whole concept and science behind Rega turntables is that mass doesn’t reduce vibrations but transfer and store vibrations. It’s quite easily proven. Low mass and extreme stiffness does. Simply throwing more mass ... |