bimmerman2
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| Why is everyone so down on MQA? MQA CD's? How many bits are lost to make space for the MQA carrier? | |
| Is Imaging Worth Chasing? It’s one of the most important things in my opinion, and the goal of a properly set up space. If imaging and soundstage aren’t important to an individual in this game then why bother with high end, get a soundbar or a cheap set of earbuds and call... | |
| "High end" store snobbery I've made multiple purchases at both Reference Media and Hawthorne stereo, never had any issues. Truly not surprised that a lower end AVR was not considered as trade material. Don't take it personally. Craigslist and Ebay are full of them. | |
| Tube Preamp --> Solid State Amp That's the route I took with the Sopra 3's. First tried them with tube power and the impedance dip was apparent. Switched out to a 600w solid state pair and it livened them right up. I have a much more pedestrian tube pre than a McIntosh, but I'm ... | |
| need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments Having owned a pair, I’d suggest an amplifier that can handle the Arias 2.5 ohm minimum impedance, which many, especially integrateds, can’t. Also placement, Focals need very little toe in to image their best. The suggestions for room treatments a... | |
| diffuser or absorption panels, which would you choose? Why not both? GIK makes absorbers with scatter plates. | |
| New Rel Carbon Special Sub “Roars” when there is no signal! REL hookup to a balanced differential amp use the yellow and red together only, the black is unused. That's how they are attached to my differential monoblocks. | |
| "Best" 80's HiFi System Nothing says the eighties like a full complement of ReVox gear. This is a stack that I restored and put together for fun a few years back. Sold all of it off except the B77 reel machine. Also built a full Pioneer Spec stack, but that’s seventies. ... | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? I've used Kron when replacing Rega Aphelion cartridges, no problems with the products whatsoever and very fast shipping. I'll continue to shop his offerings in the future. | |
| Balance control? https://imgur.com/gallery/SOuJ60E Not sure how it operates electrically, but the manual says they can be used for channel to channel gain matching when replacing tubes | |
| Balance control? It’s pretty slick he has that inside there, the range of adjustment isn’t huge by any means, but it was enough to balance out the very slight imbalance I was getting. Took forever to track down what it was, did all the steps above, cart good, cabl... | |
| Balance control? They are different from the loading plugs, which I don’t use with my Aphelion cartridge as per Keith’s suggestion. The pots are inside next to the tubes and are labeled, you just have to remove the top cover. You can turn them with a small screwdr... | |
| Balance control? Resurrection of an old thread, but I also run a Herron VTPH-2A phono stage. Keith was kind enough to include gain and trim pots for each channel to help with tube imbalance if this is indeed the case. There can be many causes, as per the posts abo... | |
| Try This With Your SS Amp Why not both? | |
| My Major System Upgrades in 2022 and Impact of Each The gear upgrades look pretty nice, you seem to be set there. You should put a budget towards room treatments, which IMHO make more of a difference than cables, which would be the last on the list for me. |