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| Power conditions for Integrated Amps +1 @lak Every home is different with regards to noise levels in their lines, and every power conditioner is different. There will be a few factors that will influence whether a power conditioner will be suitable for an amplifier (or any componen... | |
| Long digital or balanced cable run? I vote for the latter. Most digital cables are not really meant to be used in lengths longer than 1.5M to ensure the validity of sampling/clocking. The balanced interface on the other hand was designed for longer runs. | |
| DAC Questions @rblondeau I do recall some Cary CD 308 had SACD capabilities, some others had HDCD capabilities. By hooking up to an external DAC, you may be unable to play the high resolution layers of your SACDs or HDCDs as they typically require the use of th... | |
| How To Connect a DAC? @tcotruvo There is no issue with using RCA splitters to go to both your active speakers and subs. There are many DACs that will be better than the one inside of the Node 3. It you’re not planning to invest thousands, you should just look into Nod... | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl IME it is easier to get farther with digital at lower to medium investments than it is with vinyl. For instance, a ~$5K digital rig will require close to a $10K analog rig to rival it, but each medium will have its own strengths and weaknesses. Fo... | |
| Adjusting Azimuth on VPI Prime Signature Turntable @thankful You can get the Counterintuitive on most retail sites like Music Direct, even Amazon. | |
| Adjusting Azimuth on VPI Prime Signature Turntable I say no because loosening the side knobs, well, loosens them. This means that over time, they can move and not retain their place, adjusting azimuth to be off. If you don’t have one already, pick up the Soundsmith Counterintuitive, which allows... | |
| Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma @grislybutter Thank you for the compliment. FWIW the Elac was used in my home office, not the one shown in my virtual system. | |
| Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma @grislybutter One of my best friends bought a pair of their subs to fill in where his single driver high efficiency speakers were incapable of and seems to be happy with them, but I can’t say he’s experienced with sub integration. He also lives th... | |
| Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma If you don’t plan to have a ton of space behind them, consider front ported speakers. Elac UBR62 might be a pair to consider. I thought them to be very good for the money. They were Andrew Jones’ last speaker designs for ELAC prior to making the s... | |
| Rhodium...hmmm Rhodium isn’t typically selected for its conductance characteristics, but for its durability. Generally, via plating, it is very thin, very even, and very hard. Th hardness/smoothness allows for a consistent delivery of current on contacts similar... | |
| Cartridges +1 @dover I have witnessed this owning many VPI unipivot arms from the basic aluminum JMW 10.5, the 10” 3D with Valhalla wire, and two 12” 3DR. They are actually decent tonearms, but in hindsight I would never recommend putting a $5K+ cartridge ... | |
| Synergistic Research Euphoria HC power cord. @bwguy A few months ago, I did a bit of a power cable shootout including the following: Synergistic Research Atmosphere UEF Level III (not HC) Synergistic Research Atmosphere X Euphoria (not HC) Synergistic Research Galileo SX Shunyata Sigma N... | |
| DH Labs @drmuso and @baylinor … I personally find the BL-1 (aka the Silversonic cable) to be quite revealing but lean and can be seen as bright if your equipment is already transparent. I’m surprised you couldn’t tell a difference with the BL-1 iCable com... | |
| DH Labs @builder3 If you had bought the Dimension brand new, I suggest you swap the stock cables back in. It takes quite a while, at least a few hundred hours of play, for the Dimension to break in since phono signals are very delicate, and they are a bit... |