blisshifi
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| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. +1 lewm I just get frustrated when I am trying to help and people misinterpret and assume that I am influencing decision-making in an illogical or biased manner (lewm, though thank you for acknowledging my clarification) or question my integrity ... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @yogiboy Again, "classic" is exactly what I meant. There are "classic" tube stage sounds and what Lew characterizes as "modern" stage sounds. "Classic" was NOT intended to pigeon-hole all tube stages to be colored and slightly rounded on top. This... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @lewm I was speaking about the Hagerman specifically, not tube stages in general. I don’t know how my comment was perceived to be a general statement on tube stages. In stock form the Hagerman is known to be rounded. Rolling better tubes helps thi... | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad) Also, in addition to being IN the shelf, from my experience Wilson and McIntosh will generally produce a very warm, less than resolving sound. Wilson benefits from "whitish" sounding electronics like Simaudio or Audio Research to sound its best. | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad) @mduffy18d The speakers you list are all very good, but in your case, implementation is everything. Sticking anything with a rear port or side firing direct on a bookshelf is always going to result in muffled imaging and will sound congested as th... | |
| Upgrading @clearthinker Thank you for the correction. I mixed up a word in the response which made a big difference in interpretation. I meant to say “Agree with those” not “Agree with most”. My suggestion still stands, as quality of power delivery is the f... | |
| Upgrading +1 ghdprentice for letting us know what is in your system. Agree with most that power cords is where I’d start, but it depends on the quality of the components. If your components use quality power supplies and your line isn’t that dirty (or you... | |
| Bookshelf speakers on a bookshelf (Sad) If you’ve really got money to spend, consider the Raidho XT1. if you want 85% of the performance for 70% of the cost, check out the Scansonic MB-1B. Both speakers are incredibly musical and highly resolving, and they play enormously huge for th... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. Both phono stages will handle your cartridge well. The benefit of the Musical Fidelity is that it works as a 'stack' with your amplifier. Its SNR specs are quite good, and Musical Fidelity has a pretty solid reputation for their phono stages. Son... | |
| Your thoughts on selling If you actually have vinyl worth buying, it should not be too hard to sell. What I did - I put a link to my discogs on Facebook Marketplace. Many people saw the ad, looked through my Discogs, and asked me to put packages together. This made it eas... | |
| Willsenton R8 Tube Amp with REL Subwoofer This is less a question specific to the Willsenton and likely more based on general subwoofer benefits based on your room size and integration. A properly integrated sub in that system will, yes, add more bottom end, but more than anything, it he... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. @bigmac1963 Can you describe the rest of your system for us? And what phono cartridge are you using? | |
| Troubleshooting Fosage Signature phono amp. You're absolutely right, I completely blanked on the SUT / design. I recalled the Fosgate being very noisy/microphonic on the MC setting, so I ended up getting an EAR MC3 SUT to pair it with. So you're right, something else might be causing the i... | |
| Prima Luna evo300 owners Gotcha - should you have any other questions on it, let me know. I’ve have a lot of experience with them and know their strengths and weaknesses well. | |
| Prima Luna evo300 owners @thecarpathian I mean to ask as well, have you upgraded the power tubes? |