blisshifi
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| What's the 911 on re-tips? Depends on how anal you want to be about the retip. For instance, most cartridge manufacturers want you to sent the cartridge to them for repair and they are expensive. But if you have someone else retip and try to sell the cartridge later, chance... | |
| How long should speaker cables be? +1 ozzy. This is “one” of the reasons monoblocks are made, to have very short speaker cables. Preferably 8’ or less. RCA should be 1M or less optimally, no more than 1.5-2M. Balanced XLRs can be run long. | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina X vs Yvette vs Sabrina (Regular) I had my Yvette with 4 feet from the wall to the back of the speaker, and I had bass traps in the corners and directly behind the speakers on the walls. Don't get me wrong, it sounded lovely. Many would have considered it endgame. But it wasn't ge... | |
| Opinions: Martin Logan Renaissance 15a vs. Bowers & Wilkins 800D3 @farne230 I would cross out the B&W. They need more space than 16x16 to get the best out of them, though you could go with a smaller model. IMO the ML Renaissance will sound better especially as they will drive less reflections on your side wa... | |
| Analog vs. digital @lldd I have had this same conversation multiple times, love it. Just in the same way where high dynamic range in photography can sometimes enhance the initial impression but does not replicate reality in the most natural way possible. Another exa... | |
| Wilson Audio Sabrina X vs Yvette vs Sabrina (Regular) @broadwayjoe the OP’s room is 16x14. I’ve found with Yvette and above, the speakers need at least 5’ from their backs to the front wall. In that size of a room, they would already be close to halfway out in the room. Your room is 34’ deep. You can... | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. Increasing the tracking force will not help the output gain of the Shure on your Sony table. Your Shure cartridge is listed at a 4.7mV output, nearly double of the 2.5mV output from a Rega Carbon MM (if that’s what’s on the Rega RP1), so that is v... | |
| Why do so many people have problems with bass? And to answer your last question, while bass interferes with the full frequency spectrum, most room mode problems manifest in the 45-95 Hz range. | |
| Why do so many people have problems with bass? People who realize they have bass problems usually will comment that it’s not the sound of the bass itself that is problematic, but sometimes you may hear them say that they are not getting the attack, texture and definition they would like. As m... | |
| Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped? @boxer12 I didn’t have that record player, but I played my Mickey and the Beanstalk record on my brother’s Fisher hifi stereo! | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. I agree with ghdprentice. Digital and vinyl investments used to be almost equal about ten years ago. Now I find that one needs to invest about $4-5K if they want their vinyl to rival their $1-2K digital front end. Does that mean the digital front ... | |
| Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped? @2psyop I used to be in the same boat. Vintage audio looks sexy, and the patina of having retro / hip-looking equipment is fun. Sometimes, the gear is not too expensive, either. But I became more interested in sound quality over time, and to ans... | |
| Has this happened to you? How can it be stopped? Fact. Vintage amplifiers have a much great lifespan than the average marriage. | |
| 3k Phono preamp upgrade options (JC3+, XP-17, etc) I at the same time owned the PS Audio Stellar and Pass Xono, which was around before the XP17. The Stellar was quiet and had more body than the Xono, but the Xono's resolution and dynamics were better, albeit sounding more typical to 'solid state'... | |
| MoFi controversy Whether an uncompressed digital source file was used for the LP mastering is another matter entirely and depends largely on the producer of the project. Thank you Ralph (@atmasphere) for this very informative post in its entirety and for your p... |