bugredmachine
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| New vs uses in your current setup Preamp, amp, DAC, Aurender, speakers, power cables, IC's, and SC's, all used. Rack was new, woohoo! Puritan was new. 2nd woohoo I was never in a position to have a $100k retail system at new pricing. Lots of research and sharpshooter shopping. | |
| advice on hiding cables https://www.audiogon.com/systems/10635 Maybe, as mentioned, elevate them and give an on-purpose look to them. I made mine from bowl blanks from Ebay and some time with the router table. | |
| Does Anybody Remember Rocket Speakers? i owned several pair in the day from AV123. I particularly liked the RS850's in my HT. | |
| Ice fans for listening during warm/hot days A little trick I have used for years is a 240 volt fan (like a small PC box fan) running at 120 volts so it is half speed and practically silent. If you need more airflow then this won't do it. I set it over the tubes on my preamp and with the per... | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments @captouch I don’t really feel that it is bright. I am a very analytical listener as well and like the air I get. Maybe that psyches me into a satisfaction level. My hearing is pretty decent to 14khz for an old man per the test 3 years ago. You’ll... | |
| Digital Room Correction vs Room Treatments I'm a firm believer that bass trapping can solve a lot of issues for little money and effort. Taming that low end helps a bunch as Eric pointed out. My room response before and after bass traps and treatments: https://www.audiogon.com/systems/10... | |
| Flatscreen between speakers Nice work. As cousin Eddie said, "BINGO!" | |
| 15 amp vs 20 amp FYI: Kil-a-watt will capture peaks. Didn't use a handheld meter. Certainly understand that 15 amps will never be reached even with transients. | |
| Problem with system Does this occur when cold or after the gear has been run for some time? Perhaps a faulty component exposes itself when the gear is heated up. | |
| 15 amp vs 20 amp @jea48 always makes sound technical explanations On a side note, you would be quite surprised how few amps you really draw if you were to measure your wall outlet to the system running at a high level. In the past, a similar system to my present ... | |
| My Favorite Tweaks, What is yours? All of you got me thinking about this and I had to make a list because it shocked me how many I have in my system. When you run out of the big buck pieces I guess the tweaks have been the gravy on the potatoes. Some are serious, some are for fun. ... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 KDS, you have a great amp so be sure to add a commensurate pre, IMO tubed, to match up with it. Keep that system at a high level and it will reward you. Then later we can talk cables (!). | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 @kds Great question. I have owned a few nice preamps in the last 10 years: Pass Labs XP12 - very nice unit. It was quiet and was everything you’d expect from Pass Aric Audio Motherlode - sound was okay, but as a single ended unit is was too noi... | |
| ??? WHY WHY WHY ??? Class A vs Everything Else After I tasted class A years ago I tried some class D to see if they could compete. Class A for me until I am forced into a different situation. Never say never, but as others have stated, so many Class A amps today don’t really get excessively ho... | |
| Tube Amp for Coda 8 Part 2 @kds I have an M1 and Coda 8. Going direct gets sort of dry and flat. So I always use a tubed preamp for musicality. |