cakyol
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| Moving to the UK - Need Transformer I lived in Manchester UK from 76 to 98. I went to UMIST there.Where in Manchester are you moving to ?Cheshire, Stockport, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow & Handforth are fantastic places to live in.BTW, UK is 240 Volts, not 220.In any case, do not buy... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? The cartridge.No matter how you improve your tonearm and/or turntable, if you have a crap cartridge, you will NEVER get good sound, whereas the other way round, your chances are much better. | |
| Power cord supplied with Luxman L-509X Integrated Amp I’ve tried various audiophile power cables on my Bryston Integrated Amp and it doesn’t care what I feed it with. Bryston and Pass have long maintained that there is NO benefit in replacing the stock power cables with expensive "boutique" ones an... | |
| Luxman 590axii ventilation You need a quiet but stong fan. Otherwise you are being very adventurous. | |
| How long is it taking to receive a preamp? There is a guy on Diyaudio who builds Douglas Self's legendary preamp for about $700. The most original part of that preamp is that you can select the frequency at which its tone controls operate. I ordered one and cannot wait to get it soon. You... | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? Invest in a good sub, like Rel or one notch lower but excellent value for money: HSU research. | |
| Deciding if I like Class D. If you like what you hear, buy the class D. It will most likely be much much more efficient, smaller and lighter to carry around. Everything else being equal, those are definite advantages. Having said that, be aware that if the power supplies ar... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? Because of pretentious members who think that:- They hear better than others despite refusing double blind tests. It makes up for other inadequacies in their life. - The affliction with the completely mistaken belief that the more something costs,... | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? Get a sub or an amp with tone and/or loudness control. | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening What you need is an integrated with loudness control, for low level listening and still get the punch. Accuphase, Luxman and/or Yamaha would do. | |
| Budget Phono preAmp Schiit Mani MM/MC unbeatable at less than $150..... | |
| Cary V-12 blowing capacitors Not sure where those caps are but they blow Only becoz:- used polar caps instead of bipolar - used lower voltage than they need to be- something nearby is heating them upand less likely:- their ripple current capacity should be increased. | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope You have gone to so much trouble trying to prove your point. Just for you and out of respect for all that effort, hereafter I will rename it all to "copper oil" :) | |
| Power cord supplied with Luxman L-509X Integrated Amp Do you think that a company like Luxman would supply an inadequate power cord just to save a few pennies, having charged in excess of $5000 on average for their amplifiers, so that their reputation would be tarnished ?If the provided cable can han... | |
| One box do it all This has EVERYTHING you want at a very very good price:https://parasound.com/hint.phpEven MM and MC input stage, as well as digital. |