carlsbad2
Responses from carlsbad2
| I feel for you @noromance I typed up a good answer to your good question but decided it would take the thread into the ditch and deleted it. thanks though for a good question. | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? @inna I never said to kept it. I did answer the original question accurately though. | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps @rwwear That is indeed the common myth. I'll add that the name contributes to the popularity among those having to make a choice with limited info. Balanced sounds like a good thing to most people. Jerry | |
| Need help troubleshooting an amplifier. Stage 5? | |
| Perhaps the most annoying myth in audio of 2025? Talking about Loudness! If your system has to be turned up to sound good, it needs work. | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? @inna I graduate college and started my first job on June 15, 1982. i bought a new system with turntable a couple of months later. | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? I last upgraded my turntable in 1982. | |
| Do you agree with John Atkinson (and me)? On a good evening of streaming, I'll listen to music from more albums that you'll listen to in a week. | |
| Seeking a Power Conditioner ASR writes fiction to attract clicks. That said, have you ever seen a negative review (except the clowns at ASR)? Neither of them would be on my list. Go with a regenerator. Jerry | |
| Integrated amp with preamp tubes Pathos makes one. I know someone who loves his but I have never heard it. I've also heard this type of hybrid referred to as the "worst of both worlds". I am a big fan of full tube. In fact I have tube DAC. I have 3 sets of DHTs in series. ... | |
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest @koestner not sure if you were serious but there is probably something to your suggestion. | |
| Anyone hear of I use their silver AES/EBU. https://audiosensibility.com/blog/products-2/digital-cables-occ-copper-and-occ-silver/#!/Signature-SE-Silver-AES-EBU-XLR-Digital-Cable/p/559064559 Excellent. | |
| An IEC with grip The "grip" is a function of both the cable, and the female receptacle on your amp. I'd try to find out what brand it is and try their male. Or change the female out to a female of a good brand that I have a male to match. Jerry | |
| Chord M Scaler with HiFi Rose 130 streamer? the one thing that stood out in your post was "spotify". I'd try Qobuz or Tidal before I changed anything else. Streamer is much less important than DAC. The Qutest is a bountiful performer as it is great and not expensive. I didn't know you... | |
| Power cables and power conditioners I'll add that whatever you might think the high end power cable does to the electricity coming it, it will be totally undone by the PP12. the PP12 rectifies the power to DC and the inverts it back to AC. the quality of the power coming out of th... |