celtic66
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| What's my best upgrade options I'll throw my hat in the ring. Working off your desire for "more clarity, more crystal clear detail, maybe lower noise floor". The TT/cart recommendations are spot on. You didn't mention what everything sits on. A Quadraspire SVT stand will cl... | |
| Any real experiences with a Luxman C900u and C10x? Luxman C900u controls my ATC 50 actives. It is quite fast, dynamic and images well. It is fast enough to stay with the actives. Tubes were too slow. I love the sound, it is for me, perhaps not you. The C900u is fed by Weiss 4 channel 501 DAC ... | |
| No More Fake Reviews - So Who’s Gonna Tell Us What To Buy? FTC is brilliant… at rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Read Lina M. Khan‘s bio. She is a classic study in Ivy League machinery-cog dynamics. With her PhD (Probably hasn’t Done it), she will slay the dragon…of what? Human behavior? What ... | |
| ATC SCM50 (passive) v. Devore O/93 ATC 50 active is simply a screaming deal when you factor in the amp cost/matching as part of the deal and done. And yes, I own them. And yes, I’ve owned enough equipment to fill a Listen Up store. A few things to know: They hate bad recordings. T... | |
| New speakers for a new start? It's like a ride on the Wild Mouse. Fan of active, although I've systems with great passive transducers too. ATC actives are scary good, rub up against the electrostatic quickness without the laser beam effect and are economical considering nega... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response I've owned/own four different pairs of ATC speakers. Two active, two passive: ATC 40A, 50A. ATC 7, 20. Even the small ATC 7 at 7 liters needs my Sugden A21SE class A at 33 wpc to properly push them around. The ATC 20 needs the 125 wpc Luxman ... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Puritan Labs 156 works well. Cheers | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response Not the only choice, but ATC speakers allow you to 'see' inside the music with excellent detail, fast response to instrument/vocal attack in a very balanced way (when driven properly). Most other transducers seem slow and muddled. One of the cha... | |
| Finding a Bookshelf for Luxman C900U/M900U https://atc.audio/hi-fi/loudspeakers/classic-series/scm20/ with the S-spec tweeter which is a significant upgrade. Sealed box, so booming is not a problem. Mine sit atop Sound Anchor stands and Herbie’s Fat Dots run by Luxman 509X. They are magic... | |
| DAC Merry Go 'Round- why I stopped at Weiss https://weiss.ch/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/White-paper-on-the-DAC50x-4ch.pdf Here is the White Paper on the unit. I've the upgraded unit. Life changing, no. Definitive upgrade, yes. More to the upgrade than just two more chips. Best of luck... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw rocks at every dog that barks. Winston S. Churchill Rinse and repeat. Cheers | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better Shouldn't some of you just get a room? Reminds me of pointless religious diatribe. While you guys were engaging in pseudo-intellectual combat, I was enjoying my system which at this point just sings and celebrating enormous talent. More time enj... | |
| Weiss 501 DAC upgrade? This is my submission: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/weiss-501-4-channel-upgrade Now that it's broken in, it's very real. Not life changing, but definite improvement in all areas. Tom of Big Ear Stereo did the tech work. Thanks Tom. | |
| Used tube preamp $2-3K De Havilland Mercury 3 preamplifier Kara Chaffee, designer, sent me a new set of tubes. I installed and well....great. Still didn't like the bass. A bit muddled for my tastes. She then suggested replacement of the rectifier tube. Eve... | |
| If you had to choose... Well, the Elfa are of course less than optimal, but it is what you are forced to use in this situation. I do not believe upgrading speakers will necessarily upgrade the overall sound as long as status quo is maintained. That will be a fight for ... |