celtic66
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| 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 ... | |
| If you had to choose... Carefully again read through your setup. No mention of what these are ‘sitting on’. Stands, pucks on a desk, wooden crates, appropriate height Sound Anchor stands with Herbies’ Fat Dots? Proper height placement on proper stands allows optimal pe... | |
| Decware ZTPRE v2 Sorry, no experience with those Decware products, have owned lots of other product from them and it should be awesome. Altec Lansing with 101db efficiency. You must have land around you, because that is going to be really loud. Have a blast. | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! HeathKit aa-15 integrated amp. Yes, I built it at 13 years old on the kitchen table. It did not initially work. I sent it back with a check to cover their set repair charge plus return shipping. It was stunningly good. I was king! Turntabl... | |
| Warm, yet detailed tube preamp Manley Jumbo Shrimp. Ran one for years with Manley Mahi Mahi monoblocks. Both are quite fast for tube gear eschewing the fat lush romantic tube sound. I moved on only because of XLR active speakers. Good luck on your adventure. | |
| Power filtering – Furutech or Puritan Audio? Ah yes, Audio Science Review. The head Fred is from ‘that’ place. I lived and worked in ‘that’ city for a dozen years. It carries with it an imbalance of hubris. Of course not everyone is that way, but certainly a weighted demographic. Upon t... | |
| Anyone familiar with Chris Romeo cables? Yes, I’ve a loom of them; RCA and XLR. Requested no-holds-barred XLR between Weiss 501 DAC and Luxman preamp, then XLR from Luxman preamp to ATC 50 active speakers. They are exceptional checking all the boxes we audiophiles seek to check. Best ... | |
| Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources Realizing this forum is a free-of-charge format, advice given is oft completely in line. The real value is in the entertainment rendered. I've certainly profited at times, but the majority of it is like people watching at Heathrow; rather benig... | |
| The weirdness of it all Also, it’s as if the system is given more”oxygen”. My Luxman preamp gives -db readings for volume. Usually run about -37db, now -45db for same levels, so backed off about 8. No, I do not possess a decibel meter, but believe I can subjectively g... | |
| The weirdness of it all Think you guys are correct in your break-in estimates of 500-600 hrs. Seems as if I’ve reached that and everything has opened up considerably. How weird is that? Also have the top-of-the-line Furutech outlet, so I’m sure that needed break-in al... | |
| Active Speakers Don't Sound Better And Shrek looked at Donkey and said "do you think he's compensating?" Now, I'll return to listening to my awesome system not bothered for a nanosecond about opinions of others and enjoy the artistry of world class musicians and vocalists. That'... |