cerrot
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| Experiences on Tom Evans phono stage ? My buddy has the groove and it is absolutely one of the best stages I have ever heard.The only stage I heard that may be better is the Ese Lab. The Ese is less expensive, quieter and had a deeper soundstage. Awesome details and dynamics. I was set... | |
| Records are getting noisy I was having this issue and realized I was tracking (VTF) at the lower end of mfg recommended tracking force. Increased the VTF to max of the recommended and all noice gone. | |
| Most beneficial change . Those speakers are notorious for sounding poor with the grills on. I'm quite surprised. | |
| Most beneficial change . That will be it! Report back. | |
| Ayre SPDIF DAC The Ayre DAC that was in Stereophile was the USB DAC. The machine on the link Cmalak provided is for the new bluray/universal player. I heard that Ayre was coming out with a dac with spdif input-just like the new usb dac just w/o usb and w/spdif. ... | |
| Most beneficial change . Saki,You do have the grills removed, correct? | |
| Most beneficial change . Your speakers are finicky as respects placement. Most who have them in a smaller room have them placed along the long wall. You may try moving things around a bit before spending more money (and time) on new speakers. How far do you sit from your ... | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? My girl holds the tape measure while I zero in the sweet spot. Only time she comes into the sound room. Great gal. Has NEVER uttered the words..."can you lower that!". | |
| crackles & pops Doug,I had set my weight with the clearaudio digital scale to 1.8g (cartridge rec is 1.8g to 2.25)-just assumed lighter in that scale would be best. I fine tuned VTF and all sounded great, but the platter sound (surface noise) bothered me. Mostly ... | |
| Cary 306 Pro opinions You should reconsider including SACD. It truly sounds spectacular with the right system/room/recording. I recently played a Mozart SACD (Midori) and must say, I was blown away (and I'm a vinyl guy). | |
| Firewire to SPDIF Sorry to hear, Arj. I really feel Firewire is the better interface (over usb) but haven't played with it on a laptop/outboard card. Sorry for your experience. | |
| Are You a Sansui Lover? The first good sound I heard was 1979, the Sansui 9090DB into some large Altec Lansing speakers (Chris C., Brooklyn, NY -RIP). Only played metal, and, boy, were they loud. Remebering back, they had no depth of soundstage. But, Saturday night at Ch... | |
| Buy new TV now or wait for 3D technology? Pioneer Elite Kuros is THE ONLY WAY TO GO. | |
| Firewire to SPDIF Thanks, Al. Very good point. Another reason why I think Arj's interface is the issue. I have the TI chip and haven't had a dropout. I couldn't find much on the Compaq interface Arj is using. | |
| your reference dvd When I wan to show off, I throw Planet Earth in. Looks awesome on the 60" Pioneer Elite - certain jaw dropping. For sound, I jut have them come upstairs into the sound room :) |