chayro
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| Suggestions for Giant Killer rca coax digital cable under $500 used I use a Wireworld Starlight Gold, which I believe is silver and it sounds very nicely balanced. I know swapping cables can be fun, but if you’re looking for “giant killer” results, I think you should upgrade your dac. If you sell the Pontus and mo... | |
| cleaning gritty surface noise on LPs They may well be damaged beyond repair, but I would try washing them in the sink with some Dawn and free-flowing water. Sometimes the amount of rinsing you can get on the nitty gritty is not adequate to remove all the residue. No need to wet the l... | |
| Cost effective and Quality Backing Track Solutions I would call Sweetwater Music. They have all that stuff and people who know how to use it. | |
| help choosing a turn table Rega is definitely not the best turntable, but it is the best for a first because it is basically set and forget, which is what you want when you’re starting out. Later on you can move to other things if you like. But not now. IMO. | |
| How long does it take your tube amp to warm up? When I had my Viva, it was 45 minutes. Now I’m putting together an Audio Note system and I find it’s about 2 hours. Peter Qvortrup leaves his tubes all the time I think. But that’s not a good idea for most people. | |
| help choosing a turn table I would never recommend a used table for a newbie. You will have questions and you will need dealer support. I second the recommendation to buy from Gene Rubin. He is great to deal with and will get back to you within the hour with any questions.... | |
| ISO - grit, texture, decay, life from snares and bass drums If you think your system sounds great, you might try some better speaker cables. Whether they can give you what you want is a crapshoot. I have heard everything from no difference to system-changing, so I would recommend borrowing something from a... | |
| help choosing a turn table The technics is a good idea, but I always recommend Rega with a rega cartridge for newbies. You just bolt in the cartridge with their 3-point mount and then you don’t have to think about anything like alignment, rake angle, whatever. If you don’t... | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition @mahler123 - Yamashita transcribed it for guitar and recorded it as well. BTW, I retuned it. Nobody I know could come remotely close to playing it. | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition So this is funny- I said above that I ordered the Yamashita guitar version on CD, but apparently I ordered the sheet music, which looks like what we used to call flyshit back in my musical years, meaning a lot of notes. I have a friend who plays g... | |
| Have you found your "End-Game" speakers yet? I have. And it feels so good!!! My end game speakers were my Harbeth SHL5s back in about 2005. Then there was the Opera Callas, Totem Hawks, Harbeth Monitor 30’s, another pair of Opera Callas, Trenner $ Freidl and a couple more. Basically, my end game speaker is the one sitting ... | |
| Can you touch the tubes? It’s funny how all us audiophiles are so skittish about tubes. Any of you older guitarists or bass players remember the abuse everyone gave to those Ampeg, Sunn, Marshalls. Throwing them down in the back of trucks and car trunks. I don’t remember ... | |
| Pictures at an Exhibition @mahler123 - you didn’t miss it because I didn’t say. It’s Denes Varjon. And I just ordered the Yamashita guitar version on CD. Should be interesting. My vinyl version is Lorin Hollander, but I think I only listened to it once because I am waiting... | |
| Best RCA interconnect up to ~$100? I think you need to post your system to determine whether a cable upgrade is worth it. That money may be better spent elsewhere. | |
| Denafrips Pontus 2 Price increases Enjoy your new dac and forget all this bullshit you hear. And remember, even if you hate it, you didn’t make a $1700 mistake, you made an $850 mistake. That’s what I tell myself at least. |