chayro
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| Integrated tube amp with phono pre - need recco You want tube’s because you believe SS is harsh. Look at the Heed Elexir. Phono stage and a very good headphone amp. Check the online reviews. Absolutely smooth and musical. | |
| Holo MAY KTE DAC/ Kitsune Hi FI, Lynnwood Washington Doge also makes an excellent tube dac with US service. I agree with you that it is an important issue. There are several Holo owners here, so I’m sure they can offer more information. Just as an aside, I don’t recall reading a single thread with a... | |
| Is There A Device For Home Use That Can Measure How Low The Bass In My Speakers Is? The Stereophile test CD has bass tones and it’s pretty easy to hear how low your speakers go before they crap out. They also have treble tones so you can hear when your ears crap out. A bit depressing. | |
| Help…looking to buy turntable Are you new to analog? If you are, I strongly suggest you buy new so you will have dealer support for questions. Personally I like the Music Hall 5.3. $1200 all set up with cartridge and dust cover. You can get it from crutchfield and you can alw... | |
| Wall Art I like those frames you can put records in to display. But art.com is good too. The frames cost more than the art, but they do a good job. Plus, their customer service is very good. I once got a framed print that I thought was a little off and the... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? In the real world, “component” simply means a part, any part, of a larger whole. In audiophile vernacular, the word component has come to be more commonly used when referring to a box. When someone here asks if cables are components, they appear t... | |
| Lab 12 It always makes me happy to hear about someone actually sitting down and listening to something before buying instead of the hit and miss guesswork that seems to permeate the audio landscape. Enjoy. | |
| New mat for Rega P6? We sort of got off topic because the actual issue was static, which the OP presumed came from the felt mat. Maybe so, but a Herbies mat or Delrin platter may not cure that issue. That’s why I recommended Gruv Glide if the static was that bad. Anyw... | |
| Opportunity to buy Demo Magico M2? Perhaps you could work something out with the dealer to pay for a home demo. A home demo should be a given when purchasing at full price, but not for virtually half off. There is no way to predict how it will sound until you get it in your room an... | |
| New mat for Rega P6? Try a Herbies. They make them in all thicknesses. Money back if not satisfied. It will change the sound, maybe for the better or maybe for the worse. Everyone gets into an uproar when I say this, but if the static is to a point where it’s making p... | |
| Re-tipped stylus vs original manufacturer Everyone agrees that a factory exchange is best. Absolutely. But when you are faced with a $500 retip by an excellent person versus a multi-thousand dollar trade in, many people choose the former. I have never read a post anywhere saying that the ... | |
| Re-tipped stylus vs original manufacturer I agree with @mijostyn that it is hard to know the difference, also because by the time you’re sending your cart for a retip it is starting to sound ratty. I will tell you that I am listening to a Soundmith retip Transfiguration right now and it s... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend Also, as an aside, I fully agree with the above posts mentioning the importance of the power supply to the sound. In my Naim days, I remember adding the optional 5k power supply to my 5k CD player and it transformed the sound to a degree I could ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend @verdantaudio - in light of your opinion about chips v ladder v fpga dacs, I think it you would be doing the audiophile community a favor if you posted a separate thread about your findings based on comparing a large number of dacs, some of which ... | |
| DAC Shootout Starts This Weekend OTOH- I can totally understand how companies have to play to the market. Even Esoteric went to an FPGA. The customers appear to like the newer releases, but I wouldn’t be surprised the sonic differences were due to something other than the change ... |