chayro
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| Need help with MM cartridge choice Oops! I've never seen a Rega with anything except a Rega arm. | |
| Need help with MM cartridge choice Personally, with a lower end Rega, I would just get a Rega Elys, bolt it in with the recommended 3-point mounting and enjoy. The arm will not need any shims and you won't have to futz with the alignment or anything else. Yes, the other cartridges... | |
| Service for Thor Audio amps You are lucky - Ben Jacoby in Brooklyn lists Thor as one of the brands he works on. Very good tech.https://highendaudiorepair.com/amplifiers | |
| The Most Digital Recording You Ever Heard +1 on DG. Always liked their vinyl in the past, but their digital is never very good. | |
| Ric Ocasek dead at 75 I think the OP's post is absolutely accurate. He didn't say RO just died. He said he just read the news of RO's death. Sometimes those newspapers pile up before we get to reading them all. | |
| Is there such thing as a "vocal" forward DAC? Honestly - I think you're moving too fast. You just got the Freya. Listen to it for a couple of weeks and see what it can do and what it can't and then fool around with it if you want. Every new piece of gear has a different presentation and IM... | |
| New Transport? / Streamer? / CD Player? If you like the sound of your dac, you might try to max out it’s attributes with footers, cables, etc. I found using a Symposium Svelte Shelf and Cardas woodblocks under my dac brought out significantly more of its positive qualities. Same with th... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... @jafant = Me? The thread got quite off topic, but that happens. I was asking why I don't hear an outcry from people who say power cords don't matter also saying power conditioners don't matter. If AC is AC, nothing in between the wall and the co... | |
| DCM Time Windows - What Next? I had a pair way back when. They sounded good and weren't fussy about electronics. My advice is to call JR research and ask them to source a new woofer for you. Keep them if you like them. Nothing wrong with listening to new stuff, but the mor... | |
| What headphone and amplifier for classical enthusiast I like the Grado 1000 with the Grado amp. Very open and speaker like, but zero isolation, if that matters. The Grado amp is cheap, but it works well with the Grado phones. In your price range too. | |
| Equipment Repairs NY area?? Ben Jacoby in Brooklyn.https://highendaudiorepair.com/ben-jacoby.html | |
| Aged components / service!? Yes - totally depends on the brand. I personally would not buy a component that old, but before buying any expensive used item I would contact someone who does service on those units and ask them whether the units can still be serviced. You can a... | |
| Jorma no.3 cut a small piece and make jumpers Depending on the geometry of what's inside those cables, you may not be able to reterminate them. Just buy some jumpers. I wouldn't touch them, but at least ask the factory. I can't believe that anyone who recommended cutting them has first-han... | |
| Canare 4s11 how good are they ? IMO, you should always start with Belden or Canare so you will have a baseline in case you later decide to try something more expensive. I have used Belden 10-gauge and in some systems it sounds just fine and in others, there was no comparison to ... | |
| DAC general question Ladder dacs are very popular now, so companies are making them. Nothing wrong with that, but remember some of the best sounding dacs ever made used "off the shelf" chips. The older top-line Esoterics used AKM, as did APL. I believe Audio Note d... |