chayro
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| Question for "Vinyl Vac" users. You should check out Amazon or a crafts store for velvet ribbon, which you could attach with some double-sided tape or rubber cement. My Nitty Gritty uses velvet lips as well and they seem to last quite a long time. But I don't use it that often... | |
| The Absurdity of it All Well, we seem to put our faith in the elderly for quite a bit nowdays, so why not in audio? | |
| Wirewold Eclipse 8 - Burn in @filipedine - Since nobody seems to be answering specifically about WW, I will just tell you my experience with cable break in. For my Purist IC, Purist recommends 250 hours to reach full potential, although they did sound very good right out of ... | |
| My System's Weakest Link - What Say You... Signs. Just heard it on the car radio the other day. As long as you're asking about the weak link, if you really like what you have, a good rack or other amp stand can bring out more of what's good in the components. I've been doing this for a l... | |
| Moving up the Harbeth line I've owned the SHL5s, the 30's and the P3s and IMO, it's all about how they interface with your room. In my room, the 30's did not work at all - sounded like everything below 80hz was missing. The little P3s do much better for me. The SHL5s wor... | |
| What do I need to spend coming from an all-vinyl setup? There's plenty of digital stuff out there, but I would not sell my turntable until you know you're satisfied with your digital setup. Maybe cull down your record collection but bad digital can be a real turnoff and then you stop listening. Not kn... | |
| Purist Audio - Venustas Luminist rca I compared the Venusta RCA to my Neptune and they were pretty much indistinguishable, although the Neptune had a lot more time on it. Both very open and clear, but not harsh. I think if you like your speaker cables, you will like the IC. That s... | |
| Audiolab 6000cdt or Simaudio Moon 260DT (transport only) Interesting question. There are so many opinions on transports ranging from "they're all the same- bits are bits" to "a better transport with a cheaper dac will outperform a poor transport and a better dac." I've owned several excellent CD playe... | |
| Are "vintage" DAC's worthwhile, or is this a tech that does not age well I would not buy a vintage dac simply because of the service issues. Some companies just have lousy or hyper-expensive service costs, not to mention the possibility of obsolete parts. I'm not saying the newer dacs necessarily sound better than th... | |
| Looking for my "last" CD transport I would not buy a vintage transport as many times the laser assemblies are almost shot and are sometimes not replaceable. I don’t know why you would say there is a limited market for new ones. There are beautiful transports from Jay’s Audio, CEC, ... | |
| What equipment should I invest in next? You have a very nice system that seems well-suited to your musical goals, which is more than I can say for many I've seen. If you're looking for suggestions on how to bring out more of what you have, I have had success placing Symposium Svelte Sh... | |
| Transport for Benchmark / Peter Daniels NOS DAC I forgot, Pro-ject makes a couple of compact ones as well. Personally, I would buy a product with US distribution. It's a lot easier to ship back to Audio Advisor than it is to China. | |
| Transport for Benchmark / Peter Daniels NOS DAC If size is a priority, I think the NuPrime is compact and under a grand. I've never heard one. I and a lot of people here own and like the CXC. Never heard a bad word about it. | |
| Soundstring Cable Technologies™ I still have one of their digital power cables. Looks just like a white computer cable, but I use it on my transport. Seems to work well. | |
| Looking for a DAC under 2k I really like my Heed Abacus. There is absolutely nothing about it that bothers me. Sounds like faint praise, but it means I can listen to it for hours. Just sounds good. |