chayro
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| Anyone heard the Don Sachs Custom Tube Phono Stage? No, but I heard the Harry Sachs. A nod to Beavis and Butthead. | |
| Placing turntable on top of fireplace mantle? @lewm - no disrespect to you either, but IMO it's alot easier to check and see if an area is vibration-prone before setting up the table and doing the wiring only to find out the arm is going off the rails every time you move. But that's me. We'... | |
| Placing turntable on top of fireplace mantle? I think an easy test for potential turntable placement is to place half a glass of water in the intended spot and walk around the area. The water should remain almost perfectly still. If it wobbles, pick someplace else. Now, the stuff about the ... | |
| Dedicated Harbeth P3 Thread I don't know if he's right, but Sean at Zero Fidelity said Alan Shaw hired a marketing company prior to release of the 40th Anniversary speakers. The one and only reason you hire a marketing company is to sell more speakers, which I have no probl... | |
| Replacing LP12 arm with Well Tempered Simplex Arm IMO, the Ittok or Ekos are a significant upgrade over the Basik and will drop in with no problems. I can't imagine why someone would want to perform surgery on an old table when the available products work so well with the table. But that's me. | |
| Anyone compared the Cary 303-200 CDP with the Ayre C-5xe? Also C-5xe transport failures? I cannot think of a single good reason to purchase a 13 year-old player with an obsolete transport unless you’re getting it for a couple hundred bucks. I am also a big fan of the Classic 24/96 format, BTW. Cary made some very nice CD players and i... | |
| What do you take when demoing new gear? For me, what I would bring depends on a lot of factors, including your relationship with that dealer. First of all, I would burn a CD with about 10 different songs, so I don't have to keep getting up to change a CD. If I wanted to buy a new CD pl... | |
| Border Patrol Se-i vs Audio Mirror Troubadour MK III @mpomerantz - I would be very interested in hearing the difference between your new dac and the Heed. I own a Heed and find it anything but harsh or lightweight. That said, in my system, I was able to improve the sound considerably using a Vibrapo... | |
| What’s your top 5 Christmas albums ? The only Christmas song I like is Dr. John playing and singing Silent Night on Dr. John plays Mac Rebbenac, which is a great record, BTW. Solo piano and voice only. | |
| PS Audio Power Plant 15........ Totally agree with the above. Leave it in your system for at least a week and then switch back to the Niagara. Then you'll know. Then again, if regenerators were the cat's ass, why isn't everyone using them? So your initial conclusion may well... | |
| Audiophile demographics? @roberjerman - I don't think one example of nurture over nature is a sufficient sample to draw any conclusions. I was very young when I first heard my uncle's JBL Paragon/Mac setup and I was fascinated from the getgo. I think a similar thing has... | |
| Audiophile demographics? I know one female audiophile, but you're right about the disparity in numbers. Maybe it has to do with what you were exposed to in your youth. My wife's father used to watch boxing with her when she was a little girl, and she grew up liking to w... | |
| Which integrated amp for rock/metal (and why McIntosh?) I think the MAC might be a good choice for you, assuming you live in the US, where they can be serviced forever, but more because they have tone controls that can be very important in tuning the sound to your taste for individual recordings. Heavy... | |
| How do you know if you are upgrading your DAC? I had a 205 and never thought much of its CD playback. But I will tell you that putting a Vibrapod 3 under each foot made a considerable improvement. I never thought Vibrapods did much until I tried it under the Oppo. Another user here said his... | |
| Ever Hear a Tube CD player? I've had a couple of tubed cd players and they sounded great. It's just that some people are too neurotic for tubes because they constantly obsess over whether the tubes are deteriorating or always thinking about rolling in new tubes. Same with ... |