chayro
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| 1 pair of good interconnects- which 2 components should I use them on? Honestly, if a $30 pair of ICs is "much nicer" than all of your others, you should replace them all. Your components cost several thousand dollars and you should have at least (and I do mean least) something on the level of the BJs to connect eve... | |
| what does a power conditioner really do? Syntax said: It transforms cheap power into expensive power . Actually, it transforms expensive power into more expensive power. | |
| what does a power conditioner really do? It could do many things or very few, but the goal is usually to remove power line noise from the system, thereby improving the low level detail - In theory. In reality, a power regenerator actually takes your wall signal and converts it to a new, ... | |
| Getting Personal Property Insurance for your rig. Renters Insurance covers personal property, but your company may not write policies to that limit. Mine is about 50K, also through Allstate. You will have to find an agent that can write a renter's policy that high. | |
| Motorman's New Scam Of The Week - the miraculous Furutech LP Demagnetizer Thank you Moto Man. What were the results of your listening tests? | |
| Stylus cleaner Onzow stylus cleaner to get the dust glob off, followed Audiotop Stylus. | |
| Sonus Faber Guarneri - will any aiddtional isolation be beneficial? As your speakers are new, I would listen for a few months without changing anything. After that, IMO, there is absolutely no way to predict what effect changing the footers will have without trying it. There are too many variables to be able to s... | |
| EAR Acute Classic - has anyone heard or tried it How has DAC technology changed "drastically" over the past few years? It looks pretty much the same to me. | |
| EAR Acute Classic - has anyone heard or tried it As long as we're all guessing here, I would say that if you weren't satisfied with the Acute 3, I would pass on this as well if you can't audition. Given the price point, I would be very surprised if this were a significant improvement over the 3. | |
| Tonearm mount on the plinth or on Pillar ? I think the theory of relative motion is simple to understand. You don't feel like you're moving in a jet flying at 500 mph because you're both moving together at the same rate, so the motion sort of cancels itself out. Something like that. | |
| Has anyone found Audio Nirvana? I think it's more a state of mind than a state of equipment. Someone could have an exotic system and go through all the various adjustments, cables, all that stuff, but just be listening to equipment. Then they downgrade to a good pair of standmo... | |
| Next step up speakers in totem acoustic line from the totem forest? I think the Forests are great speakers and capable of revealing upgrades elsewhere in the chain. Personally, before upgrading, I would consider a better phono cartridge, assuming you still have the Ortofon Bronze listed in your system. Try a Lyra ... | |
| New Technics 1200 Hard to tell from looks, but that tonearm looks about the same as the old ones. Not a terrible tonearm, but I don't think I would use anything more expensive than a Denon 103 in it. I guess if VPI can ask 20K for its DD, Technics can ask 4. | |
| Advice on Phono Cartridge Not to come off a snob, but a $300 turntable isn't really going to sound "impressive" as you say, so maybe you're just expecting too much. I have owned the Music Hall MMF5 and found it to be quite excellent for the money, but it still is quite a ... | |
| Teddy Pardo As an ex-Naim owner, I can tell you that the upgraded power supplies are huge upgrades over the built-in supplies. Far beyond what one would think prior to experiencing them first hand. |