chocaholic
Responses from chocaholic
| Lounge Audio I like Fertguy’s suggestion. Assuming you’re on the same continent, plan a trip to the area, do some sight seeing and stop in to collect your equipment. Yes, some cost and time involved but perhaps well worth it to retrieve expensive audio equipme... | |
| Quicksilver V4 tubes I have a nearly new matched set of KT-150’s sitting on the shelf. Having moved to a much smaller room I actually prefer the smaller EL34’s in my PrimaLuna amp. I believe they’re still available new. Just a bit more costly than they’ve always been. | |
| I NEED A 16 INCH CORK TURNTABLE MAT Ok, I’ll ask. Why 16”? | |
| Weak Link in Vinyl Playback You likely have no equipment issue at all. Vinyl as a source material will vary substantially depending on recording and pressing quality. Before spending money (plenty of those suggestions above), why not acquire a known excellent vinyl recordi... | |
| Complete vinyl system, TT to speakers, for $1500? Honestly, a vintage receiver or integrated (like Sansui) with an MM phono input could be had for a few hundred. With older used gear it could be done. | |
| user poll on seperates vs integrated A voice here in favor of integrated amps. Fewer boxes, less cabling, space efficient and as a sound quality matter…the difference is negligible at best. There are so many external variables (room, power, cables, source, etc) that I believe it’s a ... | |
| Denafrips Pontus II FPGA firmware upgrade 2023 Have been apprehensive about doing the FW update to my 9 month old P-2 12th. I’ve had no clicking ever and am quite pleased with my system. Not being one to hear half of the nuance you guys do, I think I’ll stick with the old adage…if it ain’t bro... | |
| Downsizing: Separates>Integrated --PSAudio>Pass Labs Consider also PrimaLuna. I’ve been running their HP Integrated with 8 TungSol KT-150’s with glorious results into Focal Aria 936’s (with an impedance load that drops to 2.7). With the KT150’s, about 100 wpc of amazing SQ. Lots of great sugges... | |
| Advice on how to liquidate system As I recall, you asked “how” to liquidate the entire system…not “if” you should liquidate the entire system. Skimmed the responses but didn't see a direct answer (may have missed it). So, here is one: List it for sale here with a brief explanati... | |
| The best speaker cables you’ve had Really like my 25 year old Dunlavy cables. | |
| what to do with a stereo that needs repair Ask around on AudioKarma or diyaudio. I found a guy who specializes in Sansui to fully restore my AU-717. | |
| Is soundstage width a myth? Only a laymen’s experience to share. The experience is one of psychoacoustics. Creating enough of an illusion that make it easier for you to imagine depth. Width on the other hand is a function mostly of the recording engineer when balancing betwe... | |
| Jazz like this? Suggestions Exactly the reason I dropped Qobuz. This is a primary function of streaming (for me) and I find Spotify the best platform for doing such a search. Search for Magnus Ringblom and then select Magnus Ringblom Radio. An endless playlist of his work al... | |
| What is the VERY BEST CD album you've ever heard? Junko Onishi - Cruisin’ (if you can find it). | |
| Stereo or monoblocks @normantaylor Since you went from 450wpc to 2000wpc, isn’t it possible that’s the reason for the improvement you described? It may have nothing to do with mono vs stereo. |