classic8
Responses from classic8
| Weird crackling from speakers when preamp connected I sent the preamp to the manufacturer and he couldn’t figure it out (he retouched some solder joints, replaced a few resistors, and declared victory); luckily the local technician did. | |
| Weird crackling from speakers when preamp connected @maddog66blue OP - I had a similar issue with a tube preamp; I was getting intermittent static noise in one of the channels. It turned out to be a bad capacitor. The technician discovered the problem by nudging the capacitor with a wooden chopsti... | |
| Akiko Audio Loudspeaker Improvers I have obtained very good results with various Akiko Audio products including the Castello grounding unit, which may be similar to these speaker improvers. They also remind me of a similar device made by Kojo Audio from Japan. @lwin Do you have a... | |
| Mike's Barn. @big_greg +1 | |
| Speakers sound too bright. @rwalsh07 Try one or more Akiko Audio tuning sticks on your Lumin, DAC, and/or preamp. In my system they definitely tame the higher frequencies. | |
| New Magico Speaker Break-in Question @jmeyers You can try one or more Akiko Audio Tuning sticks with your electronics. To my ears and in my system, they tame the edge of the high frequencies. | |
| Moon 390 Network Streamer @costa94109 Thank you Costa - I am a very happy Simaudio customer. | |
| WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM? Good philosophy @erik_squires! | |
| Moon 390 Network Streamer I’ve had great results with Simaudio Moon gear. @mahler123 Can you please share your source? | |
| Beware - FedEx Drivers are forging signatures for delivery confirmation I had a similar experience with FedEx in December - package delivered and my signature forged. | |
| Linear Power Supply Recommendations! Farad Super 3 | |
| Beware, scammers everywhere @cohicks4 If you deposit the certified check, how can the scammers pull back the money? And would a cashier’s check make a difference? | |
| Just received my LHY Linear Power Supply @rubicon15 I got a huge improvement using a Teddy Pardo LPS with my Lumin U2 mini (using Audio Sensibility adapter). | |
| There Is Nothing Like the Real Thing - Our State of the Art @mahgister +1 Agree - like comparing apples and oranges. | |
| Simaudio 600i V2 volume control. Thank you @oddiofyl! |