crustycoot
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| Turntable advice To spend $5K for your list of needs, Pro-Ject hits the sweet spot with the X8 EVO, a Wellfleet cart, HeadBox and PhonoBox DS3. I would add a pair of Sennheiser HD660S and a Cardas Parsec cable. Other carts to consider…Ortofon 2M Bronze, Dynavector... | |
| Which would you choose for good sounding tube preamp for an audiophile new to tubes. No mention of the Van Alstine FET Valve CF? The OP is a tube novice and the AVA is a very good affordable choice. | |
| What's better, one conductor or two conductors for an RCA interconnect? A French audio journalist named Jean Hiraga wrote the paper that proposed using 2 identical twisted wires with a shield that was only connected at one end as a way to assure the waveform being conducted was treated with the same impedance for both... | |
| Weird IMO, the usually level headed Jason is wrong here…do not attempt to disassemble the speakers! Newbee is on the right track. This is about room interaction and too much low bass energy when both active woofers are powered up. Try reducing the lev... | |
| Holo Audio Titanis I thought this was another tinitus thread! | |
| Will rebuilt Quad ESL 57s take the place on a great $30K dynamic speaker? Unlike some here, my direct experience with ESL 57s is limited…I heard them at Victor’s in Chicago in 1972. He played a Decca cart and Int’l TA into ARC electronics. A Mozart chamber ensemble on Phillips…probably Raymond Leppard…it was divine. Nex... | |
| Small Form-Factor CD Player/Transport You could find a used Parasound Z-CD. Very compact good sounding player. I use one as transport with Mytek Liberty DAC and AQ Optilink-1 toslink. I like small stuff. | |
| Analog vs. digital In the early ‘80s I shared a house with an amateur recordist who had a collection of tapes made on a modified ReVox A77 with a dbx 224 compander NR unit. They were documenting a local orchestra that was very good, and the recordings were totally u... | |
| Best Stereo Upgrade Value IME, which is considerable, it’s the speaker/room synergy and its relationship to your listening goals and expectations. The rest are details. If you want the singer/songwriter and their acoustic guitar or piano to pay you a visit vs. wanting to r... | |
| Quick USB question Another way to make your music collection available without using the USB is to transfer the files to a NAS drive and let the Node access them over your network. That will also make them available to any other network streaming players in your hom... | |
| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 You would be amazed what $300.00 can buy. TheYamaha R-N303 has a formidable feature set and a very decent amplifier and if you can find one it sells for $329.99. Then there’s always the yard sale treasure possibility. | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl +1 on Bruce Cockburn. No one has mentioned Jorma Kaukonen! The first Hot Tuna album on RCA is a RtDF. Others…Mississippi John Hurt,Today! on Vanguard, David Bromberg with Norman Blake “The Boggy Road to Milledgeville”. Doc Watson on Vanguard. No... | |
| Bryston's New Back To The Future Program. “Up to spec”. Considering that there is a weak relationship between specs and SQ in the view of many members of this forum, the promise is no panacea for owners hoping their old amps will sound like new. Just sayin’… | |
| Using Adcom GFA-555s as monoblocks to power magnepan 3.3s in active biamp I think the poInt is bridging disadvantages the amp’s ability to drive low Z loads. You have one. So why would you think it a good use of your gear? The 555 was heralded as “high current” in its day (relative to its class peers, not Krell!), but... | |
| Interesting ASR review of small GR Research speaker kit "No replacement for displacement" Words of wisdom. The idea that this tiny FR driver can handle FR music at any reasonable level is simply not credible, and the measurements prove it. As a NF monitor at lowish volumes, maybe a case can be made.... |