davetheoilguy
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| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? I own the Esoteric. The best way to understand it is to watch the excellent installation videos. It explains how everything works. | |
| Tube Phonostage Causing Rumble and Noises @mulveling I’d love to say I’m an acoustic genius, but I figured out it was a standing wave because every time I went to look at the turntable to figure out what was going on, the sound would rapidly fade (and my heart would start beating way to... | |
| Tube Phonostage Causing Rumble and Noises @mulveling “With the Fatboys (both uni and gimbal) the problem is mitigated enough to no longer be a concern.” Sadly, this is also the Fat Boy — Kevlar 3D printed. I also have the Esoteric Grandioso turntable. Same issue when I used the Van d... | |
| Tube Phonostage Causing Rumble and Noises I’m curious if you have a hot spot and the turntable is sitting on the peak of a standing wave. I would try to move the turntable forward off the wall or just anywhere. Also consider bass absorption on the front wall. i had not a rumble,... | |
| Ultimate Turntable search...OMA K5 or ? +1 on the Esoteric. I own both it and (because I couldn’t pass up the price used) a VPI Avenger Titan, which may be something to consider. The Titan is also extremely easy to set up correctly. The Esoteric is (barely) superior to the top of ... | |
| Do I Need a Dedicated Streamer? Re: WiFi vs. wired or external streamer USB to DAC vs combo DAC and streamer the issue is the same: WiFi receivers and DACs generate a lot of electronic noise both inherently and via their power supplies. WiFi especially as it is also a transmitt... | |
| Lumin Hifi Rose or Aurender One thing Inthought of is the Lumin U1, so I presume the U2!is the same, does not have internal WiFi receivers. You have to hardwire it to you LAN. The reason, of course, is a wire is (generally) less likely to have issues and, probably more imp... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. @atmasphere Thanks for the information re: jury rigging XLR/balanced connection. I may do so. I became interested in the topic because I have (and love) a VPI Avenger Titan turntable with a Fat Boy tone arm. The Avenger has a separate unit wh... | |
| Lumin Hifi Rose or Aurender @efoo I tried out the Aurender and the Rose and was not overwhelmed. They are excellent, but not what I would expect from a true stand-alone streamer. I ended up going with the Lumin U1, which is (I understand) substantially the same unit as t... | |
| When to choice XLR over RCA ICs. Literally everything in my system except the turntable have balanced connections, and I’d do that, too if I could find a turntable Inlike that was balanced. (Pro-ject has some new ones, but I’ve never seen them in person.) Nothing fancy. Made w... | |
| Holiday Habits and Pleasures Front windows burning bright. Put up two this year. | |
| Holiday Habits and Pleasures Can’t say I’m in the holiday spirit. This mornings discussion was “ time to put out the menorah.” Normally quite fun, friends and family, a rotating 8 day party. A lot of fun. this year, a time when our college daughter legitimately afraid ... | |
| Tidal or Qobuz Does anyone know where their respective servers are? I wouldn’t be surprised if the difference of opinion relates more to data sped and loss and corruption getting to where the listener is located than anything. This is not necessarily geograph... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? @tennisdoc56 I tend to agree with you that there is no valid scientific explanation re: much of the wire claims. That said: 1. Several sub assemblies (e.g., transformers and most digital products) spit out a lot of noise that can, indeed, tra... | |
| Acoustically Treating a Bomb Shelter @scottwheel I do have REW software, a mic, and a mic stand, but in process of figuring out the software. @thecarpathian Yes, the space is heated and cooled, but really maintains a pretty constant temperature without help at 67F, very dry. Th... |