davide256
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| Optimizing the Prima Luna Premium Integrated amp so just an update on current tube rolling. The KT-120's continue to sing...just plain better than the cryo GL-KT-88's all around in the amp. And tube distortion in the pre section is more mercilessly exposed. I've acquired some ribbed plate Telefu... | |
| Driving Magnepan 1.7 I'm quite happy driving my 1.7's in similar size room with a Prima Luna Prologue tube integrated. Using Kt-120 power tubes remedies the low bass criticism's of the amp reviews of 2 years ago. The pre tubes used will matter... its worth it to dish ... | |
| Jplay vs Amarra, PC vs. Mac What the heck?? Vista was one of the buggier operating systems put out by MS. Run, do not walk to get an upgrade copy of Win7 (or Win8 if you can put up with its interface). Either will be better behaved with Jplay and other programs.BSOD are gene... | |
| oppo 105 vs 103 I have a 103. Its a great blue ray player and a fine multi-channel audio player. It is not an audiophile class 2 channel player... doesn't have the detail and dynamics needed. | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? I'd have to disagree with computer audiophile on processing power, more is better, reducing potential for jitter, cycle steal interference. The problem is that faster clocked motherboards and CPU's become electrically "noisier" and most builders d... | |
| best mac mini option for external music drive? Sidssp, thinks for the tip on NTFS. Drives are cheap enough that it would be easy to copy to one formatted best for Mac now that I can anticipate. With the PC I have tried direct Ethernet attached NAS, which did not have the same transparency and ... | |
| can record skips be fixed? if there are not visible scratches, there may be a compliance mismatch between the cartridge and tonearm mass. The cartridge compliance can be compared to the shock absorber springs on your car... a good match means a smooth ride, a bad match mean... | |
| Suggestions please about turntable belt If the belts are cracking, the last thing you should do is clean it with a solvent (alcohol). Cracking means that compounds in the belt are evaporating leaving it brittle.. you don't won't to remove more of what keeps the belt pliable with alcohol... | |
| Cyrogenic treatment for CD's? Cryogenic treatment has value for improving structure/electrical conductance of metals so long as you don't undo it by disordering the metal structure later by heating it. Of value for wire, dubious for tubes that heat red hot. CD's are a reflect... | |
| What component is responsible for dynamics ? My experience after playing with various audiophile components since the 80's is that the playback source is the most critical and efficiency of speakers is irrelevant in the typical home environment. You cannot get natural dynamics from the rest ... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue One or Line Magnetic 218IA? I believe you will ultimately be disappointed if you don't upgrade the CD player first. Consider an Oppo 105 or Marantz SA8004. | |
| What should I upgrade? ditch the Xonar DS and buy an HRT Musicstreamer II. I've given one to both my college age sons as the best budget music purchase for PC audio. If you have enough cash left consider one of the Schitt headphone amps for headphone nirvana. I've playe... | |
| just starting - mac vs. windows computer source? For the music server novice, Mac seems safest. You don't have to be a software expert to get it right. | |
| HELP needed for 1. SSD = solid state drive, basically a memory chip drive instead of a spinning disk drive. No motor electrical interference and much faster so that multitasking has less opportunity for jitter introduction2. Im a PC person, so can't advise on Mac... | |
| Cartridge rings at certain high frequencies thats not tinnitus.It certainly sounds like a harmonic resonance. The source may be external to your system... i've gotten that effect from having a guitar or harp in my listening room and I've seen it elsewhere with a snare drum in the room. |