davide256
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| New KT150 tubes? hmm, anyone know what the life expectancy of the KT-120's are? I should have about 3000 hours of actual play( more if you include standby) on mine after 2 years of use in January. A quad of the KT-150's is running anywhere from $329~$400, so they ... | |
| Why is J River better than iTunes on PC? Then there are those like me who find JRiver is PC direct output focused and not as good as other SW for streaming sound quality. Pity, because I'd gladly shell out for the NxN library display capabilities of Jriver as an Android or iPad UPNP cont... | |
| Computer Audio Buy a Synology intel processor based NAS; they support both iTunes and Minimserver (DSD/FLAC capable) server software. Look at Auralic Aries, Naim or Linn streamers to feed digital to your DAC. Use an iPad with Kinsky as your remote control sw. Ex... | |
| KT120 vs KT150 Bumping this thread; suspect that 9 months ago both were too new for opinions. Anyone done this, differences heard? | |
| Opinions Wanted on changing Turntable Kiko, if you use a separate suspension tuned to the mass of the TT, that should give you audible benefits. The limiting factor is the motor and in general its best for the platter and arm assembly to be suspended independent of the motor so that a... | |
| Opinions Wanted on changing Turntable The turntable serves two major tasks. The easiest task is to turn the record at correct speed and do so introducing the least amount of vibration into the platter and arm assembly. The harder task, the one that makes the big difference if the abov... | |
| Opinions Wanted on changing Turntable You need to improve the physics of your turntable to make a major difference. Suspension turntables are where you should look if you want to make significant improvement (Linn, Sota, Goldmund, etc). Age of the turntable is irrelevant if its taken ... | |
| SGC Vortexbox Audiophile If you use DLNA the SOTM usb card is wasted expense. | |
| Best of current 12ax7? Would the PSvane's sound better than the EI 12AX7's? I have those in a CJ preamp phono section, was contemplating getting actual Telefunkens. | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? The Auricap XO's didn't last 2 weeks , bland and uninteresting. I've also tried using Rel Teflon 0.22uf bypass caps for the Rel 2uf thetas but they sound less dynamic, less fluid on vocals compared to when the Clarity MR caps are in as bypass caps... | |
| Magnepan 1.7s in a 10x13' dedicated room? I have 1.7's and wouldn't do it. For starters you need the speakers 3-5 feet away from the wall and you want to be at least 8-10 feet away from the speakers. So without even thinking about sound, the physical layout doesn't work. Go with the small... | |
| primaluna gear, avalon eidolon speakers, cardas On the Prima Luna power amps, they can sound even better if you go to the KT-120's vs KT-88's | |
| Optimizing the Prima Luna Premium Integrated amp The VCap CU's have been installed now about 5 days and I have about 20 hours on them. This is a very different experience than other capacitors, gobs of impressive but natural background detail. Oddly they seem to require more power for same volum... | |
| Is it possible for a record to be too loud? The most common mistake with a phono cartridge is to set tracking force at the lightest end of the cartridge spec. Set the catridge at the upper end of the range and see if the problem goes away. You do damage to stylus and record with mistracking... | |
| Streamer and DAC question No effort required to get good results with DLNA/UPnP streaming vs massive PITA optimizing a computer for asynch USB with unpredictable results. So go the streamer route for easiest success.Check out the Rendu and keep you eyes out for when the Au... |