dazzdax
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| cable upgrades , real or rip off Studioray: I think the Big Joe thread is a bit outdated as he referred to cable comparison tests held in the first half of the 1980's. In this decade audiophile grade cables were emerging. Monster was the leader in that field at that time but I wa... | |
| Siltech SQ28 mk II vs Purenote Paragon Enhanced Hi rch10, in your reply on Audiogon you mentioned the fact that youve sold your Nordost Valhallas in favour of the Pure Note Paragon Enhanced. How come that you sold your multithousand dollar cable and replaced it with a sub 1000 US dollar one? ... | |
| Best Temporary Record Cleaning Options Why not using mixture of tap water, a bit of dishwasher soap and a decalcifier detergent to wash the vinyl? After cleaning and rinsing with tap water you can use a sponge to wipe it dry. Chris | |
| Phonostage Burn-in to keep unit sharp Thanks for warning Dan and Zargon!Chris | |
| Run cable through metal stand? Although this doesn't belong to this thread I would like to respond to Nsgarch: I think these unscientific issues regarding cables, for example the lifting cables off the ground thing and cable jackets are just hype and a way to make money. That c... | |
| Phonostage Burn-in to keep unit sharp Would using CDP as a "phono preamp cooker" not fry the preamp with it's 2V (or higher) output? Especially when CDP is connected to the preamp input for low output MC carts. If that is not an issue, then I'm gonna do that. I promise not to use the ... | |
| DaVinci Tonearm Thomas, I'm not familiar with Da Vinci tonearm, but it is certainly a beautiful piece of art (with function though, hehe). I have another question that doesn't belong to this thread actually. What do you think of Japanese tonearms, like Ikeda 407?... | |
| High end amp - my last step Dmurfet, the brand is not EAR, that is Tim de Paravicini's company (Esoteric Audio Research), but Acoustic Reality (eAR).http://www.acoustic-reality.com/http://www.acoustic-reality.com/brochures/earTT.pdfOther contestants are Accuphase and the Sym... | |
| Maple platforms This issue about resonance damping and altering resonance behaviour is very complex. Wood has some sonic properties that you can hear easily in many cases: sound is more warm ("natural") with a wider soundstage. At the same time bass and midbass a... | |
| Nuforce Forgive me if I'm wrong, but it appears to me that comparisons that have been made are between the NuForce and conventional mid-fi/lower high-end amps. In that case it is not very interesting as conventional amps tend to get better when they are h... | |
| High end amp - my last step Dmurfet, don't forget the Acoustic Reality Thauma Turge class D super amps from Denmark (ICEpower design). Look at the AR site. There is a report by Peter Thompsen (owner of AR) about a Chicago based audiophile who replaced his 3 pairs of WAVAC 83... | |
| great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound I only want to say that both CD and vinyl could sound great and bad. It depends on the recording, the remastering, and in case of vinyl the quality of pressing. When listening to vinyl (even through some midfi vinyl playback equipment) one is impr... | |
| AC polarity question Thanks Jim.Chris | |
| AC polarity question Thx for answer no. 2 Rich. | |
| John Dunlavy may not be with us much longer. Aside from the tragical news, John was a very good speaker designer. I think most audiophiles were enthousiastic about the speakers he designed, for example the big Duntechs and DALs. I hope you and your family will gain enough strength to get thr... |