ddrave44
Responses from ddrave44
| How should I upgrade? A new preamp with a phono stage or just a phono preamp? Would recommend a separate Phono preamp. My experience with integrated Phono pre's is that's where they cut corners. Plus if you change cartridge or TT at some point you don't need to mess with your system's. pre amp. Good luck! | |
| CJ's New ART88 Preamp The first thing I heard on mine in the first 20 hours was the separation of instruments with each note seemingly hanging in space. I had broken in a GatS2 before that and this was different. It stayed like that pretty much till around the 200 ho... | |
| Upgrade decision, power conditioner or music server Good luck with either choice and please let us know! | |
| Upgrade decision, power conditioner or music server J Salerno, Just to pile-on in favor of the Denali, I'd note that digital continues to improve and change. The Denali will improve the system you have and whatever digital front end you choose. Kind of like getting the foundation in place before ... | |
| Shunyata Altaira Grounding Station ........has anybody purchased this new product ? Once you've set it up please share your insights. Good luck! | |
| Upgrade decision, power conditioner or music server With the Denali everything became more natural sounding and dynamic in my system with a quieter background. No negatives noted. | |
| Upgrade decision, power conditioner or music server The Shunyata Denali would be much better than the Hydra 6 you have. Last yearI upgraded to a Denali (v1) from a Hydra 8 so similar change and it helped everything. For some additional color, before the Denali I plugged the amp into the wall dir... | |
| need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments I spent some more time on this. Nice speakers, by the way!. Some years ago I had a similar pair of JM Labs/Focal tower speakers with almost identical specs to yours. I drove them with a Conrad Johnson MV-55 amp. It was an awesome pairing - very f... | |
| need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments Current products from Audio Research, Lamm, Naim, CJ, VAC, Linn, Pass, D’Agostino should do the trick for you. Probably many others, but these are brands I’ve heard that do a nice job of image separation. | |
| When were the best tube amps made? 40 years ago a Dynaco tube amp got me into his pursuit. There are plenty I haven't heard, but the CJ ART Stereo 150 is the one that I can unconditionally recommend. | |
| CJ's New ART88 Preamp Hi GRK, Thanks Just checked. Nothing there yet, but appreciate the help! | |
| Streamers and their Fuses BrandonHiFi- Good to hear that you were able to upgrade your system at relatively low additional cost. I was a big skeptic on fuses (and power cords) until I heard the differences that they make too! The improvement from stock fuse to SR Purple i... | |
| How long does it take to get a Lyra cartridge? Thank you everyone for the ideas and answers. This this is the help that makes me really appreciate the Audiogon community! | |
| Most underrated female recording artists.. Tiffany Pollock & Co (Blues in my Blood, Bayou Liberty) | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? My family or college roommates always had stereo systems, but in my early twenties when I got my own place I was on my own. Got a Denon receiver and a Dual TT at Harvey's in New York City and a Nakamichi tape deck at Audio breakthroughs in Hunting... |