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| Battle of the Older DAC @jasonbourne71 "Buying a DAC based upon someone’s opinion is stupid. You might as well ask a Ouija board for advice." I bought one of the best measuring DACs on the market and it was based on reports over at ASR, and their opinions about the... | |
| To all you Cary SLI 80 owners, I'm looking for tube suggestions @immatthewj My Cary V12 came with Rubys. At the time, I thought it was a great sound. I was under the impression that these were EL34s that were rebranded by Ruby? For some reason, and I may be wrong, at the time (’01) I was under the impression ... | |
| Battle of the Older DAC @sls883 "decooney i would recommend the Gustard R26. I think it's a really good dac for the money." Hello, okay, thanks and btw I'm not looking for dacs right now and hopefully not again for the near future. Had to check myself to see if I was... | |
| Cardas Clear Reflection advice needed @txp1 If you already tried Golden Reference, what I can share is Clear Reflection is its own cable and presentation among the lineup comparing new to older designs. Having tried many in the Cardas lineup past 30 years, and then strayed away some ... | |
| End of a long quest to vanquish sibilance. Congratulations to you @stuartk for not giving up and continuing to try different things until you figured it out. Glad it worked out and you are back to listening to music once again | |
| Which preamp for Quicksilver mono amps? There is nothing wrong with the standard QS linestage or full function QS preamp, and particularly so for the price new. People like to try different preamps with different tube sets to yield different results. You might be better off trying diffe... | |
| Which preamp for Quicksilver mono amps? @ihcho you could do a lot worse than your AI M3B with a lessor preamp.You have a decent unit now. Echoing @soix ’ fundamental questions about what you are trying to accomplish -or- just to satisfy curiosity itch - do share more. A friend had a p... | |
| Which preamp for Quicksilver mono amps? If you want your QS monos to sing, it's really worth trying some different preamps with them. While I've helped a few friends with the standard QS line stage, and its a value for the $, do try a few nice lower gain (or switchable) 6SN7 preamps at ... | |
| Looking for a great front ported bookshelp speaker recommendation @blackiridium if you are stuck with a bookshelf cabinet for placement, dealing with resonance and sound reflection - are you able to place the speakers where the front slightly overhangs the shelf (about an inch) and angle them toward your listeni... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @norust "he wanted me to reach out to him on his email- evidently not allowed. This was the last I heard of him..... " That's probably it. Same here, received a message asking to engage and share more. Maybe too enthusiastic for this forum -or... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? Looks like all of @silverfoxvtx1800 posts are gone, removed from this thread, and a few others too perhaps. What's going on with forum posts lately. Is that self-removed or forum moderators, and if so maybe less effort is the way going forward if... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @silverfoxvtx1800 thanks for the history and all that you’ve worked through prior. I’m not looking for speakers for myself, yet helping a few friends looking at ideas from time to time. I have followed Gary/BorderPatrol and Greg/Volti some from th... | |
| Cornwall IV vs. Volti Rival, Razz; Razz v. 1, 2, 3 -- what changed? @silverfoxvtx1800 what is it about the Volti Audio speakers that you enjoy more [when compared with the same amplifier], Is it the bass, midrange, top-end, or maybe how its being presented differently in a more desirable way? Or, perhaps how the m... | |
| Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system? [to @gavin1977] As a quick test and self reminder of what just happened, try re-inserting a pure copper interconnect head of stream, back at the source, ahead of the downstream silver cables. You can move the cable up/down the stack and find a bal... | |
| Upgrade Interconnects/Cables or…? @kennythekey "I’m sure I can get him to suggest what to use for the whole package and maybe this might be a loom of cables." I’d recommend trying one component cable set at a time -vs- jumping over to a full loom all at once or you really won’t... |