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| Recommendations for really well-recorded music for high-end audio system demo Alabama 3- Exile on Cold Harbor Lane Not sure there is anything else like this. Jumps out of your speakers. You should remember the third track from the Sopranos. | |
| audible distortion and tube gear? As you can imagine there are many types of distortion and Ralph Karsten ie Atmasphere can give you pretty much the lowdown on this. | |
| Racks, equipment and footers For many years a homemade butcher block and 5/8" brass threaded rods on Herbies did the trick for me. No footers. Now Symposium with Rollerballs or the like,(there are others with similar function), serves me a bit better. Come to think about it t... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II The Allnic 3000 has it's merits for sure. Very telling is the amount of time they sit on HIFISHARK before selling. 2-3 days and they're gone. | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II I'm using Purist Neptune's bought through Albert Porter. The run to my amps is 27 ft and perhaps the balanced aspect is part of the improvement. Had my first long listen last night and enjoyed. Can relax now. Open and just so musical. | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II Had my doubts as well. Actually thought I might look at a more recent BAT phono given my prior experience. Whether it was the BAT Rex or the going balanced throughout my impression was that the presence overall as well as the weight of presentatio... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II Have had just a few phono preamps, will say the BAT VK p 10 had the most weight. Dynamics were off the chart but mine became noisy and BAT said the age of it-20 years- precluded any worthwhile attempts to correct that. Now own an Allnic H 7000 an... | |
| Amp vs Preamp Personal experience tells me there are so many factors that addressing the weakest link makes the most difference. Narrowed to preamp/amp again the weakest of the two being replaced gives the most benefit. The following can be a litmus test as to ... | |
| Looking at a Mcintosh 275vi with upgraded gold lion tubes Get some KR KT88s. Huge upgrade. Verdant Audio. $$$ No affiliation. I have Northern Electric, Gold lions, NOS Tungsol 6550 $$$$. I believe the original 275s which I owned in the 70s were voiced with the Tungsols. | |
| New expensive power cord for amp and no change in sound? I've read this thread and each poster has his/her reasons for buying in or not on the power cables. JMO but had an experience that confirmed for me, in my system, that they do matter. Purchased some speakers, Evolution MM3s. Decided to get the E... | |
| How often, and how, do you clean your stylus? There is a setup consultant, Stirling Trayle @ Audio Systems Optimized. Pretty thorough as to TTs and cleaning stylus. He attacks the whole system as to static electricity, clean contacts etc. His website has some great info including stylus clean... | |
| Solid state amp vs tube amps For the first time a solid state amp sits between the speakers burning in. Thinking it might add tighter bass with better damping factor. So far there are definite advantages albeit with some drawbacks. It's going to take a while as it doesn’t hav... | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. So many great albums listed. Alabama 3 - Exile on Cold Harbor Lane | |
| evolution acoustics mm2 - review after 600 hours As do I. | |
| Allnic H 7000 XLR out. Albert Porter said that the Allnic is transformer balanced when switched so got some new cables and ran it to a BAT Rex 2 preamp with XLRs. Now balanced throughout and loving it. Deep, immersive and vivid. |