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| Distortion using OPPO 103 w Streaming and CD's, but not with DVD playback Phil- you mention using single ended rca’s for connections to the preamp- have you tried going coaxial to the preamp and switching the Oppo’s settings to coaxial out? I run this approach with my 105-D and adjust the internal volume control for m... | |
| Diffuser panel design - overrated? I’m in agreement with @emergingsoul up to a point. While it may not be rocket science there are methods of approach that can save you a lot of time and money. When changing to the space I use now I brought in an acoustic engineer to measure and ad... | |
| KT-150 Tubes- Push Farther or Replace? @welcher - that is really unfortunate and a little suspicious. I haven’t heard a Ref 75SE with KT-150’s, how has the presentation changed for you since moving to that tube? @decooney- Thank you for the suggestions sent. After noting the previou... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? @td_dayton- check them out and let me know what you think! | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Chuck Johnson “Balsams”- spacey pedal steel guitar! Next up will be Benoit Pioulard’s “Sylva”. Very interesting atmospheric recording using combined sources of instruments, voice, field recordings what seems to tape tricks. | |
| Blu Ray player versus CD/SACD player. +2 from @mahler123 and @akg_ca- it’s not that the Oppo is a “bad” device but it’s kind of a “jack of all trades”. I purchased a 105D to run through an AVR and it was cool for movies but not so much for two channel listening. The implementation of... | |
| Background noise. ghdprentice- I can appreciate your comments and it makes me want to ask “how low is the typical noise floor in your listening environment? I would think very low if the effects of an air cleaner made a difference from that distance. I fight this... | |
| Help me decide! Marshall & Orange heads for high gain stacking Since your into distortion tones have you tried an Egnator Tourmaster or Rebel? | |
| What was the last CD you bought (Name, and year issued)? Here are the titles from my last CD purchase- sorry I don’t know the exact release dates but I believe all but one have been released within the last year or so. The first title was released in the early 70’s. All of these are available to stream ... | |
| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D "What speakers,and cables" Not sure if this was directed to me specifically- but I use Dynaudio Sapphire speakers. All cables are either Canare or Belden from Blue Jeans Cable. My system components are listed under my user name. | |
| This is purely subjective opinion. Aqua LaScala/ Atma-Sphere Class D I’m also a believer in the La Scala having used the Optologic MKII version for some time now. I run this between my Naim source and Audio Research gear and have been very satisfied with this combination. I too have moved away from the stock tube ... | |
| Setup Speakers Along Long Wall? From my experience I agree with Baylinor. When setting up my room (using the long wall for placement) I was not able to overcome the reflections. Heavy speaker toe in made things somewhat listenable at low volumes but everything fell apart afterwa... | |
| Looking for wider soundstage @backdoor I believe it would help as it will change the relationship between your speakers and the room boundaries. It's easy enough to test without moving everything by temping in longer speaker wire and just moving the speakers. If it seems to... | |
| Looking for wider soundstage @ backdoor- I know it may seem counter intuitive but have you considered rotating the "audio" components of your system to the shorter wall where the display is currently located? (Assuming that I'm understanding the dimensions you provided). | |
| Looking for Blues with High Fidelity I've always enjoyed releases by "Lucky Peterson"- He was an amazing musician and the music was recorded very well. |