designtaylor
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| Affordable US Made Tube Pre/Power or Integrated Options +1 for Decware, I have a couple of Steve's pieces and they sound awesome. If you are willing to spend some hours on the soldering bench Bottlehead represents amazing value for the dollar (or buy fully assembled, or used). | |
| SE RCA to XLR... any benefit? Thanks for the feedback guys. Most of the gear I run is balanced and supports balanced interconnects but there are a few items like my TT or a tube line stage I have that are all SE all the time. So really my question is, if a given component is g... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? Mostly used for anything that is over $200 msrp. That being said, some items are just too hard to find used so I've broken down and purchased them new. I really like buying used because I don't have to hit on depreciation. So, if I get a piece and... | |
| Hinged Dust Cover for VPI Scout Thanks guys. I was sort of imagining a plinth with the cover attached to that. I guess that would be a pretty huge cover at that point. As a recently minted dad I'm learning how to do everything one-handed but lifting a big cover off seems like a ... | |
| How to clean vinyl records I know this thread hasn't had any love for some time but just in case anyone is looking for answers in the future I thought I'd share a quick vinyl care video I made recently reviewing the products that work for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v... | |
| Favorite Headphone Stands - What do you look for? thanks! that one looks pretty nice.One thing I've noticed in the stands I've tried is that the area where the band is supposed to rest is not wide enough, or has some features that start to deform the band. The band/strap on my LCD-2C and HiFimans... | |
| Super tweeter for FullRange Driver I run a pair of The Horns (from The Horn Shoppe) loaded with Fostex Fe126e drivers. I always loved the directness and transparency but eventually decided to add a little to the top in the form of T90A (and a little to the bottom with a powered sub... | |
| Does the volume coming into a DAC matter? adurerca thanks! Very helpful. I will.also check out SQ+ | |
| Moving up from a Node 2i A little late to the party but thought I would mention that I went from a Node 2 to the Cambridge CXN v2 and found it to be a solid upgrade. The Node was always a little flaky but the CN has been rock solid. The onboard DAC performs well and the u... | |
| Favorite Headphone Stands - What do you look for? Thanks kid-vic, that looks like a solid option. | |
| Does the volume coming into a DAC matter? erik_squires That's really interesting. I tend to play audio from multiple sources (local FLAC files, Spotify, Chrome, etc.) so it sounds like I'm likely getting a signal that's already been monkeyed with by the OS (mac in my case). I'll need to l... | |
| Does the volume coming into a DAC matter? Thanks! That was my assumption. I'm also curious if there would be any performance difference as you move down the based on up steam volume choices. I guess the obvious consideration is that the less signal strength the eventually preamp or amp ha... | |
| Tube MC phono stage recommendation elader - indeed! Really happy with his work and how it fits into my system. | |
| Tube MC phono stage recommendation Thanks for the suggestions! Some really fun items to research. I did end up going with a Cinemag based SUT built by Ned Clayton and a Dennon DL-301ii. Everything is sounding great but I did need to swap some tubes in the Eros. Apparently, in my pr... | |
| Tracking Force Rather than starting a new thread, I'm going to try resurrecting this one with a slightly adjusted scenario. I've got a Pioneer PL-530 and I've recently mounted up a Denon DL-301ii cart. When setting it to the recommended tracking force (1.4g ± 0.... |