dgarretson
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| Vinyl sounds a bit thin and slightly strident. It sounds like the phono stage had a makeover. Over the next week I'll try comparing the PH-2 to a couple of tube phono stages around here. You may just be hearing the leaner tonality of SS. Though not specifically targetting bass response, to gen... | |
| Vinyl sounds a bit thin and slightly strident. Just to expand on my above comment, I bought the ARC PH-2 new together with an ARC VT-130 amp. Afterwards I purchased the factory-sanctioned Infinicap upgrade to replace stock MIT PPMXS coupling caps in the VT-130-- a worthwhile improvement that r... | |
| Vinyl sounds a bit thin and slightly strident. A lack of HF clarity and strident midrange & treble in the stock ARC PH-2 is easily cured with a change of coupling caps. Also, how is the Scout sited? | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Portnoy wanking off into liver purchased by his mother for the family's supper is most definitely Mch. Roth's affection for the lost art of hand-made leather glove making in the Newark of American Pastoral is vintage 2ch. | |
| Mark Levinson 36 dac or Theta Gen V Best? Based entirely on readings, of used ones on Audiogon now $1-$2k, two Altmann Attractions optioned with Jisco jitter reduction, or perhaps an Audio Note 2.1. Check out the Positive Feedback review on Altmann vs. AN. For Altmann you will need a fast... | |
| Mark Levinson 36 dac or Theta Gen V Best? I don't know all the Pioneer stuff. But based on the Elite multiformat players that I've heard in showrooms, I think a good minimimalist 2ch DAC from a manufacturer other than the consumer giants, should get RBCD close to the level of SACD or DVD-... | |
| Mark Levinson 36 dac or Theta Gen V Best? Gen Va slightly surpasses the stock SCD-1's DAC section, but my modified Sony DAC section is far ahead. In the price range of a used Gen Va or ML 36, perhaps think about something like a battery-powered Altmann Attraction with dejitter option. Any... | |
| How can you not have multichannel system Funny Mig007, just this morning I was spinning American Beauty on early issue vinyl, which sounds pretty spectacular, thanks more to 2ch audiophile Owlsey Stanley than to subsequent remixers. | |
| Mark Levinson 36 dac or Theta Gen V Best? I still have a balanced Gen Va DAC that I compare from time to time to my modded Sony. The Gen Va is a pretty good DAC with a high-quality analog section. However performance depends very much on the quality of transport. With either of these unit... | |
| What makes for a "great" turntable? Three things make it great: transient speed stability, isolation from external vibration, and ability to drain off internal vibration generated by motor & platter bearing. Few turntables get all three things right, and some of the top models t... | |
| Russian 1587 tubes "beats the living snot out of..."Now that's splitting hairs. | |
| Steam cleaning records 2 To distinguish between Shark models, note that the 1000W Shark that provides continuous steam without pumping the trigger is called Supersteamer Model SC710S. | |
| How can you not have multichannel system I agree with MrT that the psychoacoustics of a mch system at even a low level of performance can be addictive-- particularly to unsophisticated listeners. Many years ago I had a good 2ch system set for party-mode, with a second set of L/R speakers... | |
| Konfounding Kinks Good comparison between the Kinks & the Faces as similarly great & over-looked. I recently discovered the fantastic 4-CD set "Five Guys Walk into a Bar." Sonics of this rare demo & live material is up and down, but it's an amazing test... | |
| Konfounding Kinks I notice that the Kinks back catalog has recently been trickling out on "audiophile vinyl." I don't know how good these reissues sound in comparison to the original issues, most of which were well recorded. One of the best LPs sonically is an impo... |