dgarretson
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| What’s a 10k to 15k speaker from smaller company that performs well? Ditto Daedalus and Chapman. These are both artisanal product lines available from long-established designers. Both Lou Hinckley of Daedalus and Stuart Jones of Chapman are likable and freely available by phone. The factory-direct pricing model is ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Go to a major audio show like Axpona that is full of great analog rigs. Listen to the boutique cartridges and query exhibitors about their cartridge preferences and purchasing sources.Alternatively, stick with a vetted, boilerplate, high-end MC li... | |
| Your last concert was to see who and when? Richard Thompson Electric Trio 11/10/18 Keswick Theater/PA. The best of a half dozen Thompson concerts I've seen over the years. | |
| Capital Audio Fest 2018--show report I enjoyed the show. It appeared to have approximately doubled in size since last year. CAF is centered on American manufacturers and designers. Exhibitors are more relaxed and accessible than at larger venues. Interesting that the Canjam aspect ... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? @bdp24 Agreed, Village Green was great and sounds fine(as does Face to Face) in Tidal MQA streaming. Arthur is arguably the best ever rock concept album. The high points thereafter(all from the ’70s) are Muswell Hillbillies, Everybody’s In Showbiz... | |
| Best MM? There’s a nice NOS Stanton 981 HZ MkII on ebay at the moment. At $1K it’s a bit high-- but perhaps reasonable inflation above the $650 that I paid for an ebayed NOS 981 LZS about five years ago. The 981 LZS is quite close to my Lyra Etna, as compa... | |
| Best vinyl purchases based on pressing, studio production, sound quality and enjoyment. @raymonda Have you compared the new Wake to the MoFi? It's a great pressing. | |
| Right channel louder, BAT VK-P10SE SuperPak with Ortofon 2M Bronze(MM) @geek101 Those swaps may obtain better matching of the gain sections, which tend to drift with time. It's also possible that by reseating the tubes you cleared some sludge and restored electrical contact. For a unit that old, you should clean all... | |
| Right channel louder, BAT VK-P10SE SuperPak with Ortofon 2M Bronze(MM) I had one of these. Try swapping the tubes left to right, then front to back. | |
| Denafrips maybe have a second thought. @david_ten I can’t recall the model names, but a high-end ModWright tube preamp and bi-amped ModWright amps, a Roon Nucleus digital server (with USB output), Black Cat ICs and speaker cables, G&G Discoveries power cords, and tweaks by Furutech... | |
| Denafrips maybe have a second thought. @lordcloud After the shoot-out I wrote these comments for a club newsletter:The Audio-gd 7 is sweet and warm in a pleasing tube-like way. It's a tad less resolving and extended on top than the other two. Down low, it trades ultimate articulation f... | |
| Denafrips maybe have a second thought. I recently participated in an local audio club shoot-out between the $4.5K Denafrips Terminator, $2.5K Audio-gd 7, and $17K Aqua Formula. The Singapore-sourced Terminator is in the sweet spot between these three R2R DACs. Hopefully Trump's tarif... | |
| SAT 30K+$$ TONEARM: W O R T H T O H A V E I T ? I have two 3012Rs on the same Luxman PD444. One arm is stock; the other includes Analogue Tube Audio modifications(bronze bearing, silver wire, RCAs.) The mods refine the treble and improve bass control, but are subtle improvements. These arms a... | |
| Many seem to be talking about their last system . I agree with @Jim204 that aging, in combination with the digitizing of physical media, has drawn me into a downsizing mentality. In cosmological terms, it's analogous to the eventual transition of an expanding universe into a contracting universe... | |
| BE VERY CAREFUL OF YOUR DEALINGS ON AUDIO-ASYLUM I accord with Elizabeth’s caution against trades in long distance transactions. Money first, PayPal both ways. Since the Asylum realizes no fees from its commerce site, I understand its reluctance to police transactions. They do occasionally impos... |