dgarretson
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| 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... | |
| SL1200GAE New Tonearm Nicely done, Jerry! | |
| For those of us over 60.. Ray Davies and Pete Townshend pulled me into this thing at a personal level. Artistically I've been drawn all over the place, but Davies keeps me going. | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio Based on specs and forum buzz, the $2.5K ifi Pro iDSD DAC looks like a potential giant-killer. Any experience with this one? It has some features that appeal to me, such as a 10mhz master clock input and the ability to take power from an externa... | |
| Audiophile recording and playback - Tascam DA-3000 Hope you have better luck than I did with Busman. He never replied to email queries that I sent to him about DA-3000 modifications. | |
| Electric Ladyland 50 Year Anniversary Reissues Good answer! Robin Williams would agree. | |
| Electric Ladyland 50 Year Anniversary Reissues First stoned song, or first song stoned? | |
| What is the most $ you have spent on vinyl? $100 for a collection of fifty ECM Nordic jazz albums at the Princeton Record Exchange. What a deal! | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? @david_ten Unfortunately, the profile of my current speaker is too narrow for a Starsound platform. It’s difficult to compare the two manufacturers, as Starsound racks are complete systems and Stillpoints are footers. I do prefer Stillpoints for T... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? @david_ten I never tried three with the Merlins, as these speakers have a small crossection that gets tippy with three points. However, I have used up to five Ultra 5s and Ultra SSs under electronics and turntables with incremental improvements. S... | |
| Stillpoints - snake oil? @dodgealum If your speakers are a custom build, you should have them made with 1/4-20 threaded brass inserts at the four corners and at front and back edge center. That way whatever Stillpoints or other footers you choose can be screwed in directl... | |
| “Sharp Objects” Tonearm/ Cartridge I think we all suspected the two roller blade girls, which implicated the half-sister. But all of that went unexplored. The wrap-up on the high school killers was slapdash, particularly in view of the longueurs of many episodes. |