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| Buying Pet Peeve - Pictures I agree with all you’ve said and I really love it when they don’t even take the time to take any pictures. If I’m the least bit interested I’ll ask for pics but more often than not I won’t even bother and certain won’t buy. | |
| Analyzing DACs There’s a lot to be said about separate components if you have the space. The two biggest issues are noise isolation and separate power supply’s. That’s where you get performance. | |
| Ozzy is done I thought he was finished 20 years ago. | |
| Where to spend my money... Don’t over look the VPI Scouts, especially with the heavy metal platter and nordost JmW 9 tonearm. These are the precursor to the Prime and with a few upgrades like feet and motor you can get equal to or surpass the performance of a Prime for less... | |
| Tough amp decision McIntosh for sure! | |
| DC blockers - what's your experience I use iFi on my NAS and fiber transmitter….they work excellent and are extremely affordable. | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? I’ve had good luck with ups, but the best I feel is FedEx. USPS come in last. I just shipped three audio components via usps because the customer requested and paid for that and I’m bitting my nails. I purchased insurance myself as well. | |
| Tube or solid state In my main system my tube preamp and ss amp gives me the tube smoothness without compromising bass slam and articulation. However, my other vintage system is all tube, and I get very good results from that because the amps are McIntosh MC30s and t... | |
| Symptoms of UN-CLEAN power Fatiguing to listen to, glare, maybe muddy under some circumstances, lack of soundstage .I know this is not what you want to hear but when you add a good power conditioner, things will sound so much better! And you’ll know if it’s the right power ... | |
| What I wish I knew before starting my audiophile journey Great write up! Very insightful and for what you’ve learned “constructively” in 3 short years is inspiring. I’ve been doing this almost 50 years and I feel in still “winging it” most of the time. Thanks. | |
| Help. System sounds thin and bright or harsh @cymivka i don’t think adding subs are the answer to this problem. Sound like you may have a connection problem or an amp problem. But “ harsh” and “bright” aren’t fixed by subs. You’ll get harsh and bright with a lot of bass. My opinion. | |
| Tube Preamp --> Solid State Amp I have a McIntosh c2300 mated with an MC500, my digital is via a d150 thru the c2300. I couldn’t be more happier. It’s the best of both worlds, smooth midrange from the tubes and the slam of bass when needed from the ss amp. I have very efficient ... | |
| Does the length of the Cable matter? At 15 feet you may be entering balanced connection territory to eliminate hum and provide a stronger signal. Just my thought. I’d be most worried about hum. | |
| Testing for Dirty Electrical Power @rlj i have 5 noise harvesters. Some bling rapidly others do not. It’s probably because whatever’s on the same circuit is making the noise. Fridges, dimmer lights, etc. I’m not sure if they actually work that well but I also have shunyata power co... | |
| Testing for Dirty Electrical Power Did some research and people use these devices for the detection of ghosts too..could kill two birds with one stone. |