dodgealum
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| VPI turntables The bulk of your performance gain will be with the 3-D arm. I replaced the JMW-9 with the 10.5 inch 3-D and things got much cleaner and more organized. Then moved that arm to a Prime chassis and saw less improvement than I anticipated. | |
| Bigger rooms better for sound? An audiophile friend once offered this maxim—“Big room, big problems.” I don’t fully subscribe but it is true that very large rooms can create challenges you won’t encounter in tighter quarters. It will be very important to select speakers that co... | |
| David Berning live Agreed, David has been a powerful creative force in the world of high end audio (and beyond). The ZOTL circuit coupled with his proprietary power supply topology are what make his amps and those produced by LTA among the best available at any pric... | |
| I've been selling heavier gear for lighter gear A few years ago sold my 80+ pound Modwright KWA-150se to a local file who helped me load it in his car and picked up a flyweight LTA UL that sounds better with my speakers and I can throw under my arm—no transformer! I’m ok with heavy gear but not... | |
| Break In Failed Agree, difference in performance after break in is minimal and often overblown here by folks experiencing buyers remorse and/or their ears adjusting to a component change. Most significant change happens within 50 hours, after that minimal improve... | |
| Need your thoughts - LTA 40+ vs Pathos Inpol Integrated amp on 98db speakers. To me this is a no brainer—you can get a David Berning designed amp that is bulletproof, lightweight, will run forever on a set of tubes, and is made right here in the USA or take a chance on an exotic Italian unit of questionable pedigree and per... | |
| My Amp is good but probably the weak point You have a nice amp I would look elsewhere to significantly upgrade, namely your speakers. You have way more power than they need so have lots of options. Not a big fan of Klipsch designs. If you love them great then maybe a tube amp will give the... | |
| Charisma Audio Cartridges @mgw Thanks for chiming in and reviving this thread. Let us know how things progress after break in. I’ve since moved my Signature One over to a Pure Fidelity Harmony with an Origin Live Conqueror. Interesting to compare the two tables by keeping ... | |
| Blue Note Tone Poet Series Wow, I've got at least two dozen of these purchased either at the local record store or through Elusive Disc and everyone is perfect. Flat, clean, low noise. These are some of the best jazz reissues out there IMHO. | |
| Downward firing speaker port and domestic issues Not sure whether a down firing port will bother your neighbor more or less than a front or rear facing port or a sealed box—probably makes little difference relative to the overall bass output of the speaker. The more air the speaker moves the mor... | |
| Where to buy vinyl? Does he live nearby? If so, the best gift you can give him might be to make a date to go to the nearest record store and then guide him thru the selection of 30 LPs. You can teach him what you know about condition, different pressings, reissues, e... | |
| So, I listened to a $1Million Dollar System I remember being unimpressed by the big VAC/Vonschweickert system at CAF a few years back. I think it probably pushed $1 million or some crazy amount but to me the sound was just “big” that’s all—didn’t sound like music just very dynamic HiFi. | |
| Another dedicated circuit question Trying to parse from this thread so will pose a question which I hope is sufficiently related so as not to hijack. I am building a dedicated room over the garage from scratch—only drawings at the moment of a new structure. I plan to install a sub ... | |
| Review: Pure Fidelity Harmony Turntable @badgerdms The new motor comes with the cable hard wired and the lead attaches to the new speed control unit. It is an easy swap. The more I listen the more sonic benefits of the Conductor become apparent. It does make a difference and also signif... | |
| Out building for sound. The dream ver$e$ reality I've been deep into this for a few months now planning my own dedicated listening room from scratch. One thing I've come to appreciate is that you need to establish your goal: Is it to create a good sounding room or to keep the noise in the room f... |