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| The best speaker cables you’ve had Audioquest Dragon Zero. But I can't afford to keep them. | |
| Cat jumped on turntable Don't feel badly. This is one of the facts of life with a turntable.This year I snapped the cantilever right off, when my finger bumped it during fine tuning adjustments to make the sound better. Ha! My dealer is a gentle soul who took pity, an... | |
| It’s you. Thank you for that post.Several times I've dipped into online audiophile groups (Facebook) or discussions (here) and found the water unpleasant, for the reasons you cite. Finding information of value in between the clutter has been challenging. ... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Certainly, yes, but I would recommend changing your process.First-order considerations:If the vinyl is already damaged by dirt that's been pressed into the vinyl, then I know of nothing that can be done. But let's assume that you start with a dir... | |
| Catastrophic Accident! What To Do!? Remember that you don't have to do everything yourself. Wherever you live, chances are good there is someone nearby who will help with routine chores for $20 an hour. Moving the amps? Packing the amp and taking it to the UPS store? Just copy h... | |
| Thinking about upgrading, but wondering about diminishing returns There are lots of ideas here. Maybe, buried in all these suggestions, is the one that will transform your system as if by magic. But how will you know? Not mentioned is how your room is treated. The room is the most important component. If yo... | |
| Used Market Savings vs. The Dealer Experience Anything I have ever bought on the basis of review, recommendation, blog or thread is no longer in my system. (Almost) the only components that have brought the system up in sound quality, that continue to give pleasure, are components that I hav... | |
| Which Class D Amplifier? PS Audio, Ghent, Nord, Merrill or other??? Consider the amps made by Wyred for Sound. I use a pair of SX-1000 in a bi-amp configuration with a pair of class AB amps driving MBL speakers. | |
| Do you trust Audiogon? Some of you want more detail. First, the seller wanted me to divide the payment into 4 payments, each less than $10,000, with a wink toward "avoiding attention". So, he does not want to be noticed by federal anti-money-laundering screens, nor by... | |
| Curious How These Nordost Speaker Cables Do What They Do You ask an excellent question, freediver. A few who have posted here touched on the technical reasons, but no one has given a clear and complete explanation. I can't either. But, there's no doubt that complex things are happening in cables that... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences o_holter: The Lyra Atlas has never actually skipped a track in my experience. The mistracking to which I refer is a mild "breakup" on hot recordings of percussion, and piano is a good example. It doesn't only happen on one LP. I have heard it o... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Using a fozgometer to align azimuth seemed reasonable until I discovered that:It needs new batteriesIt has to be calibratedIt costs $300It is a box consisting of a meter, analog difference calculation and a couple of idiot lightsIts output still m... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Stringreen - Thank you. All this will be done. Though I don't have a Fozgometer (my dealer does this by ear), I presume you feel that having the instrument is important so I'll get one. | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences If I may jump into this erudite group with a related question ...My Lyra Atlas lives on a Basis Superarm 9 on a Basis Inspiration table, set up by the dealer, and it sounds superb. But on rare occasions and only with a "hot" recording of piano, I... | |
| Buzz or hum More precisely I would say it's a grounding issue that involves your preamp, but it shouldn't necessarily be blamed on the preamp. These problems are vexing, but try the following. Clean both ends of your RCA interconnect and all the jacks they pl... |