drbond
Responses from drbond
| Best Classical Labels for Sound Modern digital: Alia Vox Vinyl: Philips | |
| Do I need upgraded power cables? I have been listening to audiophile grade equipment for 25 years. The first items I bought came with an upgraded, aftermarket power cord (for amplifiers). Since then I have used mostly standard power cords with my other equipment. Over the years... | |
| Unusual countries for audio gear Greece: Ypsilon Switzerland: CH Precision and Dartzeel (Aries Cerat is out of Cyprus, not Greece.) | |
| Frequently asking to re-login Yes, but I can't fault them for requiring 2 factor authentication these days: imagine if someone hacks your account, and makes a purchase after changing the delivery address, and your credit card is billed? It's decreases risks for the Audiogon ... | |
| Interesting Insurance Article Concerning HiFi. In Florida home insurance statutes, you are limited to $1,500 - 2,500 per personal property item, including jewelry, art, electronics. (Who do you think helped write the statutes? …just another example of the perfidy of the legal system.) If yo... | |
| Cartridge Upgrade Recommendations I've listened to Linn, Lyra, Koetsu, and My Sonic Lab in my system. While each are slightly different, I would be very happy with any of those brands, and probably many others! | |
| How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie pop? The world may never know. (although since @middlemass is a verified musical financial genius, I would bet on $5477.36) | |
| Any experiences good or bad using Uship? I’ve used them for furniture with good results overall, but choose your shipper wisely… | |
| Help needed to make system better, please Subwoofers will add a sense of fullness to the musical texture. | |
| If you think about capacitors, check out this video I’ve had two boards from subwoofers go bad. I’m wondering if the culprit is the metallized polypropylene film capacitors which are closest to the power source. Looking at them, you can’t tell that those capacitors are bad, from what I’ve seen. ... | |
| LYRA CARTRIDGES VIDEO Yes, thanks for sharing the video. Very informative for Lyra owners. | |
| Turntable Upgrade I’m very content with my Dohmann Helix One Mk2 | |
| Recommendations for a phono amp CH Precision P1 or P10, with low impedance cartridge. | |
| Modular LP record storage suggestions I guess I cheaped out on record storage, with the Wal Mart Better Homes and Garden 4 cube set up…or you can go the two cube route, but has worked well for about 4 years: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Better-Homes-Gardens-4-Cube-Storage-Organizer-Sol... | |
| Warm, flexible, cheap-ish cables? There are literally hundreds of options to choose from. .. which will be the best? Only a trial in your system will tell you. I've found that the more problems you have in your components, the more that you need cables to counteract your systems... |