drbond
Responses from drbond
| 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... | |
| Do CD Transports benefit much from upgraded power cords? I power my CD transport with clean AC energy from its own nuclear reactor. I use a small nuclear reactor for each component to keep the AC current cleaner. 😏 | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! Yes, @viridian recommends that booklet that offers a great review of cleaning techniques. I think many just use distilled water in an ultrasonic cleaner, of which there are many to choose from, each with their own advantages. | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil If you want top of the line or near top of the line, one option would be the (current-based) CH Precision P1, with or without the X1. Another approach with SUT would be Ypsilon VPS100, or the EMIA LR Phono Corrector. | |
| Phono preamp hum I’ve had a bad tube behave like that in the past…I replaced the tube, and never heard it again. | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State For MM use with a SUT, I would consider the EM/IA LR phono corrector and the Ypsilon VPS100. | |
| Wanna take it to the next level? Buy MORE speakers! No, you have a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COW BELL! | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Depending on your favorite genre, I can also aver that the Analog Sounds label, Analogue Productions albums, are always very well produced and engineered. | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs Just about every cable will sound differently in each system. In some systems, cable A may sound better than cable B, but in another system, cable B works better than cable A. Trial is the only way to tell. Personally, I found that the cheapest... | |
| SME Model 20/12 versus TechDas AirForce V or Suggestions for a 2 tonearm TT Never heard either one, but I can vouch for using two tonearms. As for isolation, get a minus K platform: costs 2-4k. | |
| Isolation systems The only time I've really heard a difference with footers, isolation, etc, is with a turntable. In that case, get a minus K platform for your turntable. Otherwise, for other components, based on my experience, any auditory improvement will proba... | |
| Subwoofer Advice @navyachts FWIW, here's a link to my experience with ML subwoofers: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/subwoofers-and-electrostatic-speakers | |
| Do high dollar mono blocks truly improve the Sound Quality over the mid tier amps Yes. A more expensive amplifier usually sounds better. I went through a long series of upgrades of everything, and I can vouch that every component got better…of course, I upgraded with thought, as there are some very expensive components that ma... | |
| Esoteric K01X SACD player TRAY! error message @jafant The Esoteric K-01X has been performing flawlessly since I purchased it, and got the TRAY error to fix itself by pushing the ON button and the OPEN button at the same time, and holding it for about ten seconds, which allowed the system to... | |
| Is the "tray error" issue on an Esoteric X-03 CD player worth fixing? See this thread: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/esoteric-k01x-sacd-player-tray-error-message |