dsper
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| Are most tube preamps ‘ultra linear’? ...the ultra-linear’ power doubles. no change in volume when you change back and forth, just a discernible different sound...If you are learning about tubes, this is not remedial. Throw in 4 and 8 ohms taps and I am really lost! :-) | |
| Help with a Passive Preamp I have an Axiom II with Walker mods and use it occasionally. I like the clear presentation that it makes, which reminds me of how I think Audio Research preamps sound to me.But after a while I find it a bit fatiguing in my system. I reinsert my C... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? FWIW.Prat, beat, rhythm, foot tapping or whatever to want to call it. If that is not present, it is not musical for me.After that, as I journey on, I am finding that detail adds to this and makes things even more musical.Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| Need help buying new speaker cable FWIWIf you have only heard Tara cables, before replacing them or paying for their repair, try some 12 or 14 gauge "lamp cord".While it might not be a popular suggestion on this thread, you might be surprised.Thanks for listening,Dsper | |
| Thiel Owners Sorry about coming in from left field; back on July 23, I wrote: Stager Silver Solids. Quote from Marc Stager:"...it is not how a cable makes music sound great. It's about how it allows music to sound great by not hindering its transmission in an... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics @millercarbon That's the long answer. The short one is: What part of "rent free" do you not understand? For sure. | |
| Critical listening and altered states I feel pretty strongly that I ought to be sober when evaluating gear. Costs too much not to be.My reference point is that typically an album I first listened to with a high or buzz on and then listened to a week later, more often than not, sounded... | |
| older CD transport vs newer ones. FWIW, I was using an AudioSpace CD8 (Phillips laser and 12 years old and $900) as a transport only going to a Theta ProBasic III DAC.Moved to a PS Audio PWT (memory player that was/is also 12 years old and listed for $4000) and the PWT blew the CD... | |
| A DIY Swarm-based Distributed Bass Array for SOTA Bass Excuse the typo; I forgot to delete the "and...ignorant." | |
| A DIY Swarm-based Distributed Bass Array for SOTA Bass Hi All,I get the science of Distributed Bass Array.My reluctance to trying it is simple. and causes me to ask this ignorant . How does this work with my preamp?My Conrad Johnson 17LS2 has two line outs.Is it as simple as the using the line 1 for ... | |
| Rank the top reference DACs you've heard Mojo Audio should be on the list I think. | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? @jjss49 am i missing something here? Not sure I understand the question given the title of the thread. | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? Hi All,I was using both a Theta ProBasic III and a Soekris 1421. I purchased a used Mojo Audio Mystique V3 on Audiogon and, after six weeks listening to it, decided it is simply superior. Better depth of soundstage, more detail without any harshne... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Cowboy Junkies "Whites Off Earth Now!!" 1986. | |
| Thiel Owners @brettmceeQuality Ranking’ of all available Thiel speaker modelsI owned both CS3.6 and CS5i at the same time. The 3.6 is a good speaker but the 5i is at a whole higher level. More refined and cleaner. To my ears, its like a veil is removed when li... |