earthtones
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| What was the best (most impactful) piece of new equipment to hit the market in 2023? The Primaluna Evo 100 phono is the most important upgrade I've made to my system in a long time and by far the best phono preamp I've owned, tube or solid state. It is the only one I've heard that does not sound harsh with massed strings. The way ... | |
| Seeking Schumann 4th that is listenable Thanks for the replies. Nativedsd is where I got that download. I remember going through a bunch of selections on Qobuz and not finding anything satisfactory. The LP that was pointed out is available on Discogs but not cheap. I’ll keep searching. | |
| Focal Sopra 2 or Older Wilson Sasha v1 What kinds of problems? | |
| Cables to settle brightness Do you have optical ethernet isolation to your DAC? If not I would definitely look into that. It removed a fatiguing bright scrim that I suffered with for years. I have a Sonore optcalRendu going to an ultraDigital to I2S on my PS Audio Directstre... | |
| Linear Power Supply? So I purchased a SOTA LPS recently and I've been using it for a couple of weeks. The sound quality certainly isn't worse than before and it may well be better. It measures marginally better through Analog Magik. When I last measured Wow/Flutter in... | |
| Perimeter Ring Clamps: Yay?, Nay?, Sources?? I have a VPI Classic 4 that came with a periphery ring, which I promptly sold. It is big, heavy, and an accident waiting to happen. Maybe I’m a little clumsy. My first bad encounter happened with one more than 10 years ago when I bought one for my... | |
| Kiseki Purpleheart Soundsmith Paua | |
| Linear Power Supply? This is an exercise in frustration for me. A whole lot of words but no mention of specifically WHY and HOW. If I were interviewing someone for a programming job, they would not impress me with this sort of vapid marketing speak: https://www.brink... | |
| Linear Power Supply? @lewm I was going to mention the Brinkmann tubed power supply. I’ve read that it’s better but I don’t recall anyone giving a good reason why it should be in this application. Now I’m a firm believer in tubes in the amplification chain of my system... | |
| Linear Power Supply? Thanks @lewm . My Roadrunner shows me 33.333 + .003 in operation and occasionally shows dead on 33.333 for stretches. I wonder if an LPS would tighten this up any more, if it matters. My measured W/F via Analog Magik is .06, which may in my estima... | |
| Power regeneration - good idea? PS audio? I use a PS Audio P20 for my sources and an Audioquest Niagara 5000 power conditioner for my amps. Despite what anyone claims, I have found the P20 to limit dynamics and bass power for the amps but it excels for the constant current sources. The AQ... | |
| Rouge Audio RP-7 @aberyclark The ARC Ref 6SE has a greater sense of depth and layering and can drive amps much more powerfully. The SE upgrade also brings a stunning new level of clarity that I’d never heard before. The BHK gives only a hint at the ARCs presentati... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time In my system that I described earlier, I think the Hyperion does everything extremely well, PRAT, tone, whatever. I think it’s a simple matter of superior tracking ability combined with ultra low moving mass and resonance- how do you beat a cactus... | |
| Rouge Audio RP-7 I had an RP-7 and thought it was decent. There was an issue with noise coming from one channel which turned out to be related I think to the front end logic board, which Rogue promptly fixed. Sensing there was more resolution and bass impact to be... | |
| I believe I experienced great PRAT for the first time The rest of my system was waiting- Pass XP-27, ARC Ref 6SE, Vandersteen M5-HPA, Vandersteen 5A Carbon, PS Audio P20 for sources, AQ 5000 for amps, AQ water IC, AQ William Tell Silver biwire, AQ Hurricane, and some other odds and ends. There’s a di... |