elevick
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| Tube Help--I'm trying to make sense of the codes on this tube. Mullards-can't complain about that! | |
| Seeking advice/tips on improving sound quality 1-Do you have the Vandersteen stands filled?2-Try a really nice dac if you can borrow one?3-Cable upgrades? I just upgraded my power cord (nordost) and it actually made a nice difference.4-AC conditioner?5-Buy a turntable?I like your system. | |
| recommendations of phono preamps < $3000 range Nobody suggested and Audio Research? I love the ph3 or ph5. The Manley can't be argued with but is it worth that much more than a PH3? | |
| Digital player for truck suggestions Simao & DJohnson,I just completely reworked a disgusting Bose system in my Infinity. If you want to talk about complicated messes...this wins.1-Bose BLOWS. When we ripped out the speakers, we found that there wasn't a single tweeter in the w... | |
| Digital player for truck suggestions So, my question to you is what is the car stereo you are considering? Since you claim to want as high fidelity as possible in your truck, you really need to consider what DAC will be used. That is a variable that you can control and need to cons... | |
| McIntosh MAC 1900/PSB 5T burning smell When was the last time it was used? If it sat for years your caps are probably shot. | |
| Need Some Answers Building My First Home Audio System, and using Cornwalls I just posted in another thread about the audioengine bluetooth. You can get quite good sound out if it if done right. My phone (HTC One) streaming Tidal to the audioengine to a Chord Hugo was spectacular. Yes, the Chord is a bit more expensive... | |
| Looking for a one box solution toslink or coax digital out to the dac. | |
| Audioengine Bluetooth vrs. Bluesound node 2 I was with some friends a while back and we were playing with the range of the audioengine-the range was great.The next part of the experiment was to use my HTC One phone running Tidal, streaming to the Audioengine. Sound was good. We then used ... | |
| Looking for a one box solution I have a 105 also. I'd say you have 2 choices: First, you can buy a really good 2 channel DAC and use the 105 for all multi channel. The other option is to send your 105 to Modwright...I can't see finding a better sounding stock multi player. | |
| Need Some Answers Building My First Home Audio System, and using Cornwalls I owned a pair of these for many years. Beautiful speakers with amazing sound. You only need 3-5 watts to drive them to very loud levels. So, don't get hung up on wattage. Keep in mind that a crappy 100 watt receiver will sound much worse than... | |
| Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 tube rolling The JAN Philips I have are a better match with my current Grommes Monoblocks. Every amp is different. If I had to blindly pick a brand and only 1 brand, it would be Mullards. The other reason for the JAN is power handling. My Grommes really pu... | |
| Analog output for hifi As TLS stated, use the digital output to an inexpensive DAC. Even a cheap DAC will most likely have better quality than what's in the TV. | |
| Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 tube rolling We a friend did a test of 12au7's, about 8 different ones. Psvane were not near the top.Mullard won, GE second. Both NOS.Personally I'm using Philips JAN and RCA in my amp. | |
| BDP 103D unable to view streaming sites like Youtube, Pandora, Film Fresh etc in Home Menu If you are stuck with a regional system that won't work because of that there are workarounds. Software like ProXPN will allow you to mimic a VPN from another region? |