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| Friend given a Revox open reel and Tascam 4 track - suggestions be we power them up? Thanks for all the tips. I don’t have access to a variac, as they haven’t been needed for film production for a long time. Wondering if there is a modern smaller solution. | |
| RME ADI-2 fs DAC: Not Loving It RME is pro audio gear. I use their UFX a/d d/a unit in my professional post production studio and have made music recordings using it as well. There are companies who install a better power supply in it that supposedly makes it sound better. While... | |
| Need help buying new speaker cable Jasonbourne - if you look at Iconoclast cables they measure each cable shipped and include documentation and show lower (I forget if it’s inductance or capacitance) than typical cables. I tried their speaker cables and they were excellent and loud... | |
| 3 New UBER Decks - Is this Turntable's SwanSong? 🦢 While turntables are not easy for the average person to truly compare, especially since they need the same arm and cart, I can relay some of my own experience upgrading tables. Speed stability is a fantastic thing (listen to some Plangent process ... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! HA ha - you got me- maybe you are a trial lawyer! I wasn’t trying to say albums don’t get worn out, just that wear isn’t inevitable if using the right cart and kept clean. Acetates are not meant to survive repeated playback, but a very low mass ... | |
| Constellation's House Sound Inquire I’ve read a user report on PS audio’s forum that had owned Constellation and preferred his BHK300 amps. I think Bascom King may have stated the amps were his best work so far. I think The tube input section is the killer feature, and they brought ... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! Just jumping in here. I used to buy a ton of records in the late 80’s early 90’s when people here in NYC were selling their vinyl by the crate full. I bought tons of promo copies and quite a few Radio station copies (not all were white labels). I’... | |
| USPS records delivery delays Ask your local USPS worker if they believe the mail has been worse since Louis Dejoy took over. I've asked several in different states. | |
| Recommendations—2.0 Setup For Music|Film|TV (~$3K-$8K) Just FYI aside from running a 2 channel system for music, In the same room I have a wall I use for projection and have a separate 3.1 system (which shares the subwoofers) 3 channels, LCR actually works quite well, and with film and tv the center c... | |
| Porsche Love seeing anything featuring the 997.2 series. 7 years ago I needed a “new” car to replaced a blown engine seal Mazda RX8. I test drove some pre owned manual 911’s and I asked the Porsche dealer if any models allowed the rear window to pop up. H... | |
| Power conditioner some say yes and some say no. Paul, the Furman reference series (as well as some of the similar Audioquest Niagara’s ) stores energy to deliver more current than available from the wall for short times for increased transient response. I was putting together a small system wit... | |
| Are you also leaving free (virtually) performance on the table? This is embarrassing to admit on an audiophile forum, but I had not cleaned my Atma-sphere preamp tubes or sockets for years. I would reseat them from time to time but not cleaning. I had a bad tube and in chasing it down removed all tubes and ... | |
| Recommendations and thoughts for end game speakers and amps While not exactly cost effective, I’m of the mind that TAD speakers can be end game for owners. I’ve got them paired with bargain amps that are about 1/3rd the price of the speakers (BHK300’s) while they come in a plain case, do have a tube input ... | |
| Why not copy the greats- vinyl LP question Speaking of going back to multi track masters with digital mixing, I recently got a copy of Zappa's Roxy Performances, where Craig Parker Adams went back to the 16 track 30 IPS multi tracks, digitized at 24/96 and re-mixed (not sure of process, I... | |
| Critical listening and altered states Decades ago I took some sort of acid and thought my friends car stereo was the best I had ever heard. I believe mushrooms had a similar effect on me. The interesting thing is that both increase ones sensitivity to seratonin, which is similar to ... |