emilg1955
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| Personal speaker evolution I now have been living with JM Lab Alto Utopia Be for several years and while not quite the air mover the Irs-1b and maggie 3.6/dual sub systems, definitely one of the if not the best I have heard in a reasonable sized room. Adding a Paradigm serv... | |
| Cartridge Break-In Found out on another forum the correct loading for a Ruby 3 is 22K. Night and day-analog magic to be sure. I do wish Benz made this information available. I am not sure why reviewers found this cartridge so outstanding without the correct loading.... | |
| Directv music channel versus AM/FM Tuner ? I had the digital output from my dish HD receiver running directly into a B&K Ref 30 running 5 channel stereo. The Dish supplied Serius sound was incredibly good-like 96/20 untill a few months ago. Then, they replaced my favorite channel, seri... | |
| Usher CP-63XX owners, have you added Lead Shot? Use steel shot. The shot cleans up the cabinet resonance in the all important midbass area. And no toxic impact on the world or your family. | |
| Finding Pure Water for Record Cleaning - very long It seems to me that using anything more than an in home 4 or 5 stage RO unit that purifies water for a few cents a gallon is a total waste of time. As soon as the "super clean" water has contact with the air, it is not much better let alone after ... | |
| Personal speaker evolution 1. Generic 12"3-way 1974-772. ESS AMT-4 1977-19823. ESS AMT-1AM 1982-19894. Infinity Kappa 8 1989-19945. The above Infinities with reworked wiring,cabinets, and crossovers 1994-19976. Infinity IRS-1b 1997-2007 -would still have if not for moving t... | |
| Is Digital actually better than Analog? The answer is yes and no. Some vinyl is better than the same recording on CD and visa-versa. Much of the early vinyl was poorly translated to CD and the only really good format available in on vinyl. For many, myself included, vinyl is a ritualist... | |
| dcs Elgar plus vs Wadia 27ix vs Aero Capitole I have personally used the Wadia 25 DAC driving several amplifiers as well as the 861 doing the same. It has never been obvious that the preamp was adding anything but more distortion. However, in the case of the Threshold T2 preamp, there was cle... | |
| Is KEF no longer relevant? Yes! haven't been for years.... | |
| Cartridge Break-In A very interesting idea! I purchased a Benz Ruby 3H last year and it was unlistenable for about 100 hours. After that it was muddy and lacked detail and speed up untill 150 hours. Since then, it has become the magic that is Benz and is still gaini... | |
| What's Going On?? Sound changes every night I have the same problem with my system. When it's good, it's magical. When bad, unlistenable. And it will change on a moments notice and back again. The entire bass spectrum will disappear and the top will get gritty and grainy. And it's not relat... | |
| Which Threshold s are best? For class AB, the S500e and 550e are the best I have heard. For class A, I prefer the T400 driven balanced by the T2 preamp. I think this is the best I have heard period. The T400 is basically dual mono unlike the lower power amps in the T series.... | |
| Difference betweeen Aragon 4004 Mark I and Mark II One thing is the replacement of the fire prone carbon emitter resistors to a non flamable type. | |
| Have Outlaw 950/770, Want Kappa 8.1 or 9.1's I would be concerned. They are not very efficient and if you are going to crank them, the emits will fry at clipping. I'm speaking from my own experience with Kappa 8s. I had to put cooling fans on my Adcom 555 amp to keep it from overheating duri... | |
| Which preamp to buy in the 2000.00 range used Just use the passive mode of your GFP-750 if you really want neutral. Otherwise, next best bet is Pass X-1. Not much out there any better. about $2400 used-mint. |