erik_squires
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| Muddy Bass Vintage JVC JA-S31 Before and After complete recap This could be from having too low a damping factor/too little feedback. Low damping factor can be caused by poor speaker cable connections. Try using a jumper from inside to the speaker cable directly. Of course, this assumes the problem is really... | |
| Are Pass Labs amps probably the best ever you can buy ? Ayre >>>>>> PassEveryone else is wrong. | |
| First DAC: Metrum-MHDT-Rega-or? in your price point I really like the latest Parasound ZDac as well as anything from SchiitI would avoid anything more than 10 years old, as the playback got seriously better after. Best,E | |
| Best practices - cleaning contacts! Really once before you assemble your rig is enough. A lot use Craig Deoxit | |
| Mcintosh MA6600 You absolutely need to hear it before committing. Pay special attention to the mid and treble balance, and long term listening. With the B&W especially. If you go with the W Diamonds, the tweeter caps are the only things holding them back. Rep... | |
| Shorter speaker runs or shorter IC Runs...Which is the better set up and why? Shorter speaker runs. Performance and cost. Best,E | |
| Bi-Wire with two pairs of speaker cables Yep, that works fine, just don't accidentally short the two terminals. | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? Then headphones and a tube headphone amp/dac. :) | |
| Power conditioner and high end power cord I would say, set up your room acoustics long before you spend much money on power cables. Keep noisy devices like routers, and cable TV boxes outside of your power conditioner. Then invest in a pair of AC cables and see if it does a damn thing for... | |
| Threshold verse Pass Labs how can I justify significant price difference I would listen long before I made the decision a Pass was an upgrade. Also on your list should be Ayre and Parasound. Ayre IMHO is a much better sounding amp than Pass, and the Parasound may be a significant upgrade just from virtue of being new, ... | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? How is your room acoustics? If not thought of, spend it there first. The thing about a DAC is streaming. The online catalogs are pretty amazing. | |
| Do $2k speakers + DSP = $50k speakers? Wide baffle speakers are _amazing_ and less room dependent. I wouldn't say the issue there is range, but baffle shape. A 2-way in a wide baffle would probably be pretty awesome. Still, those Sonus Faber wide baffle speakers are among my all time f... | |
| PS Audio Regenerators - P5, P10, P12, P15 oh, I should mention, PS Audio uses similar tech as SMP in some of their conditioners. :) Best,E | |
| PS Audio Regenerators - P5, P10, P12, P15 Keep your sub off the pure power. Use a Furman with LiFT and SMPYou should also try with the amps. I think you'll like it. :) Then you can run everything else off the PS audio, and get a much smaller one. They start cheap, around $300https://amzn.... | |
| Where to find a quality power supply for the router? Yes. The issue tends to be about noise coming OUT of the supply and polluting via the AC, rather than into the devices. Any linear power supply of the right voltage and at least the rated current will work. Also, keep your network devices outside ... |