folkfreak
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| Let's talk power cords @hifiman5 far be it for me to intuit what @geoffkait is saying but my experience is that you cannot tell how any given system sounds from pictures or knowledge of the components -- there are far too many variables in room interaction, component sy... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE Quick update on this thread to present a solution to ground for the front end of your phono system. As noted in prior comments on this thread grounding the first stage in your phono chain (be it the arm, table, step up or phono stage if no step up... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations @fsmithjack frankly I worry you are diving in head first and may waste a lot of time and money to no good outcome Why exactly do you feel the need to add analog to your system anyway? Do you own 1000s of LPs? Are there specific genres you like tha... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations Regarding setup of the cart you MUST invest in a decent tool, something like this would be the minimum I recommendhttps://www.musicdirect.com/analog-accessories/pro-ject-align-it-cartridge-alignment-gaugeThere are many other similar setups that ca... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations When you have a spare minute set yourself up a simple gain-cascade spreadsheet that you can play around with (the math is 10 to the power gain in any step/20, where gain is in dB)In practice it usually only matters in the pre to power step, that’s... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations @rauliruegas once again you make a hyperbolic and extreme souffle of nonsense out of some helpful advice. As you very well know gain matching is not only a matter of enabling the amp to deliver its rated output, if and ever needed, but is also abo... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations @fsmithjack not sure if you’ve pulled the trigger on the clearaudio yet but this is a brand of cartridges that has a house sound, one many like but one that others (me included) have never warmed toofrankly if I was in your shoes I’d be sorely tem... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations The 90 is an excellent cart however it’s lowish output at .270mV. With only 60dB in your phono plus 18dB in the pre you would get to 2.1V which is short of the 2.6V rated for maxiumum output for your X350.5. In other words another 3dB of gain woul... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations @rauliruegas your ability to diagnose the sound of a system by looking at photographs is amazing! I imagine you never need to leave your house and instead can imagine any sound from any system in the worldAnyway if you ever find yourself in Portla... | |
| Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations @fsmithjack the VPI dual pivot mod is worth investigating -- most well designed unipivots include such a mechanism and it is good to see VPI finally getting around to thisPlease take the feedback you get from @rauliruegas with a pinch of salt -- h... | |
| How important is the rack you use for your components @ricred1 My question is if you have Isoacoustics , Stillpoints, or any other "effective" footer under all of your components, do you need a very expensive rack? If so, why?In my experience the answer is yes. Think of it in terms of layers of defen... | |
| Speaker Isolation -- Experience with Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums Dan Meinwald is the US importer, here’s a link. I’ll send you a PM with his email and phone numberhttp://www.ear-usa.com/townshend-audio/ | |
| RCA Shorting Plugs Yes, you should cover unused digital inputs including AES/EBU and BNC -- cheaper shorting plugs are available from electronics suppliers but if you want bling the Telos products are great (but cost an arm and a leg) | |
| Speaker Isolation -- Experience with Townshend Seismic Isolation Podiums I still am enjoying what the podiums are delivering for me. Over the past year i have made a number of changes to my system that substantially improve how bass is presented and the podiums have really let this come through. Specifically a) adding ... | |
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