folkfreak
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| SOTA Turn Table set up for 5K - more or less? I’d say you are better off forgetting it. In addition to the table, arm, cartridge, phono stage and cables you also need to budget for a record cleaner (ideally ultrasonic) and of course loads of LPs as well. Finally setting up a system takes lots... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? @aberyclark I could just as well say "nothing will bring out the virtues of badly recorded content as much as a great system"One of the benefits of the sorts of improvements I was talking about is hearing the qualities of recordings you'd previous... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? Frankly I find that 9 out of 10 of the six figure systems I hear (mostly at shows) make me turn tail and walk straight out of the room. And I haven't heard a system at a dealer that I rated more than "Meh" (and i work with some of the most highly ... | |
| Clearaudio Innovation Wood or shoot for the stars Techdas AF 3 @lewm I think you may have it upside down. Leaving aside damaged LPs (including groove damage from mistracking that may only be evident on playing) my experience is that it is the LPs you’d given up on as “harsh”, “boring” or just plain bad that b... | |
| Speaker cable length with monoblock amps? @inna $15k a set speaker cables and $22.5k a pair amps, your point being? Yes I could have them (SR) make me up a set of short cables for $10k but who wants to pay this much for jumpers? As another poster suggested one option to a “free” set of ca... | |
| Speaker cable length with monoblock amps? May or may not be relevant to you but any cable less than 6’ is going to be a rough resell. Certainly if I was buying new that would be a major consideration. I use mono blocks that would work with a 4’ cable but I have an 8’ set and cross them be... | |
| Really worth changing Rogue Apollos for VTL Siegfried 2? Purchase from a VTL dealer and you will have no issues at all with support. Also in my experience Luke and Abe’s are a pleasure to work with and always fun to talk to at shows. I’ve owned MB450s for years and have had them upgraded to MkIII status... | |
| Power Cords New AQ cables are outhttp://www.audioquest.com/power-cables/dragon-high-currentand available from the usual sourceshttp://www.needledoctor.com/Audioquest-Dragon-High-Current-AC-Power-Cablethe Hurricane would suit the OPs needs and price rangehttp:... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. Re Magicos and tubes - my Q3s love the ARC pre and VTL monoblocks I pair them with. Personally I never really like the big Soulution amps that Magicos are often paired with at shows, the combo with tubes often gets feedback along the lines of “ I ... | |
| Stylus force digital scales @lewm I’d not expect their to be any noticeable attraction (we’re talking about .1g of effect which I’m sure you could not feel)the test id like to run (which I will when I get home) is to load the platform statically with something non magnetic a... | |
| A New Ground -- Benefits of introducing the Synergistic Research Active Ground Block SE @mtseymour im afraid I did not upgrade from the original grounding block to the active, I just started with the active so cannot comment on the benefit. With the normal 30 day trial I’d give it a go. I did find that getting the grounding block up ... | |
| LP's... Do they sound better now than 30 yrs ago? It’s still going to be a lot of effort but since you were last around record cleaning has come a long way. Ultrasonic in particular is a major step forward so if you do get back in I’d make that part of your LP regime | |
| Clearaudio Innovation Wood or shoot for the stars Techdas AF 3 So in effect you have $34k to spend? $27k for the table and $7k for the arm. In my opinion it really matters if this is it or if you think you will have room for more upgrades in the futureif this is really the end then as @lostbears suggests you ... | |
| Troubleshooting balance issues Well it’s not a problem with the OPs ears if it moves speaker when the channels are swapped 😉i had the same problem in my system and it turned out to be worn out tubes in my phono stage. I suspect you have a hardware problem, especially given what... | |
| Feickert PlatterSpeed app Why not buy an old used iPod or iPad - you can pick one up for not much, and then dedicate this to hifi uses. I have my old iPad 2 set up this way using platter speed and the Synergistic Atmosphre app |