gakerty
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| Whats on your turntable tonight? Sam Rivers - Contours. Tone Poet release. Sounds lovely. Music is accessible avant garde? It's been growing on me. I'm not familiar with Sam Rivers work, and only got this one cause the Tone Poet releases have been overall excellent, and I ge... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? John Scofield Hand Jive. Sounds fantastic! Recorded 1993, released last year on Blue Note. it's not unlike his "Groove Elation" in overall vibe, albeit less horn driven. Groovy, spunky, shuffly jazz. I dig it, but I am a big Scofield fan. | |
| Clipping " This particular record is famously distorted and is intended to sound this way"+1. It is pretty rough sounding, in a good way, regardless of pressing. Lots of overdriven, distorted Bonham for example. When he comes back in hard on Whole Lott... | |
| Preamps with Dual XLR Outputs The Rogue RP7 (I own one and love it) has dual XLR outputs. I wish I had the luxury of having another power amp! One will do for now. : ) | |
| Why is loudness compensation missing from "mid-fi"? Wolf_garcia, this is exactly what I use my Loki for. It’s on a processor loop from my preamp. I rarely use it as an EQ except for "loudness" needs later at night and/or low level listening. Works like a charm! | |
| Rogue RP-7 vs. PrimaLuna Dialogue Tube Preamps I've had an RP7 (driving a Stereo 100 power) for almost a year now. It's dead quiet, very dynamic, and responds well to tube rolling. The stock JJ 12 AU7s aren't anything to write home about, and I've gone through a bunch of rolls, I've settled o... | |
| Cartridge loading I run my Benz Wood SL "unloaded" at 47K on my Pass XP15. It sounds the most open, with airier highs, but admittedly I'd be hard pressed to tell the difference between 47K and 1000 ohms, maybe even 500 ohms. Seems the Pass XP15 just isn't that se... | |
| Preamp with external processor loop The Rogue RP7 (I have one) has a processor loop, and the remote has a processor on/off. I have a Schiit Loki in the loop I use sometimes, mostly with lower level later night listening for bass boost (like a loudness button!), or with subpar low b... | |
| Tube Amps With Good Bass Qualities " The Rogue Stereo 100 produced the deepest, most articulate bass I've heard in my system - better than any SS amp I've owned including some rated at 2x the power."+1. I own a Stereo 100 (driven by RP7 pre) and it surpasses my previous Halo Inte... | |
| To Couple or Decouple? I have a (carpeted) suspended floor as well. I put Isoacoustic Gaias + Gaia spikes under my Tannoy X8TFs and the difference was significant. Bass was less muddy, actually not muddy at all after it, and even imaging improved. This was one tweak t... | |
| Need Integrated Amp with Moving Coil Input The well respected, powerful and generally excellent sounding Parasound Halo Integrated (I used to own one) has a MC input. I used an external phono amp through so I can’t speak to the quality of the Halo Int phono amp. | |
| Is a preamp needed ??? I’ve run my Rme-ADI-2 DAC directly into my Rogue poweramp out of curiosity, and it was surprisingly loud and decent sounding vs going through the RP7 preamp. However, it did not sound as good, being drier sounding and more grainy. With a really g... | |
| Rogue audio RP-7 versus PS Audio BHK preamplifier I have the RP-7 driving a Rogue Stereo 100. The RP7 is incredibly dynamic, quiet, and airy in the highs, and has a multitude of inputs and versatility. I swapped the stock JJ 12AU7 with Radiotechniques and that sweetened the sound even more, and... | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? I'm at ~1200 hrs with my Benz Wood SL, and while it still sounds lovely overall, I MAY be imagining slight distortions where there wasn't before. It certainly isn't obvious, but is enough to have me thinking for a retip, rebuild, or a brand new c... | |
| Preamp for Rogue Stereo 100 amplifier I have the ST100 paired with the RP7 (a bit out of your budget), but not surprising they are an excellent match. The RP7 with its stock JJ 12AU7 tubes is "neutral" as least as far as tube setups go, but easily bests my previous Halo Int for trebl... |