gdnrbob
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| Vandersteen 5a, 15 years old vs. new Vandersteen Quatro Wood (upgrade or downgrade) @stringreen,I use Ayre and Atmasphere (tubes for the winter).Both have their signatures, but they (tubes) do work with Vandy's.Bob | |
| 60Hz hum You could try a cheater plug on the integrated and see if that eliminates the hum. Bob | |
| Another shout out for Uship! +2 for Uship,I used them for a pair of Vandy 3a sigs from NY to NC. They arrived in perfect condition.The cost was reasonable, if I recall and the buyer pleased, as well.A number of these shippers are independent 1 man operations and basically mak... | |
| Anyone ordered from Herbie's Audio Lab lately? I have never had an issue with Herbie's. Email queries were always responded to quickly.If I recall, he even answered the phone.Bob | |
| Vandersteen 5a, 15 years old vs. new Vandersteen Quatro Wood (upgrade or downgrade) The best person (besides calling Mr. V- and he will call back), is to PM John Rutan (Audioconnection). He is very knowledgeable about equipment and will probably know if you current set up will avail you to the benefits of upgrading.That being sai... | |
| Smoke on my power amp @ihcho ,I did the same thing on my old DNA-1-inadvertantly, of course.The only thing that happened was that the fuses blew.I would be surprised that your amp wasn't equally protected.Did any fuses blow?Bob | |
| Multi-room streamer (alternative to Sonos) Bluesound is the way to go, in my opinion.You can add an outboard DAC to increase fidelity- I use an Ayre Codex.For the money, Bluesound is hard to beat with regards to connectivity.Bob | |
| Streaming The cheap option- correction, the inexpensive option is a Bluesound Node. If you don't need wireless connectivity, just get any model. The Node 1 (cube shape) does what all the Nodes do, and can be had used for almost nothing. All you have to do i... | |
| Trying to make sense of the new and improved world of streaming music @ianrmack ,Sigh.@OP, Ignore the man behind the curtain...B | |
| Maggie 1.6 noise Why not call Magnepan?To be honest, 15 years is a long time. And, $500 isn't that much to spend.If possible, why not just drop them off the Magnapan?Bob | |
| Trying to make sense of the new and improved world of streaming music @ianrmack ,Leave the OP alone. He came here with honest questions-which, we tried to answer. If he left out his budget, all you have to do is ask him.B | |
| AtmaSphere Upgrade from Mk 3.1 to Mk 3.3 I only have experience with the 3.3's, but when I was looking at buying a non 3.3 Ralph and Adam have told me, it is a very big upgrade- sound and rebuild-wise(hence, the cost. If I recall, it also affect tube performance. Hopefully, others will c... | |
| Buy Decision Audioquest vs. Audience I am a big AQ fan and second auxininput's recommendation.Though I would have to say it all depends upon which cable 'sound' you are wanting. Perhaps if you can try a pair of each- like the Cable Company offers: https://www.thecableco.com/lending-... | |
| FLAC streaming quality vs. Amazon HD on Bluesound Node Let me preface by saying I am not a streaming savant, but I would try playing your music without replay gain and remove any track gain from Bluesound first.You might be adding a filter by using such add-ons.Bob | |
| Recommendations on a digital system @big greg,You are correct!I was confusing it with Spotify.And, I have to say the sound quality of Sirius is much worse than Spotify.I just found this: https://support.bluos.net/hc/en-us/articles/360000252127-Stream-Bluetooth-audio-to-a-BluOS-Play... |