ghdprentice
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| Best way to clean glossy finish on speakers? OP, Yea, looks like that includes both types. | |
| Costliest Brainfart OP, wow, really sorry to hear your story. I have done a few things revealing my poor judgement. Maybe, look at this as an opportunity to rethink all the things you have learned and get a new turntable, | |
| Best way to clean glossy finish on speakers? @dabel Have you ever owned a high quality one? They are completely in a league of their own. Nothing like a t-shirt… or any other cotton product. Many times softer, lighter. There are different categories of microfiber cloths… there are t... | |
| SPL Diamond DAC - no remote control @oddiofyl +1 | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers I typically listen at the 65 to 75 db area. But I occasionally crank it into the 80db area, it sounds great. If you are listening at an average spl of 85 that is very loud. If you are talking about occasionally peaks touching 85… that is just lou... | |
| Audio Research LS2SE tube buzzing Yep, that is the right thing. Very convenient to have them nearby. | |
| Dedicated line (almost) Homes are wired so that’s single breaker has no outlets next to each other. But following them should be very illuminating. | |
| Dedicated line (almost) I do not believe you cannot cheat and get the majority of benefits. A direct line, takes the shortest distance between a breaker box and the outlet, it does not go wandering off and connect additional outlets (even if unused… these are sources of... | |
| Best setup for office I developed my office system over about twelve years. I am 100% a woo fan (I have 3 Woo amps)… so that. Denon not so much. Too much bass… not well balanced. So I guess Fostex, by process of elimination. My headphone system got moved home after... | |
| Audio Research LS2SE tube buzzing No noise should be created. You have had multiple tube sets? Swap single tubes one at a time from a spare set until it disappears. | |
| Superbly quiet LP playback Cool. it is really rewarding when you hear something like that. I have been fortunate enough to have collected great pressings for decades… and have a cleaning machine. But the thing that did the most was an audiophile table and cartridge. The ... | |
| dac and streamer or seperates @russbutton Theoretically, you are correct. In the real world you are completely wrong. PCs sound terrible in comparison to dedicated streamers… and the better the streamer… the better the sound quality. Like night and day… not at all subtle. | |
| Audio Research reference amplifiers used with RCA IC`s and unbalanced preamplifiers The triode setting would be 35 wpc. I own Ref 160’s. I run my REF 160’s in triode mode (so 70wpc instead of 140wpc). There seems to be little difference in sound levels… only in the triad mode there is a bit more naturalness to the sound. I p... | |
| WiFi Streaming Versus An Ethernet Cable Connection Wow, this has really gone off the rails. High quality streamers pretty much take the network out of the picture. A great streamer simply requires a trickle of bits and will cashe them and isolate you from your network. You can improve the perf... | |
| When Will We Learn? These kind of concerns are why I either buy through a dealer or through a company when used… like Echo, or Upscale. My audio equipment is the second largest investment I have after my house. Buying used makes sense, but worrying about shipping, a... |