ghdprentice
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| Re-wiring the listening room: Questions @lak +1 Yes, you want a direct line at 12 for the amp(s)… and at least one for the rest at 9. Two at 9 will certainly not hurt. The incremental cost should be very small for the third. | |
| Upgrading My Vinyl Set Up The speakers you are planning for should be a huge upgrade. Since they are from the same company, they presumably have the same sound… but they are likely to be much more resolving and dynamic. So, may sound better with different cables. ‘In... | |
| Vinyl Lovers OP,, I had a Phillips 212 in the mid 70’s. I don’t know where it got a reputation for being a good turntable. It was so bad compared to all my future turntables. I’m older than that. My first turntable was inside a beautiful, dark, hard wood tub... | |
| Help me select few vinyl LPs OP, That is a very good list. | |
| Stealth Audio Cables - Customer Service - Seeking Your Thoughts If I ran the company I would treat the customer with respect and go out of my way to help them out. I would charge time and materials… or do it inexpensively. Unless, I started receiving many requests for folks cutting them down I would do it. You... | |
| Help me select few vinyl LPs OP, 180 gram pressings are audiophile pressings… I think “normal” are around 120 (just guessing… and it is variable). Most of the time these 180g are better sounding pressings… but not always. I have a few 180 gram stinkers. If you start colle... | |
| Really Long XLR Even Home Depot has a much better sounding solution than lamp cord… not high end audio level, but much better. You buy their 12 gauge 3 conductor extension cord and cut off the ends. Obviously you don’t use the ground. This stuff is actually b... | |
| Help me select few vinyl LPs Kind of Blue, Miles Davis… https://store.acousticsounds.com/d/95055?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3JanBhCPARIsAJpXTx7-ZiBEDhUE0avP6izluOnIVrF_BDlvTljTW6J0I3n2Iq1l6MoqH3gaAk84EALw_wcB This audiophile pressing. Take Five, Brubeck https://... | |
| Am I broken? Am I stuck? Do I have to return my audiophile card now? @carlsbad2 I don’t see your system posted. So where do you come up with this assessment? Have you pursued high end audio for decades? Experience with hundreds of systems? What are the values upon which you base your judgement of Wilson… that ... | |
| Vinyl Lovers Very nice system. Enjoy. One of the reasons I asked about your equipment was because I have found there is a level of turntable that radically drops the surface noise and tracks very much better… kind of the audiophile threshold. | |
| Luxman L-509X as a preamp Op 👍 @eugene81 +1 | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @pindac I must disagree that tubes have had their day in high end audio. Certainly from an overall perspective… consumer goods… etc. But in high end audio a number of companies attempted adoption and backed off because they could not reproduce w... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? @ozzy Congratulations. They look amazing. Can’t wait to hear about them. | |
| Another Fedex problem... I would contact FedEx. FedEx was the premier delivery company until a bout five years ago… since then they have been falling apart… UPS has been gaining In technology and customer care over the last few years. I have had occationally incid... | |
| Stereo or monoblocks So you have two integrated amps. You are using one as an integrated and the amp as a monoblocks… you are only using the second as a mono amplifier? Ok, with nearly 100% certainty that is not optimal use of funds. First integrated amps are a co... |