ghdprentice
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| Phono Preamp upgrade @millercarbon +1 nailed it on the head. Phonostages are really important don’t skimp… get a destination phonostage or your not going to know what’s happening when you upgrade tt and cartridges. | |
| How to tame a bright system? @aniwolfe +1 Wow, i had missed that. Yeah, given the quality of your other stuff you should be in the $10K range on speakers… typically just for a highly generalized rule of thumb I would be looking at 30% of my investment on speakers. I have ef... | |
| Onkyo CP 1050 Turntable OPINIONS Did you see this? http://www.audiophile.no/en/articles-tests-reviews/item/2103-onkyo-cp-1050-en | |
| What Am I missing? Lumin T2 Streamer DAC w/MC501's Only I see your dilemma. So do you have to loose a box? You have some fantastic speakers. If I were to work from there I might start with a streamer only. Aurender, with out a DAC. Given the quality of speakers and amp you would like to stay at that l... | |
| What is the best USB cable under $500 for a natural presentation and good detail ? About tenyears ago I was finalizing my office headphone system… which had gotten out of control, with a Woo WA6SE amp, an Ayre QB-9 DAC a lot of power conditioning and contemporary high end headphones. I progressed through a number of USB cables (... | |
| Interesting information from Analog Planet on Stylus Cleaner Onzow Zero Dust. @daveyf “Maybe a better question would be to ask..and verify, IF a reduction in SQ is heard by any of these ’deposits’.” +1 Yes, my first thought as well. I will admit to being lazy. I want to do the least amount of work as possible (I w... | |
| Position of speaker cables and irregular behavior Wow. Congratulations! Patience and perseverance win out. | |
| Which interconnect cable to upgrade first @xcool. “Lumin T2 -> Parasound JC2 -> Parasound JC5 ” Nice, elegant well chosen components. It is nice to see a system like this. Given the equipment I would go for neutral with ever so slight touch of warmth. I would give a consideratio... | |
| Which interconnect cable to upgrade first What equipment do you have? | |
| Considering the Pro-ject Box CD RS2 Transport ? You might want to read this, first. @stuartk Thank you for your carefully worded summary of the ergonomics of the transport. These kinds of things are important to many, but not important to some. I assure you, if I was purchasing one this would be of great importance to me. My CD... | |
| FM Tuners Sorry not to answer your question. But I am seriously trying to be helpful. I would recommend a streamer. You can get thousands of stations from all over the world, and depending on the quality of the streamer, with much greater fidelity. In addit... | |
| Interesting information from Analog Planet on Stylus Cleaner Onzow Zero Dust. Interesting. Thanks for posting. | |
| Which interconnect cable to upgrade first I would do streamer first, then preamp. | |
| Higher powered but efficient amp with the imaging of a Pass XA-25? Whoa! Slow down. The description of the sound you gave comes from a synergy of AMT drivers with a nice natural amp like a Pass XA30. If you want that sound you are not going to get it from some KEF bookshelf speakers and the quick choice of a high... | |
| Digital power cord for tube amp? A number of manufacturers manufacture different lines of power cords designed for digital components, for instance Shunyata. The digital is designed primarily with noise reduction as opposed to passing massive current. I haven’t experienced a real... |