glenmschneider
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| Preamp Sibilance? @ghdprentice - I appreciate your advice. Before I swapped to the duelund cables I was using Cardas Reflection interconnects. They really made a positive difference in the warmth they brought to my prior speakers. I sold them when I swapped to the ... | |
| Preamp Sibilance? Update for all who are interested. been leaving the preamp break-in in my second system (solid state) pretty much 24x7 since my original post. Tested once during the week with a definite improvement in Sibilance but still some hardness / hars... | |
| Preamp Sibilance? @sls883 @audioman58 thank you for the LTA suggestion. I listened to them at LTA in DC a few years back and was very impressed. With this latest purchase I was shooting for the equivalent to no preamp so I could add a new TT, so I tried to stay low... | |
| Preamp Sibilance? @ghdprentice - Thank you. I've seen you say this many times before in many situations and I will definitely give it some more time and track progress. @bolong - Thank you for the fuse suggestion and recommendation. I hope I dont have to go down ... | |
| Special Forty? I had such a similar experience except it was with the Pearl Audio Sibelius speakers. Completely underwhelmed when I set them up in my large living room space. I was back and forth with P.A. countless times changing positions, room treatment, gear... | |
| This Might Not Exist, Any reasonably priced, smaller speakers with 100db Sensitivity? I have a Triode Labs 45 monoblock Set amp putting out the most glorious 4.5 watts I’ve heard into large Joseph Crowe horns (105 db) in room. while these were being built for me, Troy loaned me a small wide baffle back loaded horn speaker that ... | |
| Who's winning? Depends; are you in it for the journey or the destination? To me the Journey is what makes this a hobby. And I am incredibly satisfied with what I have now, but that doesn’t mean I won’t upgrade:) | |
| Power cord for low-watt tube amp? look at the Triode Lab website. they make an amazing power cord in support of their low watt tube amps. I tried it and was immediately sold. I use the on my 45 tube monoblocks and my preamp. Interestingly I preferred different cords for my digit... | |
| USB and Coaxial at the same time? My Auralic G2.1 streamer requires setup changes to swap from USB to Coax making it about a minute long process to switch and not so easy to A/B. unless you have the same cable it also makes it really hard to compare which is better. But you can s... | |
| Does a good power conditioner reduce need for power supply upgrade? Like so many things in this hobby there appears to be no simple answer to power conditioning. And apparently there are various types of power problems that can be addressed. my goto reference for this is live testing done by alpha audio which you... | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? Agree with Avanti1960 i have a <$4k near field second system that is 90% of my more than 10x $ main system in their respective environments. but I could not replace my second system in its larger environment and be anywhere in the ballpark.... | |
| SPEAKERS THAT SOUND ALIVE & DYNAMIC AT LOW LISTENING LEVELS I would recommend looking at Joseph Crowe Audio for a pair of horns. he makes numerous options that are perfect for low level listening, which is how I listen most nights. | |
| Would like to get more bass out of my B&W 801 series 2 speakers My living room is large like yours and seems to just swallow up bass. My prior speakers did not work at all there but were gloriously full in a more moderately sized room. Do you have the ability to test that out a smaller room as an experiment? M... | |
| Final Analog Upgrades I have a soundsmith phono stage that I am very happy with in your price range. | |
| Would you rent a $14,000 DAC for $75 per day? Camera rentals are in place supported mostly by professionals that need a particular piece of gear for a particular short term assignment. I have used them to try out a lens but found a place close to avoid the shipping barges. I’ve also used the... |