glennewdick
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| Speaker upgrade If you have the room i'd take the Cornwall over the Forte it's just a better integrated driver set and superior mid-range horn IMO also the bass is cleaner from my listening. L100 wasn't something i liked personally it was ok but lacked the dynami... | |
| Upgrading tube for a MAC 275 mk5 what are you using? DeKay, Interesting about the Ken-rads I also have a set of triode labs 2A3 mono blocks I really like a set of NOS RCA grey plates I found. They are one of my fav NOS tubes right now for 2a3, supposedly the black plates are even better but I've no... | |
| Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth late coming back but, in the end a set of three Iso Acoustic feet sized to my overall table weight were ultimately the best overall sound. | |
| Run with 240volt here in Thailand or use Step down transformer? if your using digital and-or a turntable you may want to see if its compatible with the 50hz supply, most amps and preamp are fine with either. other than that, do not plug a 115-volt component into a 220v supply without a step-down transformer u... | |
| Upgrading tube for a MAC 275 mk5 what are you using? DeKay, thanks for that information that’s very helpful. the tube store has some RCA’s on sale right now i may pick up a set to try out. I actually have a few Amperex 12ax7’s in my house i may try in the amp/preamp. I agree i like these tubes ... | |
| Has anyone truly compared Vintage vs. Modern? @glennewdick @viethluu I think the question is pretty clear. I gave examples of exactly what I'd be comparing against on the old side. and my virtual system tells you I run a Luxman 509x today. I've owned vintage Luxman gear from the early ... | |
| A/B Comparison On A Pair Of Moderately Priced Streamers Upgrade your DAC. In my experience the DAC has 95% of the sound the streamer is really not as important IMO. Find the streamer with the app you like and add a DAC you love. I did the optimized PC then to a Roon Nucleus and finally an Aurender A1... | |
| Upgrading tube for a MAC 275 mk5 what are you using? I'm personally thinking NOS tubes, I've tried the gold lions in other tube types (300b,12 series small signal tubes, kt66, etc) and yes, they can be good. I'm really wondering what NOS tubes people have tried, I've not used 12AT7 before so i'm no... | |
| Garrard 401 and 301 pulley You may want to check with some of the retailers that sell replacements, my bet is if they list two different ones then yes, they are different if only one for both, then you have your answer. I know the 401's motor was an upgraded motor over the ... | |
| McIntosh DAC not streaming DSD If you can confirm your actually getting the hi rez files from Tidal, then i'd ask mac's service department. I had a similar problem with the ARC input on the digital 2 board in my C2700 and it turned out to be the gain was set to hi for the digi... | |
| Has anyone truly compared Vintage vs. Modern? This is sort of a loaded question. what year do you consider vintage to start? are we comparing vintage to modern supper expensive or similar price range (adjusted for inflation-time)? if you compare top quality vintage with mid-range current t... | |
| What speakers replaced your VR4 jr I friend replaced his with the new Cornwall's. | |
| Sansui AU-717 The 717 is one of the best built Sansui integrated of its time dual mono internal design etc. very robust build. that said the whole "if it isn’t broken don’t touch it" thing is so very wrong in a whole lot of ways. you would not get on an airplan... | |
| What is the Best Sounding Stand Mount Speaker in the world? -ADC L710, L910. for vintage they are remarkable. -Proac Tablets these are what got me started as an audiophile. - BBC monitors, as above with the tablets they were based, as so many, on BBC's work so you really need to consider the BBC monito... | |
| Bluesound node + INNUOS PHOENIX USB? I did the; optimized PC based streamer - Roon Nucleus - Aurender A10. and to be honest there's not much of a difference over all in sound quality if it was my money find a streamer you like the OS for and upgrade your DAC first. The Roon nucleus... |