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| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Another vote for the Puritan Labs 156. I used the Furman reference 15i before that and I could hear a slight transformer buzz if you put your ear almost on the case. The Puritan is quieter and using the Entech rf noise sniffer it is more effecti... | |
| Vibration dampening I have used Herbies products and I think you need to decide if you want to couple the sub to the floor or isolate it. I use Townshend Podium products to isolate my speakers from the floor (suspended wood) rather than coupling. Isolation made a si... | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric Just to be clear on what higher end players can do, I have owned three ModWright modified palyers: Sony 999es, Sony 5400 and the Marantz SA 8005. They were better with each update. However, the Esoteric K-03XD beats every one of them as well i... | |
| Looking for a CD / SACD player. Also, tell me about Esoteric I have had my Esoteric K-03xd since January and am really enjoying it. I don't plan on changing. We don't have a local dealer so I bought mine from Metafi Audio in Oregon from Jeff. It was shipped properly on a palllet. | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? Another close out of state option is Oregon. I have dealt with Jeff at Metafi audio in Lake Oswego. He is a straight ahead guy with some interesting and quality options. He also gets a good selection of used gear that is often in 9/10 or 10/10 ... | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? If you can wait until September for the audio show (Pacific Audio Fest), that would be the best opportunity to listen a variety of spakers in your price range. I am found of the Gershman offerings and the open baffle designs by Spatial Audio and ... | |
| seeking advice on iso pucks /stands or similair that won't stain speakers? I would think that any plastic type barrier could interact with the footer. Perhaps a piece of inert paper would work better. | |
| It Happens Every Time I Calibrate It's a tough one to chase. I am sensitive to string harshness especially violins. Sometimes I find a live performance a little on the polite or muted side in regards to the strings and it takes a bit of an aural adjustment. That being said, I h... | |
| Power filtering – Furutech or Puritan Audio? I went from the Furutech ref 15i to the Puritan PMS 156. Enough said. | |
| Back to the DAC The LAiV Dac caught my eye even though it's a Dac from China. I would just have trouble putting major dollars into a Dac with a technology that seems to change a lot with better products. | |
| Seeking Bookshelf Recommendations Hmm, perhaps a used pair of Alta Alyssa speakers (32hz to 47khz +/- 3dB). | |
| Listening position/speaker position Just another suggestion is that you might want to try the Wilson Audio set up guide. Just relying on mathmatical calculations may not be the best solution since all your furnishings would affect the sound. Just trust your ears but your friends a... | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player I had a Marantz 8006 that I purchased in 2017 and was running fine when I sold it in December of 2023. An independent may be able to repair it, but I don't know why the repair center can't do it. | |
| quest for speaker upgrade You have some good ones to choose from. As mentioned I would first decide on the sound profile you desire. I will call them more resolving / analytical or something less analytical and "musical" in an acoustic insturement sense. This is probabl... | |
| Sagging power plugs in wall outlet, diy For loose power plugs going into components you wrap the connector with a couple wraps of Teflon tape (plumbers tape). Just the plastic part. Problem solved. |