helomech
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| My Feelings — and, Incidentally, the iFi Audio iPhono2 What did your therapist say? | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II ^Mostly tonal balance. It seems that bass is weak when the treble is correct and vice versa. I can't find the VTA sweet spot. I don't have this problem with other carts. Maybe I just need to look into capacitance loading. | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II What tracking force are you using now? I’m curious because I own this cart and regardless of setup, I haven’t succeeded in getting it to sound quite as good as I expected for the price. | |
| Over time, with playing constant playing, do vinyl records wear out? Get a decent vacuum RCM or one of the DIY ultrasonic kits on ebay. As for wear from repeated plays, it seems your question was rhetorical. | |
| In need of some Amplifier advice. Is therereally any point in it with my current setup? This largely depends on your end goal. Do you eventually want a full-blown system of separates...even considering monoblock amps? Do you definitely want to try the LFT8s? Your current AV receiver can probably manage with the low sensitivity of the... | |
| Sound Anchor Stands Most Sound Anchors come with blue Acoustech sorbothane pads. That's what I use with my Spendors. I've tried other materials and didn't like the sound as much. | |
| Cayin A70T has bogus tube rectification? Similar to Line Magnetic, there are plenty of gray market Cayin amps out there. Maybe your example is one of them? | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? Can somebody explain to me how you depart from musicality by embracing detail and high resolution. Isn’t that the very definition of musicality? If it doesn’t sound very clear and detailed, how can it be either musical or high fidelity. "High fide... | |
| Two Type of sound and listener preference are there more? It seems to me that veteran audiophiles and musicians tend to fall in camp 2. | |
| Vandersteen 2CE Signature II: Is it worth the price of $2700? Why are so many for sale? @sunnyjim That may seem like a bargain considering the current retail is $2700. But what other speakers new like the Magneplanar 1.7i for almost the same amount of money may be superior even though they have different design and work on entirely d... | |
| Which integrated? I'd go with tubes over any class T amp like the Bel Canto, assuming the speakers are fairly efficient.The BOM on the Cayin is probably twice that of the Bel Canto. | |
| Everything else being equal, should I expect better Spotify quality through wifi or USB? Nope, they'll sound the same. | |
| Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers @kosst,You completely misread my post. I was speaking of low-volume dynamics. I don’t know how you confused my statement unless you simply read it too fast. This is what I said,His original post stated that he noticed a lot of "imaging" loss at lo... | |
| Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers @kosst,The OP stated that it "sounded much clearer at lower levels." He did not say it played "louder."The fact of the matter is that a fair comparison of amplifiers requires matched levels. High efficiency speakers manage greater low-level dynami... | |
| Need some Amp help - a little new to properly powering speakers Your speakers are of relatively low efficiency. That's the issue, not power or quality of power. As willemj pointed out, unless you level matched the Rotel and Yamaha for your comparison, it's likely the Rotel was playing at a higher volume when y... |