helomech
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| Parasound JC 3+ Phono Preamp Hum I own a Hana SL and JC3 Jr. I only get a very low level "hiss" above 50% on the volume knob -- far louder than I’d ever listen. Have you tried any other cables between the TT and preamp? Is the Sillnote Morpheus shielded and designed for low level... | |
| Next step: preamp or phono preamp I went from the Lounge LCR to the Parasound JC3 Jr. It was a significant upgrade across the board. I was skeptical about spending that much on a preamp after my experience with DACs, however, the improvements are not subtle. | |
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| Raven Audio/nighthawk or Osprey I have yet to come across a negative opinion of Raven Audio gear. I doubt you can go wrong with that choice unless you have very inefficient speakers.As for customer service, Parasound is also excellent. I've received thorough replies direct from ... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Funny how the complaint of people have an "axe to grind" only ever goes one way on this forum.Always aimed at someone who may be more skeptical about the claims of cable manufacturers. But if you fall in line with "of course cables make a differen... | |
| Best speaker/system piano concerts https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis90da0-bosendorfer-vc-7-monitors | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? I just don’t care for all of the goofy talk...making up words and talking goofy.similar to boutique cable sellers? | |
| Raven Audio/nighthawk or Osprey It seems quite a few folks have had trouble with Vidars. Are you sure it's not the amp? | |
| Turntable To begin with, Metal Lube is not a lubricant. It acts on the metals, sealing the pores and does not replace any lubricant. It is necessary to add a lubricant type with metal lube agun.This would defeat the intended design of sintered bronze bearin... | |
| Turntable If you want an oil designed for turntable like applications (not a gimmicky engine treatment), get some Mobil DTE Heavy/Medium, or Mobil Velocite 6. If your table has a high torque motor, you can try Maryn Thixosyn grease. It can handle extremely ... | |
| Any Spendor D9 owners out there? Pair of D9s for sale:https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lis9111b-spendor-d9-monitors | |
| Best speaker/system piano concerts How about speakers designed by a Piano maker: the Bosendorfer VC7https://www.dagogo.com/bosendorfer-vc-7-floorstanding-speaker-review/ I haven't heard these models but they are well regarded for their rendition of piano. Other speakers I'd conside... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? OK, let me clarify. I have no noise, no hum, no pops, no signal induced noise, no component induced noise. Quiet is quiet, black quiet. I get more noise from my ceiling fan. (Which is a Hunter btw. ;-) ) Setting aside the consitent power outages, ... | |
| How much should a person spend to get a decent power conditioner? @pesky_wabbit,I would take issue with your your statement. It is mainly cable induced (both mains and signal). if it is component induced the component is faulty or badly designed.The most common sources of noise are cheap or poorly positioned tra... | |
| What makes a speaker sound great at low volume? The problem with Maggies is they have weak bass at low volumes. |