hifiman5
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| What amp/preamp are you using with your Vandersteen Treo CTs? @soix I’ve only had the Rhumba Extreme 1.4 for a couple weeks. I picked it up at Bob Backert’s home. Previously I had a CJ PV-12 line stage that over the years Bob had worked on several times to improve its performance. After 31 years with the C... | |
| And a Happy 4th to all! If you don’t have real functioning borders you have, by definition, no country at all. I am very thankful for President Trump and VP Vance for working to restore this wonderful country and rid it of criminal aliens allowed to pour in by the previ... | |
| What amp/preamp are you using with your Vandersteen Treo CTs? I just upgraded my preamp to a Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme line stage, a Luxman E-250 phono stage into an SMc Audio power amp. | |
| How reliable is PS audio equipment? PS Audio did have some build issues in the past when their gear was assembled in China. My Chinese built Premier Power Plant failed within a year of purchase. PS promptly replaced it. The P5 Power Plant that replaced the Premier is made in the US... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade @jayctoy Right on. I have had my Marantz SA.-KI Ruby SACD player since very soon after they were available for purchase. Digital accuracy but with a detailed yet musical rightness. In other words no digital glare due to upper midrange lower treb... | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. Honestly, I feel quite certain that many if not all of the cables “denialists” here can easily hear the difference between divergent cable designs especially comparing high purity copper to high quality silver ( especially if from the same company... | |
| Keep light equipment from tipping up from cable weight? I had a very light component in my system once and built a support structure for the cable out of, of all things, Tinker Toys. I know it sounds bizarre but it did the job! | |
| Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnect - opinions please @iani I use the Purist Audio Disc for burn-in as well. Try leaving the cables still and untouched as you put the Purist Audio disc on repeat. It would be interesting to hear how things sound after that. PS I find Wireworld RCA connectors to be... | |
| Upgrade Interconnects/Cables or…? @kennythekey I agree with previous comments about moving the speakers out into the room. It should improve the depth of the sound. Have you tried using the “Rule of Thirds”. That was the secret for me locking the speakers into the room. Good luck! | |
| Wireworld Eclipse 8 interconnect - opinions please @iani Have you given them time to settle into your system? I have Wireworld interconnects and speaker cables in my system and they need some time in the system to fully open up. Please be patient…yes I know that’s a silly thing to say to an aud... | |
| Who has tried one of the PS Audio Power Regenerators? @portoalegre Those folks were right. It needs to burn in like any other gear. Give it some time to come into its own. Good luck! | |
| Need some treble For only $299 I would suggest the Lokius with a 6 kHz adjustment for treble and 16khz to add some “air” to the sound. Schiit gear is built incredibly well for the modest asking price. You,after experimenting, may find the other bands on the Lokius... | |
| Need some treble The Schiit Loki Max importantly allows settings control from your listening position with the supplied metal remote. As the remote has a bypass button you can confirm the quality of circuitry and its lack of degradation on the musical signal. A ... | |
| Annoying newbie CD/SACD player question @plasticspoon8 Please message me, I think I can be of help. | |
| Do You Buy Speakers Without Hearing Them? I have owned Vandersteen speakers for the last 40 years. Going in order from 2C to model 3 to 3A to 3A Signatures to Treo CT’s now with stereo subs. They just reproduce what goes in with a “you are there” sense of realism. I bought them before he... |