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| Conrad Johnson--does anyone use this brand anymore? I have a PV-12L. It’s been the core of my system for a quarter century! I have the good fortune of living only an hour and a half from Bob Backert an expert modifier of cj preamps. I recently took my line stage to Bob to clean noisy volume and in... | |
| Hearing other appliances in dedicated line So big a deal was my discovery years ago that some of the ground wires were not tight inside my 200 amp breaker box Stereophile published my letter to them about it. Taking proper precautions,I hand tightened every wire inside that breaker box. My... | |
| Schiit Audio Loki Max experience @tattooedtrackman If you get a Loki Max I would love to hear your impression of it! | |
| Schiit Audio Loki Max experience @tattooedtrackman It will probably be easiest to purchase online. I found this phone number online 1-323-230-0079. They are closed on Mondays. | |
| Schiit Audio Loki Max experience @tattooedtrackman You have a very nice system! TheLoki Max is a remarkable component. My appreciation of it continues to grow. For example, last night I was listening to Dave Brubeck’s “Back Home” CD of a live concert performance. It is very we... | |
| Loki Max analog improvement If interested in the performance, I posted a brief initial impression review here entitled Schiit Audio Loki Max Experience. What makes it so effective from an audiophile viewpoint are the very fine amount of response adjustment for each “click” ... | |
| Schiit Audio Loki Max experience I wanted those quality parts so as not to lose any transparency, introduce glare or grit and the remote is awesome. To be able to make adjustments from the listening chair in real time and to be able to bypass its effects for comparison to the ori... | |
| Who has tried one of the PS Audio Power Regenerators? As memory serves, the PPP were manufactured in China. PS Audio had so many reliability issues that they discontinued the PPP and brought manufacturing back to the.US. Lesson learned. | |
| Who has tried one of the PS Audio Power Regenerators? @mahler123 Examples that power plants have improved their performance incrementally over time were the improved tech. In regenerating the power, ex going from PCM to DSD. Another vast improvement in performance was a consistent lowering of outpu... | |
| Who has tried one of the PS Audio Power Regenerators? Did PS Audio offer you a trade-up deal? The current line of regenerators are far superior in design and performance to what you have. I have had a P500, two Premiers, a P5 and currently a P12. With each upgrade I utilized the trade in program an... | |
| One of the great things about Vinyl @jjbeason14 I clean my LP’s with the Record Doctor VI. I have been using various iterations of the Record Doctor for years now. All new records are cleaned with Super Deep Clean fluid followed by regular Record Doctor fluid. Inexpensive machine ... | |
| One of the great things about Vinyl @oddiofyl @dogberry You are both right! I was fortunate to get on the record cleaning train as a young audiophile using a vacuum cleaning machine called a “Rec O Vac”. After inserting the album vertically into the machine, you turned it on and th... | |
| Power Cable for CDP I would strongly recommend the Shunyata Research Venom 10 NR. All digital front ends produce power supply noise that disturbs the whole system. The SR NR (noise reducing) cables have circuitry in both male and female connectors that absorbs power... | |
| Anyone compare Zesto with Backert preamps? I'm blessed to know Bob Backert personally. He is one of the kindest, most. centered persons I have met. He has been transforming my Conrad Johnson PV-12L for the last few decades. I wouldn't give up my rig for any other line stage! Yes, the ... | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? Thank you for all the well thought-out suggestions. Those of you with family who value owning a nice music system and the music to go along with it are very fortunate! Hopefully I have quite a few good years left in me, it's just that I have put ... |