hifiman5
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| HOW TO POSITION 2 PAIRS OF SPEAKER FOR ALTERNATE LISTENING @rbstehno +1 The effect will be a slight "smearing" of the sound of the speakers that are playing. | |
| Vandersteen Treo CT Listening to my Treo CTs with two 2wq subwoofers right now. Music sounds like music through them. No electronic artifacts to ruin the illusion of live music that is often present with good recordings. I've been listening through RV's speakers f... | |
| Best course of action @phastrone How many sources (cd, LP etc.) would you be using in your system? | |
| Lowering the noise floor My system actually exhibits a lower noise floor now after adding tubes to the system. Originally I had only two 12AU7s in my line stage and all was well. After having my SACD player modified by Dan Wright and company, which added two 5687s and a ... | |
| Tube preamp recommendations $3K-$7K range @cantorgale This is a tough one. I doubt that Musical Concepts can bring your Hafler up to the performance of any of the Backert Labs offerings but if you send the Hafler back to MC I would have them go all the way with the mod. including the o... | |
| Shahinian Obelisk vs VandersteenTreo If I'm not mistaken Jacqueline V. is the person you will speak with when you call Vandersteen Audio. | |
| Suggest an SACD/CD player under $6k OP- You didn't indicate a price range but if you are looking in the $1000 price range, the Marantz SA-8005 is currently on sale at Amazon for $899 Prime. I bought mine a couple years back at $1200. Great sounding player in that it makes silver d... | |
| Amp recommendation need As ususal good advice from @gdnrbob. I would wholeheartedly endorse his second option. I'm listening through one SMc Audio upgraded DNA-1 now. I can only imagine running 2 as monoblocks. BONUS: Short speaker cables! | |
| Can't we all just get along? @jssmith Perhaps...definitely a "glass half full" way of looking at things. That may be what a whole lot of people need right now.😁 | |
| New Adcom power amps? I don't know about this current offering from Adcom, but my back-up amp is a Musical Concepts modified GFA-555. Not bad as a back-up but... | |
| Tube preamp recommendations $3K-$7K range @whitestix Don Sachs’ gear does look interesting. IHave you ever heard his phono stage? | |
| Lowering the noise floor Yeah, but how do you really feel?😲 | |
| Tube preamp recommendations $3K-$7K range Daniel,To start with, you have a very nice system now. I too have relied on modifications to maximize the sound of my basic components.Interestingly, my conrad johnson PV 12L was extensively modified by RHB Design which is Bob Backert's modificat... | |
| Why don't amplifier Companies use high end fuses? @mrdecibel Very well said, sir. I think you, in these last few posts really captured the kosst syndrome.🤔 | |
| Audioquest DC cables - why are there almost no high end DC cables? What the ??????🤪 |