hifiman5
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| Upgrading-Clear Days to Nordost Tyr 2 or Frey 2 vs Cerious Matrix IC's and speaker cables @tuberistA big +1! Paul Laudati, God rest his soul, knew what he was doing and how to recommend the right cables for a specific system. Then again there is no "universal" cable that will sound great with all systems! | |
| Vinyl “Pops & Clicks” eliminators OP - I recently upgraded my phono amplifier from a 25+ old modest design to a Luxman E-250. Besides a much more musically satisfying sound, the Luxman's greater dynamic headroom tends to minimize surface noise compared to what I had before. I e... | |
| Audio Research D240 mkll vs Adcom GFA-555 I have a modded 555 as my back-up amp. When I sent my McCormack DNA-1 to SMc Audio for a rebuilt I pulled out the Adcom. I allowed it several days of burn-in since it had been boxed for several years. Upon listening, I tried to like what I was ... | |
| Most annoying post period @Elizabeth That pretty much covers the topic!😉 | |
| Herbie’s Super Black Hole CD Mat - Wow! @oregonpapa Hey Frank, do you have the black rubber Black Hole Mat that adheres to the label side with adhesive or the Super Black Hole Mat with the sticky silicone topped with carbon fiber? | |
| Herbie’s Super Black Hole CD Mat - Wow! I have been using the Super Black Hole to good effect for years. If the silicone side gets dust on it, it will not adhere as well to the label of the CD. I've found a "donut" of duct tape does a great job of cleaning the silicone providing for m... | |
| Phono cartridge suggestions sought @dramatictenor. From your post, you sound quite capable of setting up the cartridge properly. I just never trusted myself to get it as right as a technician with the requisite equipment to affirm cartridge alignment. @mattmiller I believe was e... | |
| Phono cartridge suggestions sought @dramatictenor. Congrats. on your choice. I am on my second iteration of the very same cartridge. I think of it is a very honest sounding cart. as it seems to play fairly with all frequencies in the spectrum and reproduces dynamic swing in a v... | |
| Abbey Road 50th Anniversary I was prompted to order the three LP 2019 Giles Martin remastered version after listening to the 2009 CD. The CD was really unsatisfying. The upper midrange was, to my ears, too prominent and there was a lack of spaciousness overall. The 50th A... | |
| Tube Rolling Advice for the Backert Labs Rhumba Extreme? Herbie's products are well designed and carefully implemented with materials that are musically friendly. I have Herbie's Tenderfeet under every component in my system. SO musical. Their decouplers are great for speakers and subwoofers. With th... | |
| It's National "One Hit Wonder" Day! "Brandy You're a fine girl" by Looking Glass | |
| New to classical music for piano - any well recorded, well performed Chopin. Baroque - Vivaldi and BachClassical - Beethoven (yes, he really was a genuine genius). Any Mozart (very tuneful and pleasant to hear)Romantic - any of the Russian composers, specifically Tchai... | |
| Best speakers 5k 10 k Vandersteen Audio Treo CT. | |
| You know it's a great day when... @roberjerman That's gonna be hard to beat! They are selling in the $400's now on Ebay. | |
| Interconnects and Speaker Cable, What in your history hit your pleasure button? @tweak1 I have all WW Platinum Eclipse 7 RCA'S in my system. Which WW speaker cable are you using? |