holmz

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How far is your SUT from your Phono Pre/Preamp?
Mine is inside. I am assuming that your’s WAS external?  
Is there a DAC ranking list?
@audioguy85 he specifically asked for a list.  
Balanced versus single ended
@holmz To be clear, black is the only color you get... I meant, “to be clear”… as a lack of noise. (they make the mogami in brown, but black may be used to describe quietness.)  
Changes to older system
The easy and cheap stuff…   Overall I still enjoy the sound, but I’ve always thought it was bright and bass shy. One could add a subwoofer. A DSP would be a way to alter the frequency response. Or something like a TDAI 3400 which can do most... 
Balanced versus single ended
To be clear @atmasphere ^That^ is almost a pun… ;)  
Active or passive power conditioner?
What is your goal? What are you trying to fix? How would you determine if it improves? Is it for front end gear or amplifiers?  
SAEC Making Tonearms Again!
@best-groove it is a OFC copper with linear grain. Furutech makes at least one of them.  
Ideas for an amplifier?
^The Topping had a sound reminiscent of a TV fly back transformer.^     I hooked up the $70 AIYAMA today… Same cables, but as a single stereo amp, so I twisted the bi-wires together and put them into a banana plug on teh amp end. I cranked the... 
High End Munich starts today
That first link was a bit thin, and yea and photos. Let me know if you find other sources.   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5WQ3gKi4KVUibCUP5vDqQg But not a lot I have found.  
Need Recommendations for a pair of Speakers around $1,000
I'm considering Danny's X-LS Encore. He is like a baptist minister for speakers. I’m out.  
Ideas for an amplifier?
Well I looked like an idiot listening to the tweeters. This was after unboxing the two Topping PA3 amps. I prepped some 12 gauge wire and wired up the Vandersteens. Ran an extra set of RCAs from the preamp, and had a Y adapter on each amp so the... 
Ideas for an amplifier?
Is there anyone that comes to mind as your go-to electronic repair technician who can repair almost any amp?  These guys are becoming obsolete due to Chinese imports but that is a monster for a different forum. Cheers My VTLs (mono blocks) just... 
Ideas for an amplifier?
… a preowned Cherry… that sounds like some good marketing. 😎  
I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged.
  By the way it is comical but also tragic to see grown men acting like children in a schoolyard, and instead of giving arguments, giving a gift approval point to someone they approve because he just insult or denigrate someone else instead of a... 
Ideas for an amplifier?
@atmasphere Ralph you’ve been mentioned in this thread.