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| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Hey, I get you do not want your space looking like a Studio. If that’s the case use the very cheapest cables and some egg cartons. All joking aside, there are some really great innovations in the acoustic room treatments world. Like acoustic absor... | |
| Now This is Extraordinary Client Service | Fleetwood Sound Company and Jonathan Weiss I love it when a company goes above and beyond. If I ever become pretty wealthy some day I will be reaching out to OMA. I love their products and ideas. | |
| Need a new integrated, what say you? I agree with any of the current Hegel line. Even the H95 has a damping factor of 2000. Plus it has a decent DAC. The H190 has a better DAC than the H160 plus I believe the amplification has changed to the Sound Engine 2. The H190 at $2000+ will be... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? Nordost Blue Heaven on my Sony surround receiver. I was able to try it for free. I came back a week later and gave the store the money. It transformed my system which I used for music and video. I still own those cables. Blue Heaven is 16 gauge so... | |
| Help me spend $100,000 on a new system Hey, You have really nice components. I would upgrade a couple of things like your speaker cables. I like Cardas, but try before you buy. Make sure your cartridge is setup correctly in the VPI. I would go with a tube preamp like a VAC or an Audio ... | |
| SACD is VERY confusing Denon SACD players only play the SACD layer through the Sony S400 output which was inputted on the surround receiver | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge Hello, You were asking about surface noise or to have a cartridge that produces very little. The issue is that is usually caused by the record or more likely a poor cartridge setup. SRA/VTA (not the same thing) can be very forgiving. This is why t... | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge Hello, All of these choices seem great for different reasons. I think I agree with getting the Hana SL. Also, Sometimes Hana has an upgrade deal in case you want to move up to the ML later on. For rock I would keep at the 2.0 gram weight/ VTF for ... | |
| Going to replace my Fluance rt85 Hello, +1 on the phono stage. I use the Hegel v10. It retails for $1650 but used you can get them for under $1k. Second I might go with a Hana SL cartridge which is about $750. I’m not saying the Fluance RT85 is the best but it is a good start. I ... | |
| Old records. Mapman, I totally agree with the digital recording presses to vinyl. If the recording is bad then the pressing sounds bad. Jimmy Hendrix, LED Zeplin, and even some of the Beatles albums sound poor. It is cool that it is digitally recorded sometim... | |
| Old records. LEWM, I do not want the OP to give up on vinyl this is why I suggested trying his older vinyl on a second system to see if it’s his system or the vinyl. I have spent hours on the phone with JR from WAM Engineering or Wally Tools. I have tested th... | |
| Old records. Hey, I know sometimes audio can get frustrating. I amgoing to ask you to bring your questionable records to an audio store or a friends house whose system sounds good. This could be a setup issue even if some newer pressings sounds good. It does n... | |
| W4S DAC DACs and streamers really suck in a way. You spend your hard earned money and 1 year later there is something way better. All of my friends have some sort of DAC streamer at various price levels up-to about $25k. I use a BlueSound Node and an OPPO... | |
| rocket 88 Waytoomuchstuff is correct about putting the positive and negative on opposite sets of binding posts. A couple more things. You should only do this if the Jumpers match the speaker cable otherwise you get an unusual path and can mess with things a... | |
| rocket 88 Just a note. Put the shorter pair on the woofers. If there is a timing issue at all at least the woofers will start first. Typically the speed goes to the high end. Personally I would just run the cables you have to the tweeters and jump down with... |