j-wall
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| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II @lalitk the Allnic I'm not sure I would call "warm" per se, but it is definitely romantic. Tonally with brass and metal instruments sounds better than I've ever heard with any other phono. Awesome depth and it just feels very human and natural to ... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II I'm an Allnic fan, so anything Allnic produces in a fan of. I went from the H5500 to the H3000 and I couldn't be happier. I just picked up the Van Den Hul The Grail and am adjusting to the solid state sound and how that compares to tubes. Definite... | |
| Help me understand the current amp market I wish more people answered the original question because I'm also very curious of the varying topologies of amplifiers and learning more about the actual differences versus marketing approaches. | |
| ADD or Audiophile? @artemus_5 this is spot on. Sometimes I catch myself browsing on the phone and I'll make an observation and catch it, then I'll put the phone down and listen again. The convenience of technology is great, but it's probably more of a setback. | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords What a long and drawn out tirade to explain you can't hear discernable changes in cabling. Don't buy them, you won. But wanting your dealer to hear your system in some odd attempt to prove them wrong or prove yourself right is a futile endeavor. | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @mijostyn I think I was tolled the Allnic did roll off upper frequencies and did have a darker sound to it, so it could definitely be the VDH not rolling things off and is causing a more honest and strident sound. My room is very small and I am ve... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @larryi time and patience is a new experience for me. Most components and changes have been instantly beneficial and no question headed in the right direction. The VDH was not that, right out of the gate. I guess I anticipated it taking the 1-2 ho... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @testrun that's exactly what I was running from, the summer heat and tubes. My room is small is get overwhelmed with heat very easily. I have class D Atma-sphere's and I absolutely love them, I might just be forced to run tubes on the front end. A... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @cfarrow how long did you allow yours in your system? And there was so little information on The Grail, two or three reviews and one or two Agon threads so it was a blind experience. I may be too far into tubes, but again I'm going to allow it to ... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @whart you and @wrm57 are the reasons I picked up the Allnic originally. Super happy I did as well. I'll most likely keep it forever. I love this phono. Finding those Jeon 5U4G is a major trial and I've almost given up. I've considered the EML's b... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @wrm57 I've rolled a couple tubes in the power supply, but haven't ventured into the higher cost tubes yet. I'll keep those footers in mind. I had originally thought of putting the VDH in place for the summer due to heat factors, but I guess I sho... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @tablejockey I wish it was a lateral move to be honest. More of a downgrade in terms of emotion and connection. Greater detail, but not cohesive and engaging to be honest. I can see why people use these types of descriptors now. Gear really does u... | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @lak I'm starting to believe this. I was expecting a lot more depth and lushness, but it just can't compete with tubes to be honest. The detail is great, but instruments and voices don't sound as real or natural versus the tubes. | |
| How Soon Do You Realize You Don't Like a Piece of Gear? @lewm this is along the lines of what I was thinking. Give it around 3-4 days to fully stabilize, being left on as recommend by VDH. Then moving on if it doesn’t suffice. I was in all honesty expecting to be moving on from a tube phono, but th... | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Slowdive - Slowdive Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Nothing - Guilty of Everything Midwife - Luminol Drug Church - Hygiene Favorite albums of the last probably 10 years for me. |