jdougs
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| Are Harbeth Super HL5 XD right for me? So I’ve had the Harbeths for a week now and have 15-20 hours on them. No regrets! They are about a foot from the back wall, so could I get a larger sound stage if they were farther out? Probably (certainly?). But they have nothing to apologize... | |
| How To Keep Cat Off Stereo Equipment? @jeffstrick * 1000. @sid-hoff-frenchman I have my equipment on racks with enough clearance to prevent the equipment from frying but not enough for the cat. He loves to lay in front of the tube amps where it’s warm and I’m fine with that. It... | |
| What record cleaner is the most bang for the buck?? To counter a post above, IMHO 99.9% of people don’t take record cleaning seriously enough. | |
| Songs with excellent advice? You can’t always get what you want. @gs5556 for the win though with Don’t eat the yellow snow! | |
| My Oppo 105 finally bricked. Streamer suggestions? If you can’t get it working, another CA CXN V2 suggestion here. Great sounding unit that has only gotten better with CA updates. Roon ready too. Currently $999 at Music Direct, Audio Advisor and Upscale Audio. Worth every penny IMHO. | |
| Kirmuss Cleaning System Discuss? @dwette I have a similar system. I use an Audiodesk for my initial cleaning. I like that it is a physical cleaning as well as ultrasonic with the rollers. I use the Audiodesk cleaning fluid. I follow up with a rinse/wash in a Degritter using o... | |
| VINCENT AUDIO Not an owner of the equipment, but I had some interactions with him recently on a piece of equipment from another manufacturer I bought from him, and I can say he’s a great guy. If I was in the market I’d certainly check out their offerings. | |
| Who else can't sleep the night before their fancy new gears arrive? My new Harbeth SL5PLUS XDs arrive tomorrow and I’ll sleep just fine. Thank you beer! 😂 | |
| Tough situation - need advice on modern (or refurbished Equivalent) Advent Loudspeakers I have a set of Model 5s as well as Advents and think they’re as close as you can get today. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Shelly Manne - Double Piano Jazz Quartet In Concert At Carmelo's Volumes 1 and 2. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Shelly Manne - Double Piano Jazz Quartet In Concert At Carmelo's Volumes 1 and 2. | |
| Big orchestral sound in pop, rock etc. Pretty much anything by Renaissance. Live At Carnegie Hall is a great place to start. | |
| Zoomer needs help navigating 50's-80's Hi-Fi equipment You might want to track down a copy of Pioneer Understanding High Fidelity. There are copies on a well known action site. | |
| Best Phono Preamp mm/mc under $3500.00 used Love my Parasound JC3+ phono preamps. One is used with my Hana Umami, the other is used with a Sound Smith Paua and an MIMC mono. I had no idea vinyl could sound so good. | |
| Cartridge Advice Please If a 0.4mv cart is causing you to have issues with hum, I suggest you have other more pressing issues. I have three carts currently in use, two Sound Smiths and a Hana, all 0.4mv and all dead silent through my ARC SP-14. I use Parasound JC3+ pho... |