jedinite24
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| Monster Cable I checked the archives and there isn't much regarding any of the Monster Sigma speaker wires or ICs.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr_srch.pl?&1&procsrch&3&4&I guess with all that has gone down with Monster all these years h... | |
| True Headphone AMP? Greetings everyone.This thread has been very helpful to me and I'm very happy that lots of members have chimed in. Im going to be very careful as I proceed with this attempt of using my Hafler DH-220 as a headphone amp. Ive made lots of notes to... | |
| Warm CD player for older CDs with digital glare? When I had it I thought the Pioneer Elite PD D9 J was a warm sounding SACD/CD player. | |
| Records are getting noisy Wt4158 & AstralographyThanks for chiming in. This infor really is helpful to me. I was at a big box electronic store that does have vinyl but a lot of the records are pretty recent re-issues. The earliest release was from 2008. Are ree-issues ... | |
| True Headphone AMP? Al & Elizabeth or other members who have experience with this.How would one hook up their amp so that it could power a pair of headphones? I have a Hafler DH-220 and from looking at the manual it says it can be used to power a set of headphone... | |
| help me to understand the gain The McCormack DNA-1 does have a pretty high gain but still a sweet sound. Even its little brother the DNA.5 Deluxe that is really musical has a gain of 29dB. At one time I had a McCormack DNA-1 Deluxe, with a McCormack TLC-1 Deluxe preamp with sig... | |
| Numbskull Headphone Tweak I found it!! The kid was trying to reduce silibance. I've read placing a thin layer of felt over the drivers helps to reduce sibilance. But he will be sacrificing some clarity. ;)I can't stand people like that on public transportation. Blasting th... | |
| Any vets among the Audiophiles here? Yup. Isochronism is right we are in debt to our veterans and I don't think it will ever be fully repaid. I donate whenever I can to veterans charities. This is chessy but when I was selling CDs and DVDs on other sites I never shied away from selli... | |
| Likely culprit for harshness at higher volumes? My experience is similar to Rockadanny's post.I had metal dome tweeters that were toed in with cheap poorly made ICs but my SCs were budget 12 AWG wire. I had made incremental changes with ICs and SCs but the biggest change was going to soft dome ... | |
| Review: Red Dragon M500 Amplifier Hi DogmcdYou bring up a valid point about the power switch and larger aftermarket power cords. Have you spoken to Ryan about it? I'm sure Ryan will address the issue in the overall design of the amps next time. Also since the Red Dragon amps are C... | |
| electronics graveyard ? RhljazzThat Technics SL10 can still fetch you some money even if it is just for parts. I've seen some SL10's on another popular auction site that weren't fully operational but in good physical condition go for $100.Regarding electronics recycling.... | |
| Braiding vs side by side? Very nice posting again Almarg. I too am very appreciative that you take the time out to make such in depth replies.To Shadorne's point about deja vu/The Matrix moments. I've been coming here frequently in recent years and I get that "I've seen th... | |
| AXPONA 2011 Atlanta reports/thoughts? HiAXPONA is coming to the NY area on June 24 & 25 and I'm thinking about going. My reservations in not attending is due to some of the posts above and that I'm not in any position to buy any high dollar value audio equipment. I'd just like to ... | |
| Test tracks for new equipment What fellow member Bander said.Sometimes I check out the song lists that are listed in reviews and think about using those songs as test tracks. | |
| Starter budget tube preamp with remote? Hi JohncdntI found this older thread about the Rogue Metis vs. the Emotiva USP-1 as well as a rather nice thorough review about the USP-1. Metis vs. USP-1Ferrari's USP-1 reviewMaybe just keep the USP-1 and get a Tube based DAC? The ERC-1 would mak... |