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| New to SET - Help in all areas Have Wavelength 45 Customs, 2 throbbing watts into Beauhorns with Lowther dx-4s. Have no idea what Paully means about contamintating sound. I use a TacT to intregrate stereo subs and tame the upper mid rise of the Lowthers.Who, Little Feat, Arrows... | |
| How reliable are EAR amps Very reliable and well built. God help you if you need repair, though. When I needed help, the distributors were very helpful and apologetic, but "Tube God Tim" intervened and took the time out to thoroughly insult me by email because I dared to s... | |
| Dual Subs My experience is that one sub can add bass, but two (in stereo) in "live" recording venues, will open up the soundstage and the "volume" of the room, even before you hear the first note of a performance. Balance can be easily upset and locations o... | |
| Which inexpensive ic's cables worth checking out? I'll second MAC at most price points, but burn them in or you'll never hear what they can do. Steve says he's burning them now: he's great to deal with: call him and double check. Also, BEL, "The Wire", if you can still get it. Brown recently died... | |
| Looking to upgrade From my Odyssey Mono extremes If by "glass ceiling", you mean you're going to have to go into seriously diminishing returns, you're right. I've had Symphonic Line Rg amps and understand that Klaus uses the same basic configuration/chassis and has incorporated upgrades, etc. in... | |
| High End and cables and tin ears.... First, Thanks to Tom Hoffman at Advanced Audio in Cary in for teaching me to trust my own ears. Not many other retailers in this business have the guts to do that, but that's my point...I was just upstairs, listening to some crazy Silver Ribbon ca... | |
| Balanced to RCA adaptors I'd avoid the adapters, if I could, but you've already got great advice on the options. Just make sure, if you get adapters, that they are worth a damn. I have a nice system and used a set for back channels (due to a temporary cable "changing of t... | |
| Vintage speakers from the 70's and 80's A nice set of ADS 810s on the right stands has always stood out for me. A well re-done set of Dahlquist DQ-10s are still hard to beat for the price, if you can stand the noise of a (I believe) Phillips piezo tweeter.That was when I was doing a lot... | |
| Which cleaning solution do you use in you RCM? I agree with Topo and Axel's mix. I even go a little stronger, but it leaves things a little "squeaky". (Is bright clean? I don't know) I also use Audio Intelligent, which, being enzyme based, makes me think it's a little cleaner, as it's getting ... | |
| At a Levinson crossroads .... need advice. Horseface:Great solution. You've done a great "think through" and you're not throwing out the baby with the bathwater, so to speak (like I did): you're carefully exorcising the demons.Have fun listening | |
| At a Levinson crossroads .... need advice. My experience with Levinson was dark, dank and smelly. New $8k DAC, orphaned, promised upgrades never materialized, $5k amp, defective on off switch and premature cap death, found out it was my problem (even though they knew about the issues) $5k ... | |
| Clearaudio RCM good alternative to VPI? Smart Matrix lasted 1.5 years before the steel motor shaft "hogged out" the aluminum platter. Then the motor shaft started spinning in the motor, rather than turning the table; it couldn't even pull against it's own vaccum. Nice touch.I'm going ba... | |
| RIP J Gordon Holt RIP, Mr. Holt. A great loss, but thanks for years of contributions and the hours of thought you put into communicating elusive and novel ideas about sound and sound reproduction.I learned so much from his clear and lucid writing. Audio would be mu... | |
| Opinions on Full-Range/single driver speakers I use DX-4 Lowthers in Beauhorns in my main system. I have a set of Jordan's in ribbon mahogany, solid plinth front, where they ought to be: in my closet. They are the regular, Carolina Audio-type design, although I cast no aspersions on CA. These... | |
| MintLP arc protractor You can go to Vinyl Engine or other such source to verify that 222 distance. I just got an Origin Conqueror and sweated the same stuff before ordering from Yip, but there are more than a few sources to confirm spindle to pivot distances. |