jjss49
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| Have you moved away from full range to standmount speakers + subs? @phusis @jjss49 --Good insights. It seems to me though you’re leaving out one scenario, namely that pairing the larger full-range speaker (in your case the Spendor SP100 R2’s) with a pair of subs. Have you tried out that combination with the REL’s... | |
| Tube Amp, Preamp upgrades -- what did you do that improved your units? just a few additional thoughts for your consideration @hilde45 as you explore this element of hifi-nerd-geekdom :)in my experience, by far the best context in which to mod high end gear is if -- a) you are committed to keeping the piece of gear fo... | |
| New Mojo Mystique X branislav379 posts11-07-2021 6:17pmI had the Mojo Mystique Evo B2B with the A Core upgrade for awhile.???? | |
| Denafrips Ares II vs MHDT Orchid to me the orchid is superior, more musical overallthe ares 2 had a persistent sibilance problem, despite trying different connections and settingsthe orchid does not present detail in as forward a manner, but it has a more analog quality to its so... | |
| Wilson not delivering speakers as scheduled high class problem | |
| New Mojo Mystique X @branislav and so what dac(s) have you found that for your use listening to electronica, that outperforms the mojo unit you exited from on those criteria you specified (clarity/detail, noise floor, lack of coloration, speed/impact)?we would love t... | |
| Advice needed re: new CD player purchase no doubt there are some truly great cd players out there, some from many years back, i still have severalregarding reliability, one specific word of caution is that lasers in these cd players are analogous to light bulbs... they can and do burn ou... | |
| Qobuz app button — I’m an idiot @soix -- shame on you, you are forever banished to spotify and pandora | |
| Best DAC+Volume Control under $1000 (used) i would nominate the ayre codex or a soekris dac | |
| Forum admiration and requested guidance vette5451 OP40 posts11-06-2021 5:39pmI am intrigued with the streaming direction, but not sure where to start. Any suggestions on that path?i am always amazed when people are able to type, yet they evidently cannot read -- although i have heard th... | |
| Tube Amp, Preamp upgrades -- what did you do that improved your units? @invalid i believe the qs line stage is solid state rectified | |
| EL 34 in my experienceranked by overall sq (including midrange beauty) - we are talking old stock tubes here, not the new/modern day russian/czech/chinese tubesbestgold lion gec genalex kt77 (uk made)close/next bestmullard/amperex el34 (uk or dutch made... | |
| One big reason why brick and mortar high end audio dealers struggle. i cannot argue with the op’s titled assertion that poor customer service is one big reason why brick and mortar hifi stores struggle - no doubt this is true, many examples of this for surebut as usual, there are many other sides to the story as to... | |
| Forum admiration and requested guidance @vette5451 nice to read your original posti am basically with @ghdprentice on his thought to spend most of the budget on better speakersmy one add to that main thought is leave aside $1500 of it on a bluesound node and a modest, good sounding stan... | |
| How do you listen? great advice from @mammothguy54 !! |