jond
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| How often do you clean cables? And which types do you clean most often? Never cleaned a cable in my life. | |
| Neat Momentum SX5i or Rega RX5 stu were you able to take your amp in for the audition? Never heard Neats but I've heard good things they may not sound clinical with tubes. I've heard the DeVore96 and agreed great speaker if you can afford it and have the room. Can you audition ... | |
| Selling vintage components People sell vintage gear here all the time, you have nothing to worry about. And your concerns about the amp "dying" are really I think overstated. The fact that it's had a recent refresh means it has a long life ahead of it. Also anyone buying an... | |
| Help choosing integrated @jjue indeed congratulations! Looking forward to hearing your impressions! Have fun! | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... I think everyone needs to perhaps take a deep breath and relax. abnerjack I agree with Charles Frank is a super nice helpful generous friendly guy who used a poor choice of words. It happens. Snowflake in fact was a somewhat poor choice of words.... | |
| An upgrade a long time overdue What's your budget for a source jammer? | |
| An upgrade a long time overdue You say this " Given the age of my system, and basic inability to really shine in today's digital media (ie thers nothing approaching 24/196 capability) " and to me it just doesn't make any sense. If you want to upgrade your source then upgrade y... | |
| Turntable? I was at a friends house last month he has a very modest system and had just gotten a U-Turn Orbit for $3-400 or something like that with cartridge. A nice looking table and sounded quite nice through an old Onkyo receiver and Klpsch floorstanders. | |
| How many shipments can audio equipment survive? I am a pretty insane over-packer so I would say any piece of equipment, leaving aside extremely fragile items like turntables, can survive innumerable shipments if packed correctly. | |
| Help choosing integrated Those are all great amps are you able to audition any of them? At that level it becomes more about what you like than whats good because it should all be good. I have to say though for me, eyes only, that Gryphon is one bad ass looking amp! Have f... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Hi Charles thanks and very succinct! :) | |
| How long does a DAC take to burn in? As others have said it really depends on the unit and design and really more than anything the capacitors used. Also keep in mind as most Dacs get left on all the time it can help breaking in caps to cycle the until off and on from time to time. | |
| "Kondo M1000 pre with phono" or "Takumi K-10 pre + Kondo M7 phono? I can offer no guidance but what a tough choice lol you're a very lucky audiophile! | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Thank you Frank, Al, and Charles, your thoughts are most appreciated. I value all of your contributions very highly. And I just think that framing arguments in the context of our society right now can be fraught with controversy and perceived, if ... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... So I feel like I'm being both obliquely and pointedly criticized for politely asking for a refrain from political commentary. It really feels rather mean spirited and condescending and I am frankly rather shocked. My politics are beside the point ... |