kennyc
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| Vinyl, CD's and Digital Files Accumulated Over A Lifetime I got about 1000 LPs and 1500 CDs. Going to be a chore burning all the CDs to my server and cleaning all my LPs with the new model Degritter coming out soon. | |
| Where to go from here? @davekuyt11 Are you targeting an integrated (preamp+amp and sometimes a DAC) or are you targeting separates? Integrated offers the best bang/buck saving on caseworks and cables, but separates perform better and allow for future incremental upgra... | |
| Are You Happy With Your Phono Preamp? @chilli42 While researching phono stages looking for the best price/performance, on another’s post, “PS Audio Stellar Phono (buy audio magic ultimate beeswax shd fuse $225- big improvements)” I ended up with a used VDH GrailSE current phono stage | |
| looking for a more efficient speaker..... @kennesawjet Generally, 500wpc should be plenty to power for a 86 dB sensitivity speaker. Are you listening at loud levels and/or your room is relatively large and/or compensating for hearing loss? | |
| Price Isn't Always Indicitive of Quality or Performance Understand that the way "premium" cables are designed, is that the top-most, flag-ship, cable is the literal best materials and geometry that the company can offer. Every model below that is a broken version of the model above it I disagree th... | |
| Network Acoustics Muon ethernet filtering system - Improving streaming sound quality @ghasley Is the solo Muon filter superior to Uptone Ether Regen? Or are they different and adding both would be beneficial? Thanks for sharing. | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @ lalitk Choosing an audiophile network switch is confusing. - Not at all. What I meant it’s hard to judge value. I’m interested in bargains- components that punch above their price point. For instance, if a reviewer has significant experienc... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? From Darko review of the Telegartner M12 switch: The manufacturer won’t disclose any details apart from this [presumably machine translated from Japanese]: ‘Our M12 Switch Gold is not bound with those specifications of data transfer and electr... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? Thank you. Choosing an audiophile network switch is confusing. Many new audiophile switches have come to market at various price points. Researching switches sonic performance based on empirical comparisons seems the only way I can judge price/per... | |
| Basic switch....should I upgrade? @fredrik222 The juniper ex2200-c switch seems to be updated in a newer model- not sure one can buy new. Do you have a newer model suggestion? | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Updated Degritter due out soon. I thought about the Kirmuss which does a wonderful job (maybe the best), but many steps + many LPs = very unappealing. | |
| Help with picking new integrated for under 3k +1 Hegel - the H360 seems to be a significant sonic upgrade to the H190 while the H590 seems a marginal improvement over the H360. +1 Rogue Audio - high value If you’re open to separates, Audio Alchemy DDP-1 (preamp) + DPA-1 (amp). Designed by a... | |
| 33rpm vs 45rpm - which is better @holmz Maybe get them both and put the less liked one onto Disc cogs? Wow, that didn't occur to me. Guess I'll do that - $26 + $30 ain't much nowadays. Thanks. @lalitk You didn’t say anything about your analog setup, does your system a... | |
| Up to $4000US tower speakers for Jazz and Classical Music @langelo68 Wish we could extend our budget to the Q Acoustics Concept 500…. There are several “used” Q Acoustics Concept 500 on hifishark.com within your budget. Otherwise Tektons and Goldenear are great options. Make sure your 50wpc can driv... | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? Yes, unfortunately. I didn’t want to spend significant $ on cables but when one reaches a level of transparency it’s makes an obvious difference. |