kennyc
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| Audiophile-grade ground rod? Project ground for billionaire audiophile.Seems like a bit of resentment. Fremer’s outside generator installation screwed up his sonics big time. He had to spend the $ or uninstall the generator.As always, it’s best to allocate/budget our limite... | |
| Cost Effective System Improvement? @chinook9what mostly everyone said- optimize your components and room first. Subsequently, if you still want a sonic uptick, it would help if you told us what is unsatisfactory (e.g. not enough bass, highs to shrill,…) and/or where you want to go ... | |
| Magnepan service shut down Someone missing a screw?@partroysoundPerhaps you can purchase a temporary used speaker to see you through until Magnepan reopens their parts supply. Then you can sell the temp speakers with hopefully minimum out of pocket net cost provided that th... | |
| Best Integrated that you've heard under $5k I have a list of highly regarded integrated amps in your price range, but haven’t personally heard them except a well regarded previous generation amp. Also, the sonics of the integrated depends on the rest of the audio chain and room interactions. | |
| Audiophile-grade ground rod? @lowrider57 Thanks for the Fremer link which describes the solution to his major audio quality degradation after installing an external electrical generator for power outages. Learning a lot of useful info.You want a low impedance path to ground a... | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats ...continuing Online research many mats seemed to change the sound not necessarily for the better. But the Stein Music mat seems to advance sonics in many areas without any tradeoffs or colorations:TAS 2021 Golden Ear Award by TAS Executive Edito... | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats I’d avoid record mats that can deposit debris like felt. Earlier I tried researching record mats and for me the results weren't clear cut for my turntable.However, I’m going to purchase the Stein Music Pi Signature Record Mat which received TAS 20... | |
| what's going on with specs? @dconfaloneThere is some reason a Boulder amp is going to sound better than a Sony receiver and it must show in some measurements. You are mistaken, our audio acuity is much more complex than current science can measure. 2 amps that measure the sa... | |
| How much does power amplifier really matter comparing to other hi-fi components? TAS Robert Harley’s book “The Complete Guide To High-End Audio v6” book has an budget example of 36% speakers, 50% amplification+DAC, 9% power conditioner, and 5% interconnects+ cables. But these percentages are not set in stone- you may get a gr... | |
| Next TT The AMG Viella 12 turntable is on TAS “50 Greatest Bargains in High-End Audio” list:https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/50-greatest-bargains-in-high-end-audio-3/2 | |
| Would Appreciate Advice Before I Buy Rega Planar 1 is in your budget. | |
| Marantz AV7005 - Widow w/question Or you can say,“I did my research and also reached out to the audiophile community found no such issues that you describe. I find it repugnant that you would lie just for a bit of money. So no, I’m not going to sell it to you”Now the ball is in h... | |
| Hardy cartridge Getting memories of old automatic turntables that automatically cued the tonearm to the beginning, automatically reset at the end, and allowed stacking to automatically feed next record. IIRC it was a GE Trimline record player. The amount of vinyl... | |
| Would Appreciate Advice Before I Buy @dprendergastI like your choices as well. While some Klipsch speakers may be bright for some, the RP-600M many positive reviews indicate otherwise - they would have revealed if it was bright. I’m pretty impressed on your well thought out choices t... | |
| Single driver vs traditional 3 way loudspeakers Not willing to give up frequency extremes for the various music genre I enjoy, so multiple drivers with seamless crossover integrations - sounds like a cohesive whole. |