knotscott
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| New to Turntables I'd guess that the Yamaha's preamp is better, but its subjective and the only way to know for sure is try both and see what you like. You may find that the impedance of one or the other mates better with the 2M Red. | |
| Why the difference in resale value? Could be influenced by brand name recognition too. Just about everyone (even outside of the audio world) have heard of Onkyo...not so much with Adcom. | |
| You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which? Bose, SonyBoth 4-letter words, but both sell well. | |
| Is it ever enough? @ erik_squires The secret IMHO however is to build instead of buy. Get your hands dirty. Play with parts. Solder something. Glue a speaker together. You’ll be able to tinker a great deal more and get hands on experience. I think you’re onto someth... | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? @mijostyn:I personally can't stand a system that is too bright. Old age will fix that problem. Same here. I was hoping old age would help with that, but at 61, my hearing on that top octave is poor, but I'm still pretty sensitive to grungy sibil... | |
| Tube dampener questions My experience with tube dampers echoes many others here. They snuffed the life out of the system. I spent a couple of weeks bemoaning why the system didn't sound right. Then I remembered those darn dampers and tossed them. Life is good again! | |
| Best place to advertise audiophile speaker components (UK) Facebook Marketplace, and/or DIY speaker discussion groups on Facebook. Plenty of a good pictures, and good detailed descriptions always help.I'd also suggest looking into and contacting any audio societies that may exist near London. | |
| Is it ever enough? Harvey Rosenberg, of New York Audio Labs fame, addressed our audio club years ago. He talked quite a bit about the significance of music to mankind from the beginning of time to modern times....from communicating with the Gods, to mating rituals, ... | |
| Rear ported speakers? Lotsa variables in play, but they certainly could work. Depends on your room/floor construction, equipment, placement, stand height, etc. Spendor made some great speakers, so I'd be eager to give them a try and experiment some. | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? While I enjoy good bass, somewhat sloppy bass or preferably "less" deep bass are much easier for me to tolerate than sloppy upper midrange or treble, so its the first thing I’d sacrifice if I couldn’t have full range high fidelity across the whole... | |
| System building; a meditation At the end of the day, all that really matters is pleasing yourself. Buy equipment you love. The objective is to obtain equipment that lets you forget its there. Science, art, and voodoo don’t mean a thing when you sit down to listen to a favo... | |
| High end high quality int. amp for low level listening More power doesn’t necessarily equate to improved sound. The sound will likely change a bit, but there’s no guarantee you’ll like it better. I’ve run the gamut of 55 wpc, to 70, 255, 150, 100, 35, and have settled on 20 wpc as my best sounding amp... | |
| Upgrade Turntable or Cart The LP120XUSB has a few sound quality advantages over previous LP120 (non "X") versions, but it’s not hard to "optimize" it and take it a little further.Simple stuff like RCA phono cable upgrade, an improved aftermarket phono stage (a necessity fo... | |
| Biggest "bang for the buck" audio gear you have owned(in your history)? Dynaco Stereo 70. Bought it used for $50. Used it for nearly 30 years mostly stock, then added a VTA PCB, and new caps and tubes for another hundred bucks or so, and still use it in my main system today as half of a bi-amp situation. | |
| Upgrade Suggestions for Turntable/Cartridge/Preamp chain The IPT RigB metal body for the VM95 is getting high praise. Worth looking into for fairly low cost.Don’t know what’s in the rest of your system, but on the other hand, I went from a very good VM95SH that's reasonably similar to the ML, to a Nagao... |