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SOS! Suddenly have a high-end turntable, need to upgrade Amp + Speakers Much of the advice here is good. The Rega Brio and Arcam FMJ A38 for sale now on Agon for under $700 would both be excellent choices. The Arcam with 100/140 watts into 8/4 ohms respectively has a performance envelope that could drive a wide array ... | |
Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? @mitch2 this is a reasonable way to look at the source versus speakers question. In my main system, I shopped very carefully for the amp and speakers that met specific criteria I had for my room for both two and multiple channel uses (macro). I ... | |
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @zlone yes you did - thanks. And glad you were able to improve your sound by making adjustments. | |
Vibration Control Typically, there is concern about transformers causing internal vibration that affects other components in a solid state design. One reason we see an increasing number of high end solid state components going to external power supplies. In cases ... | |
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @zlone for clarity, is your statement below related to the direct effect of power cables on the digital and analog gear they are attached to, or the effects of power cables attached to digital gear affecting the performance of other gear in the sa... | |
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @mikhailark what is the point of using servers without analog components somewhere in the chain and nearby? OK, powered speakers with wifi maybe. For more traditional systems, there will be analog gear in close proximity to the server (and DAC).... | |
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @zlone thanks. Any insights I might have are hard won. The good part is that the “winning” always involved listen to music:-) | |
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @trivema I own a few Blue Jeans cables and am currently using a long run of their HDMI wire from my AVR to my 4K TV with good results. I have actually visited their shop and you are correct that their cables are “good stuff” and unlikely to fail.... | |
Power Cables <$500 for Digital Sources @mikhailark my rudimentary understanding is that better power cables can help improve sound from digital equipment in several ways. One is reducing resistance from the outlet to the IEC inlet, supplying current as needed, why OCC copper wire can ... | |
Do you belong more to souce first or to speakers first school of thought ? Source. Crap in, crap out. kn | |
Free Tip for Jumpers My experience with three different models of Wharfedale monitors is that: 1) replacing the metal bars from the factory with jumpers improves the overall sound of the speakers 2) the metal in the jumper cables matters with silver tipping the sou... | |
AV receiver, power cables and conditioning Thanks @kennyc, I was unaware that AV receivers were more likely to benefit from power conditioning. In my case that seems to be true, even though I usually operate it in two-channel analogue mode with all the digital sections shut down. kn | |
Initial thoughts on Rob Watts designed Quartet M-Scaler @ricred1 got it, thanks. Did you find that your results with the M-Scaler and the Dave were sensitive to the kind of coax cables you used? Asking because I did some experimenting with different coax cables with an older Chord DAC connected to my... | |
Initial thoughts on Rob Watts designed Quartet M-Scaler @ricred1 nice system. Wondering what you didn’t like about the M-Scaler? Assuming that means it did something to the sound, just not something good. | |
Whats on your turntable tonight? Beyonce, act ii |