lacee
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| Which headphones?? I'm not new to headphones,used them as a musician for years, but not for serious listening.Mostly because I never had any really good phones and because I ner had a really good headphone output in any of my systems ,except the Cary 300sei.That was... | |
| O.C.D. Speaker placement Another thing I've tried is extreme toe in angles, in and out.Also, I've experimented with placing the speakers in the corners and also placing the speakers on the diagonal,in a corner so that the centre of the two speakers is the junction of the ... | |
| O.C.D. Speaker placement Speaker placement and how it interacts with the room also depends on the type of speaker you are using.I've messed with toe in, distance from seating position and distance from side walls and distance between speakers.Everything matters.What sound... | |
| Maestro vs. Furutech GTX-D Gold AC Outlets I use the Furutech GTX receptacle on a dedicated 20 amp line for my two mono Acoustat tube power amps.It is really well made and holds the Annaconda power cords like a vice.I have experience with hospital grade Hubbels, Shunyata cryod receptacles ... | |
| Competent Audio techs in Toronto Check out DTS audio, he is close by, in Hamilton.He has worked on a few of my tube amps and is the go to repair man for several local audio stores, and an authorized tech for several audio companies in the field. | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I would agree, the 1% of vinyl users with good tables need a good phono stage.I don't think a top flight phono stage will turn a medium grade table into a Continuum.But a Continuum can be humbled with a medium level phono stage. | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? I can only draw from my personal experience and from the positive experiences of others who have heard my system and their own systems after they replaced the stock fuses with upgraded fuses.I have a couple others who have yet to receive their fus... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Most definitely ,I agree,not everything will work exactly the same.Too many variables,and a lot of folks just don't dot all i's and cross all the t's when they evaluate things.Putting an upgraded fuse into a system that is mostly just a source of ... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? All very good responses.All that matters is what makes a difference to my ears.But sometimes one feels like spreading the good news.Something that should be seen in a positive light,but seldom is.I could understand the nasty comments if I would ad... | |
| Stand out phono stages Ralph I am interested in what you have said, and I am sure others are also.Please elaborate,I am no more important than anyone else on this site,so let us all benefit from your knowledge.In my case, the Acoustat servo amps at one time did have a b... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? Some folks on other forums are way behind the curve.In fact most do not own anything remotely close to a decent hifi.Most on that forum were glorified dumpster divers,and it was/is still a place where anything found under 100bucks is glorified and... | |
| Upscale RCA Jacks - McIntosh If the music matters, then hearing all of it as best as it can be reproduced should matter just as much.One shouldn't have to sacrifice one for the other.It's like the chicken and the egg.Unless you go to concerts, you can't have one without the o... | |
| Hi-Fi Fuses - SNAKE OIL? - or something in it? I've posted before that way back when Peter Aczel when he was an Audio Critic, first enlightened me that fuses can degrade the sound.I bypassed fuses in all my gear or used chunks of wire,mostly solid core copper and enjoyed better sound,but... it... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? Forgot to add this.I've found that the volume control is a weak link in most pre-amps or phono stages with pre amp capabilities.I use the Steelhead in two systems,running it in fixed output mode, which is minus the volume control.The headphone sys... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? Manley Steelhead running a Clearaudio Talisman V2 MC into the Steelhead MM input.Settings - 47K, 55db gain, all Capacitance settings at 0. |