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| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red In Sept 2021 I was so excited when the UPS truck showed up with my new Sapphire M3 speakers. We lived on the side of a (not terribly steep, but steep enough) mountain and as I was walking up to the truck I saw the first speaker go sliding down the... | |
| Primaluna 300 integrated running 6L6 with high bias switch +1 on the KT-150s. I'm a bit of a basshead and the 150s in my Evo 300 int gives me all the bass I want. Highs are also fantastic - mids are excellent but not that tubey sounding midrange from the EL-34s - not that I remember those that much as I o... | |
| WhestTHREE signature phono pre vs. ModWright PH 9.0X I bought a new system in the summer of 2021, piece by piece of course but all ordered withn a few weeks of each other and went with a Modwright PH 9.0X and couldn't be happier. IF I start upgrading other componants (like I have w/ my speakers) the... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k If you search, there are some good threads on modding a PL. I think they are pre-Evo but may still apply to Evo. To continue to beat a dead horse though, I really don't think the supplied PL tubes are all that great - but ok.. I'm thinking that ... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k OP, have you rolled your Evo 400? I'm assuming "yes" but if not, then I would start there. For me, it was like having a brand new amp. I went with KT-150s for power and Radio Techniques (highly rec) in the front two slots and Mazda Cliftes on the ... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Wow, thanks @antinn . I don't know how good or not good the Prime Signature feet are but they seem very good. However, if I feel the need for further isolation (or is that decoupling?) then I'd likely purchase a platform from Townshend. I have th... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Thanks Antin. I had see the first link but not the second. I have now added a Fatboy to my "list". Maybe someday I'll upgrade my Prime Signature but I'm pretty happy with it for the most part and hope to be more so after the Fatboy. I'm thinking t... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Thanks Fsonic. I also have a VdH Crimson and go back and forth between that and my Hanna Red. I have heard that the aluminum arm wasn't very good and I have the 3D arm now but wondering if the $4,500 Fatboy is a significant (enough) improvement. I... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. @skyscraper , how do you like your Fatboy? Any other comments about going from a JMW 3D tonearm to a Fatboy? Thanks. | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? I'd say as loud as you like it before the room and/or componants become overloaded. Right now on certain records above 83/84 DB, the treble becomes harsh. I'm 98% sure this is a room issue and I'm working on that now. I was listening yesterday to... | |
| Question: Sound Treatment behind the Listener? Ozzy, you may want to measure your room. If you don't have any WAF considerations and can treat as you please I would measure. My GIK rep had a great point which is that, although he rec that I measure my room to see what I'm working with - beca... | |
| Question: Sound Treatment behind the Listener? Thanks. Good info. I think you are mixing up me and the OP though, just fyi. My rear wall has 4 ASC sound planks on it directly behind my seat (6" apart) and is open on one side to the rest of the house and the other is curretnly (!) drywall. I'm ... | |
| Question: Sound Treatment behind the Listener? @charliech , do you think having Townshend Podiums would reduce the need for so much bass absorbsion? I still need to measure my room but when walk around the room I don't sense that much bass pretty much anywhere. That said, I still feel it in my... | |
| Question: Sound Treatment behind the Listener? Thanks Vinyl Shadow for the info. I'm getting some advice from GIK but also just started a dialogue with Jeff at HD Acoustics who I found when searching here. It won't be free but it will (should?) be unbiased and sounds like he knows what he is ... | |
| Volti Experience ! Glad you are having such a great experience with your Razz! I'm 2 months in with my Rivals and feel the same - system has never sounded better. In fact, it sounds better than most of what I heard at the Tampa hifi show (not inlcuding most of the s... |