lordmelton
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| Your first concert was to see who and when? Slade live in Cardiff 1973, 9 years old probably still the best concert I've ever seen. | |
| New electrical wiring specifications Regarding receptacles about a year ago I bought some Voodoo cryoed receptacles. Previously I've owned Oyaide and Furutech. Prefer the Voodoo. Put your earth spike under an a/c drain, if you have a/c. This stops drying out in the summer. | |
| Switching between two receivers — one set of speakers https://www.schiit.com/products/sys Don't know about the sub | |
| Options to improve digital sound You've got a great system but you need a proper front end. The 1st axiom of HIFI is garbage in, garbage out. My choice was Aurender N20 and I'm still loving it. | |
| Audio Desk Systeme CD lathe Sound Improver Please stop this unholy buggery and get some SHM or UHQCDs or even SACDs and some decent CD players or rip storage devices. Audiofoolery at it's worst. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Man - Live at the Paget Rooms, Penarth | |
| Moon 861 amp with a McIntosh C12000 preamp - do I set the switch to ac or dc on the Moon? If your amps are bought used or old you should check for DC output, both pre and power. DC can blow your speakers. Plenty of vids on YT easy to do. AC/DC COUPLING switch to enable the input to block DC signals AC coupling is useful with preamps... | |
| Is there a problem with Decca's new packaging for vinyl records? You can buy almost anything on Discogs biggest music site. I like SACDs but you can consider UHQCDs, some are very good on par with SACD even with lower resolution. SHM CDs good also. MQA CDs are worthy of consideration but you'll most likely n... | |
| When using a power conditioner, why is it advised to run amps directly to the wall? Lower power amps can be plugged into power conditioners which may improve their performance but big amps need to go directly into the wall to give them unlimited headroom. In any case, if in doubt get a demo. | |
| XLR connection between Accuphase and Denafrips You're fine, all XLRs are wired the same, well I've never found one that wasn't. Phase inversion swaps the power live and neutral wires because with two pins plugs phase can get reversed, but you're unlikely to hear a profound difference. Same as... | |
| Bi amping with two different pairs of monoblocks @knotscott Every case is different. I don’t agree that it’s a ridiculous proposition. It depends on several variables. I said it was a ridiculous proposition in the context that the OP would be better served buying a decent front end and s... | |
| Bi amping with two different pairs of monoblocks The whole proposition is ridiculous. Does anyone really expect two $5k speaker cables to sound better than one $10k one? The amp powering the tweeter needs to deliver a miniscule load, it's not worth it. I researched this subject extensively and... | |
| Bi amping with two different pairs of monoblocks @yogiboy Check again this will not work @hk_fan OP has an OPPO the Pass is $17k | |
| Adding an extra 1ft to premium speaker cables Must got be slow over on ASR or Amir has got his panties in a bunch over Iran or illegals of certain religious persuasions being shipped off to South Sudan, with High Court approval. @rankaudio Don't be concerned for us over here we're perfectly ... | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? You know you're a critical listener when you have about twenty copies of the same album over different formats, re-masters etc. Yes, listening to every little tiny difference in timbre, tone etc. brings me joy. |