lowrider57
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| PS Audio Perfectwave transport still good? Total agreement with @charles1dad .I'm still very happy with my PWT. $8800 is a high price for an upgrade considering law of diminishing returns. | |
| Question for those with “Golden ears”, and a frustration! (The Loudness Wars) That track clearly was remixed for the music video with effects and sound bites added. Presumably, original sources would have been used and once the film cut was finished, effects would be mixed with the music to create a new master.A way to mix ... | |
| Constant noisy tubes maybe go solid state? I don't understand how Mullard and RCA can sound like Solid state. These present warmth. It must have to do with the design of the circuit. What type of Mullard is it? | |
| Speaker cable recommendations for DeVORE FIDELITY Don't go with Cardas Parsec, it has a coloured, closed in sound. If you want to try Cardas, the Clear line of cables is more neutral and dynamic. | |
| Are Japanese SHM-CD pressings worth the price difference? The SQ of SHM-CD may be system dependent but is definitely dependent on the quality of the master being used. The Japanese label may not have a master and must rely on US or UK to provide one.The highest quality can be found with XRCD’s; a very di... | |
| Audiophile router configuration I’m now using CAT8 to my Node2i with Cullen PC, wifi to FireTV. Fios 200mbps, Android for control. It’s very fast, no dropouts. I have the router plugged into a Brick Wall PC 8’ away from audio, separate circuit. I used a RF "sniffer" and found h... | |
| Audiophile router configuration I live in the city and there's too much traffic on 2.4GHz. Streaming was no fun with all the buffering and waiting. | |
| Audiophile router configuration Also to reduce noise, the router needs to be on a separate circuit than audio. Substitute the wall-wart SMPS with an LPS. There was a recent thread regarding how to get better performance from a router. | |
| Tube Rolling Woes Noise testing is a must. I have many 1940’s WWII 6SN7GT/VT-231. These are cream of the crop tubes with no noise, they present a black background. They were purchased from Vintage Tube Services and from Brent Jessee.Andy has told me he tests many t... | |
| Tube Rolling Woes Contact cleaner or Deoxit works, but you should do a final wipe down with alcohol. You don't want any residue getting in the tube sockets. | |
| Burned Out @inefficientI believe the OP said the Melz 1578 came from a Ukraine dealer. The Brimar came from a well-known US dealer.Based on my experiences buying Melz tubes from RussiaI doubt they have been tested. | |
| Tube Rolling Woes Of the 8 tubes I've purchased - claimed as tested matched quads (1) or pairs (2) - all but 2 have been either prohibitively noisy, or just didn't pass a clean signal. From my (admittedly small) sample, there has been no quality differences between... | |
| Help with Classical Music Record Labels. My great aunt, Dorle Soria, was the founder of Angel records. As well as being a producer, she also was looking for talent both new and established and was instrumental ( no pun intended ) in helping new talent get recorded. I can't attest the sou... | |
| Help with Classical Music Record Labels. @edcyn, good descriptions and recommendations.Something I've noticed, DG somehow managed to make Abbado's recordings sound good...thankfully. | |
| Help with Classical Music Record Labels. Worst... Everest, Columbia House, Angel (EMI budget releases), Seraphim (Angel reissues). |