luisma31

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Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue
Switched to Blue Notes release of Bobby Hutcherson, The Kicker, Redbook, but sooo much better. It is not my rig  
Life After Technics SL1200 Mk5
Digital remasters are terrible sometimes, so glad I got myself back into some analog  
Life After Technics SL1200 Mk5
+1 @chakster Yeah a little confusing but yeah  
Floored by Beatles "White Album" Reissue
Funny found this post, I'm listening to this specific remastered 96khz 24 bits and started looking in audiogon for digital remaster and this exact album comes out I'm very surprised of the distortion, started listening to Something the mix,it hurt... 
Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
Seems that the Smartractor have a mirror which makes cantilever alignment easier?  
Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
I find that with magnification and strong lightingYes that is a critical aspect so either one Feickert or Smartractor can take advantage of it I also tend to avoid cartridges that are way out of line in that respect. Me too, it is so common thoug... 
Never Owned a Tube Amp and Want Advice
@dsper I'm glad you are enjoying your rig, did the sibilance go away? Probably not with some tracks. We have a cold front coming now here in Florida, time to turn on my amps.  
Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
You're correct I meant the cantilever, More replying in a few  
Great Experience with Feickert Protractor
Old thread, I need a tool to align different cartridges on different tonearms. From my searches apparently the Feickert protractor is very good specifically with P2S distances, not so good with cart alignment, the Smartractor although more expensi... 
How can I punish this Chinese audio dealer
@shkong78 was the replacement tube good?@bsimpson apparently the seller replaced the tube for free 
Vintage DIN phono cables, any good?
nah probably US customs check there before let it in  
Vintage DIN phono cables, any good?
you guys are laughing but I have bought some 6AS7G's from 1959 on their cardboard military boxes which could have perfectly been around Chernobyl, wish I would had a Geiger counter device to measure these and the japanese stuff too 
Vintage DIN phono cables, any good?
This discussion was most informative but for some reason died, I guess you all know what sounds best. 
Control volume with DAC or Preamp?
The OP's is not passive you are right but in the thread above you will see GeorgeHifi comments about " Ralph is product (his active preamp) " etc. and for some reason (and I have nothing against GeorgeHifi) he has some feud with Ralph, he even qu... 
Holo Audio May DAC
Hey @cal3713 seems you and I follow all the same threads... congrats on the DAC, I haven't heard this one but I think it is similar to another DAC I'm familiar with. Try PCM in NOS mode