macg19
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| Tube DACs @amtprod I've tried the Gold Lion re-issue power tubes and pre-amp tubes and they don't do anything for me either. The RCA grey plates are not cheap, so perhaps there is an issue with the tubes. "Edgy" is exactly what I was trying to get rid of, a... | |
| What is your experience with the Spin Clean? Mine works fine for the money but I dont enjoy using it. I mostly buy new which should be cleaned before use - there is all sorts of crap visible in the water afterwards. Assume you are using distilled water. The soap refills are stupid money for... | |
| Tube DACs @amtprod Now I'm curious what tubes you tried and didn't like. | |
| Tube DACs @amtprod I got the Mullards (and others) from Brent Jesse. Go to audiotubes.com Brent is a guru, let him know Ian sent you (wont save you or me any money but it would be nice) Best way to get a hold of Brent is email. He is busy and short handed... | |
| Tube DACs I have a Black Ice tube DAC (new purchase, very happy) playing through a Raven integrated tube amp. Sounds really good, starting to rival my analogue front end. It has a gain control, which doubles as a volume control for headphones. It is not de... | |
| Zavfino @tksteingraber Hard to tell - the Fina PC replaced a Pangea 14SE MKII ($80) and I didn't a/b test them much mainly because my cabling is hard to get to. I also made a ton of other tweaks including some NOS tubes in my amp. What I can say is that ... | |
| Zavfino Zavfino everywhere now except sub-interconnects and PC for integrated tube amp, both from Raven Audio. Fusion RCA interconnects (phono stage) Nova speaker cables Arcadia RCA interconnects (DAC) Majestic USB (Streamer) Fina MKII PC (DAC) | |
| Concerningly loud pops in vinyl playback Have you hooked up a streamer to eliminate the analogue chain? Tube issue sounds reasonable though. | |
| My analog journey - time for a new phono stage or? Goldnote PS10+PSU10 no restrictions on dynamic range in my system, dead quiet, looks really cool (IMO). All ARC gear is interesting to me though, just by reputation. | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges Ha!!! Bose is awesome. | |
| Boxes Maybe speak to your wife tomorrow... | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges @grislybutter Absolutely. I am fortunate that I have a decent job, no kids and a wife that is reasonably understanding about my obsession. Some folks here have speakers that cost way more than my entire system so I guess it's all relative:) | |
| Power cord length my question is why does Nordost offer standard lengths of 1, 1.5, 2 and 3m if less than 2 is 'out of spec'? I just got a Zavfino FINA 1m PC for my DAC - it was a custom order, same price as 2m - happy camper here. | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges I don't have a removable head shell, but if I did, I would not be swapping out carts. Streaming is what I go to for casual listening. vinyl is not that good (and I listen 70% of my time to vinyl and I love it) to think cartridges will make s... | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @dolfan Cool, welcome. |