macg19
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| Pair of Rel S510’s or Carbon Special’s? Given the OP is not interested in Home Theater, and not looking for earth-shaking bass, the largest may or may not be the best for his specific application and objectives. According to my local Hi-Fi dealer, he stocks the T/x line because they ar... | |
| Pair of Rel S510’s or Carbon Special’s? @nyev My pleasure. Good news on your RCA sub-outs. The high-level input driven from the speaker binding posts passes through a resistor that essentially turns it into a low-level input anyway. Note that gain control on the REL is the same for both... | |
| Pair of Rel S510’s or Carbon Special’s? @nyev I have a pair of REL T/9x's paired with Harbeth 30.2's and I'm really happy, they just add a little bottom end energy. My comments are set up related only... - Placement close to each main speaker is desirable. They are acting as extended b... | |
| Phono Stage Gain - how does it impact sound? I ran my Hana ML (awesome cart for $1200) at 62dB of gain (lowest setting on the Goldnote PS10) and that was plenty of gain. I tried 65dB but that was obviously way too much, so based on my limited experience 60dB should be fine. (I'm now running ... | |
| How long should speaker cables be? @fosolitude Nordost Blue Heaven They sell them in standard lengths up to 23ft. Obviously these cannot be shortened by the end-user and I am pretty sure Nordost doesn't offer this as a service. I have Purple Flare's which I'm now using for my... | |
| Need advice for a replacement phono cartridge PS. Aidas offer re-tipping and re-building services for their carts. | |
| How long should speaker cables be? 12 ft is not that long, but there is a relationship to length and wire gauge. Lengths should be equal regardless of distance from R & L. What kind of speaker cable is it? | |
| Need advice for a replacement phono cartridge @michobr59 Last week I upgraded my Hana ML to an Aidas Durawood Multicolor. Output is 0.3mv I’m going to post something over the weekend with a bit more detail but I can say I’m blown away - it’s like getting a whole new system. Erik at solypsa.c... | |
| Why do so many people have problems with bass? What hertz range we talking about? Lowest note on a bass guitar is 41 Hz and a Piano 27Hz. High C on a piano is ~4KHz. A lot of the music we hear is really in the midrange, so a set up with great midrange will give plenty of thump. Low or sub... | |
| New user phono question. Comes with free story. is it just harder to get performance from vinyl? It's harder and way more expensive. Do you think it would be realistic to get to the performance of the digital side of the system for say, a $1000 investment, or is that just a pipe dream? N... | |
| U2 live. Music realism Cool - unlikely, I'm guessing this one was born circa 1985 | |
| U2 live. Music realism @juanmanuelfangioii LOL. The B&O speakers in my laptop don't help at all. This one actually hurt my ears. | |
| U2 live. Music realism @noske Use them as coasters. I’ve never been a Springsteen fan but I watched Western Stars on a plane earlier this year and subsequently bought the record (the live one). It’s unexpectedly uplifting & infectious. The recording in the barn soun... | |
| U2 live. Music realism I don’t understand why anyone posts a video online of any system playing any music. A $500 or $1M system will sound the same. It would be cooler to have narrated tour of the room/system/library. U2: Bad is a great tune. We’ve seen them live twice... | |
| MM, MC, or MI cartridge @rvpiano FWIW I agree with @inna - start by upgrading the RP3. However if you decide not to re-tip the virtuoso, the Hana ML is great for the money and a good place to start the MC journey. |