macg19
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| 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. | |
| Cambridge CXN V2 or Innuos Pulse Mini? @mapman I ended up with a Black Ice Tube DAC and NOS Mullard tubes - very happy. Did a whole bunch of tweaks as well. All listed under this thread A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey | |
| Recommend A New DAC Between $1000 and $2000 + 1 on the Black Ice/NOS tubes | |
| Getting back in the game First welcome to the game. It will never stop, so be careful what you wish for:) @ghdprentice gave you good advice. This is a good time to take this real slow. Give a lot of thought to how to do this. It is very difficult to get high end au... | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. There are some great comments here for and against starting a vinyl collection...and some not so much. IF your decision to explore vinyl is from an audiophile’s perspective (vs. whether or not you like fussing with records), then don’t start at... | |
| A Skeptics Digital Upgrade Journey @dolfan I highly recommend the PSU-LPS upgrade noted in the OP for the Node if you don’t mind voiding the warranty or are out of warranty. you could use the new PC for the LPS without an adapter | |
| Harbeth C7ESXD tube amp recommendation I've listened to a higher-end ($9K-ish) Jadis and it was impressive. I have Harbeth 30.2XDs paired with 2 REL subs - powered by a Raven Audio Osprey, which is also impressive. Customer service is equally impressive/personal and they offer a 45 d... | |
| Tube or solid state In fact there are very few tube amps of any cost that will outperform a very basic modern transistor amp. Nonsense. I wonder if spaceguitarist is pals with kenjit? The answer to the OP's question must include tubes somewhere in the chain. @fi... | |
| Show off! Vinyl + 1 "Famous Blue Raincoat" Jennifer Warnes (Timpani drums or whatever they are are great in Bird on a Wire) "Breaking Silence" Janis Ian - really well recorded, tons of detail, big sound stage etc.) "Wonderful Sound of Female Vocals" - An... | |
| What is the current retail cost of your reference system? I too thought the percentages were interesting, and I do keep a spreadsheet although I gave up on calculating losses selling gear. I bought everything I have now new. I dont like sharing how much I paid for anything, but I've listed all component... | |
| Small form factor, SS phono preamp recommendation. +1 for the Goldnote PS-10 (and optionally the PSU-10 but that could be added later). Dead quiet, super flexible, looks really cool too. |