mapman
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| audiophiles or retrophiles BTW, I would classify myself as both.I have a large music library, lots of gear to listen with more than my fair share of records, a big music server with various networked players, and even a few tubes, two record players, a few pair of both mode... | |
| audiophiles or retrophiles I saw more tubes and records in 15 minutes today than I have for years.It was at my daughter's 8th grade history show where the students designed presentations about how history has affected the music of the times.My daughter covered the 60's. I l... | |
| Picture Thread I'm guessing the vendor would argue its all those parts and the way they are put together that justifies the cost.I've never heard the beast so I don't know.My gut though says that simplicity works best with a pre-amplifier. It has the least deman... | |
| Picture Thread A look under the hood of a 40K pre-amp | |
| Is it live or is it? Live concerts are like most things...there's the good, the bad, and the ugly. | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Signal Cable appear to be well thought out products for modest cost. I would consider those as well as Pangea, which I am very happy with so far for my DACs and pre-amp, for my power amps someday. | |
| Compressing Music Files For Thumb Drive In Car Free version of media monkey works well for bulk file format conversions but has learning curve. I used it to covert 1000s of files from wav to flac but does MP3 compressed also. Dbpoweramp has cost but probably more user friendly. That's what I w... | |
| Does anyone listen to Military Music? I have a few recordings. A small % of my library. Nothing more fun than trying to reproduce explosions on your home hifi! 🌝 My favorite is an old Mercury living presence recording that features a recorded documentary of all the details that went i... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Reb if your digital source has stock cord and can be replaced I would recommend Pangea ac14 series for that. Different cords from vendors like Pangea specifically have different designs for different problems. Some targeting line level gear that d... | |
| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Pangea has one model for power amps (focus on current delivery) and one for source or pre-amp (focus on noise shielding and control). I use the latter (AC14SE) with both tube-output DAC and tube pre-amp and can state with certainty that these made... | |
| Most enjoyable speaker you heard under $800?? Triangle Titus xs | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... "Don't think......feeeeeel!!!" 🙏 | |
| what speaker new or used for 5k? Can you decipher vocals clearly?if not, some might call that a common form of "Congestion". 2-way designs with crossover points in the midrange where most vocals and music occurs are a commonly cited cause. I tend to levitate to 2 way designs wher... | |
| Is Vinyl Worth It Anyone who wants to know how good a recording can sound at home has to audition a high quality open reel tape source played on a SOTA home setup, like a good MBL installation and compare that to 331/3 vinyl and CD. It will be an eye opener. Then a... | |
| Why does my tube amp Wolf, which Jolida model is that?I'm not proud. I will take any plunge that I can afford if it seems to make sense. The more I can afford it, the better. :^) |