marakanetz
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| computer audio question There are processors with freon cooling instead of fan which are much more quiet than fan cooled ones. That could be the tweak becides DAC, but as previously mentioned DAC makes the largest difference. | |
| opinions on favorite cartridge My choice is of the budget of mentioned but idealy matching set up is Lyra Titan. Although it's quite pricey you can get used with low hours or near-new for twice as cheap. When I play it, I always think that there can't be anything better in this... | |
| Do Interconnects need to "warm up"? I think Hifihvn makes sence of cooling cables vs. worming up. Designing freeze packs for cables might be the next crazy tweak in the audiophile business. | |
| Caps upgrade in the NAF amplifier Normally unsoldering/soldering caps are easier to/from PCB vs. point to point wired. Precautions should be taken to surrounding and replacement components from overheating. Caps are often rated for a specific peak temperatures. Choose solder that ... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner If anybody remembers the last episode of 4 rooms with Quentin Tarantino, one dude also swore that his ZIPPO would light up 10 out of 10 times, but apparently lost his little pinky...:( | |
| Best CD player under $25000. Anything connected to Nordost Odin interconnect heee haaa! | |
| Hum aint fun Do you have built-in or separate phonostage?What tonearm? If you have separate ground wire on your tonearm, try to connect it to a different chassis other than phonostage... | |
| Power Cord for Power Conditioner Not only CHEAPER to say but to implement as well. What's easier than doing nothing and leaving as is?? | |
| Do Interconnects need to "warm up"? You can use 'Keep Warm' settings on your slow cooker so you don't have to worm them up every time. | |
| Wyred4Sound Dac-2 vs Preamp and separate DAC W4S isn't passive. It has very low gain so if you have high sensitivity amplifier the unity or low-gain active preamp will have transparency of passive and control of active. | |
| Need a Speaker Recommendation 2nd to Vandersteen 1c it speaks for itself. They will be used for $400...500. | |
| Need a MC Cartridge recomendation... I compared Shelter 9000 against My Lyra Titan. Lyra wins by substantially better tracking abilities. Sonically they're on the same level of performance and only individual can decide which one sounds better. Perhaps most of Shelters have tracking ... | |
| Lyra Helikon setup sensitivity? To set up properly mine on Michell Gyro SE/RB300 I had to use washers between the top cartridge body and headshell to increase the height. VTA has the most of influence to sound in most of Lyras. Quite an effort to set up, but sounds and tracks th... | |
| over packing items---overkill? They just used the same standard packaging as they use for any of their other products. | |
| Best ARC Solid State power to match ARC Ref 5 Pre ARC SS amps stand on the same level as Classe, Mccormack.McCormack has the best performance for the budget. |