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Can Silver Interconnects be bright in your gear
Great thread! Good information, honest and wise opinions, and very respectful discussion. Hope all are having a wonderful Holiday . 
Rotel CD player
Pop the hood and check inside. Might be the tray mechanism gear which can be replaced at little cost. I have a friend who has done so with a older Rotel. I have had this problem with a Carver player. It did not use a gear, rather a belt which coul... 
Best amp for Phono under $500.
For any forum participant to help you out they would need more information as to your system and what is lacking regarding bass, and your budget for improvement. Lack of bass can be due to several factors. Source, amplification, speakers. Is this ... 
Do You Use USB for Streaming?
Thanks Williewonka, I use a Audiophilleo2 with PurePower. I am thinking that the PurePower approach is analogous to what is described above excepting that the USB conversion is external to the DAC. Possibly I am missing something. 
192 from usb/spdif to NOS dac to amp
I would think an USB/SPDIF converter would improve the sound coming from your DAC’s USB input regardless of sampling rate. Audirvana I believe is capable of doing the upsampling, and I understand that upsampling is best accomplished by the program... 
Secondary listening systems
Broadstone, I also have a secondary system which I use primarily outside on my deck when overlooking my “back forty”. I very much enjoy listening when the speakers are provided so much “air”. It is no where near the equivalent of my main system, h... 
Fully Digital Playback?
Is $2500 your budget for an entire system, digital front end, amplification and speakers? Are you willing to purchase some components used? 
Tubes for Jolida Fusion Preamp
My tubes have arrived. I will keep everyone posted as to my findings once I have installed them. 
New Version Jolida JD502P issues.
Great thread Wolf! Enjoy the humor. I need to learn to inject more into my posts. As you know from another thread, I own the Jolida Fusion pre and consider it excellent. I have found the Jolida MD people to be very helpful. Have only compared it t... 
Seems like the best "upgrade" for tube amps....
Isn’t it true that speaker cones also are designed to operate best at a certain thermal equilibrium point? Most often I let my whole system warm up prior to a listening session. Does sound better after an hour. 
Equalizers - don't listen to the nay sayers
Thanks for sharing Broadstone. Regardless of age we all differ in our hearing abilities. In addition most of us are working with a less than ideal listening environment. I have often thought about how these differences should be considered as one ... 
M2Tech hiFace192 + Theta Gen Va synergy?
I have used the Hi-Face and now a Audiophileo2. My position is that there are several quality older DACs that remain competitive as a DAC however lack implementation for USB. Many have better power supplies and analog output stages than newer USB ... 
LCR phono stages we know about
I own a Lounge MK3 LCR phonostage. They now sell for ~$250. I believe the load is 47K ohm, 100 pF. The gain is 40dB. Works well with my Sumiko Bluepoint No. 2 cartridge. Considered one of the better budget (under $500) stages out there. I have not... 
Amp for Magnepan MMGs
If I have it right, you are going to develop a system to be used for 2 channel music and 5.1 channel video and have an amplification budget of $400. Under this assumption I would:1) Determine the value of your present gear. Verify that the adcom a... 
tube preamp with SS amp
My tube Jolida Fusion (600 ohm output) mates well with my BEL amp (22K ohm input). I prefer the tube pre/SS power amp combination.