mgreen27
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| Preamps: Rogue Audio RP-1 vs. Quicksilver Audio Line Stage Pre - Sonic Differences "Which means more neutral more natural or more real? Honestly, more "modern" means exactly what? I'm familiar with the term "neutral" which I am still trying to come to "terms" with over all these years but "modern"? what exactly is that?"You answ... | |
| Integrated amp upgrade There's a listing hear on AG for a pair of Pass 0 mono amps. lis7gccgI used to have a pair myself. They have tons of power and sound incredible. They had no problem driving my B&W 800's and ProAc Response 3's. It would be hard to find a better... | |
| Preamps: Rogue Audio RP-1 vs. Quicksilver Audio Line Stage Pre - Sonic Differences The QS has the classic tube sound. The Rogue sounds more modern. | |
| Speaker upgrade... One thing to consider is that its hard to listen to speakers that are not time and phase correct like the speakers you have now. | |
| NEED HELP WITH A MIRAGE M1 CROSSOVER---- IDENTIFYING WHAT CAPACITORS GO TO WHAT DRIVERS Disconnect them one at a time and see which drivers go out. Are you sure its a good idea to use different cap's? There may be some negative effects, but I can't say for sure. You may want to find a DIY website and ask there. | |
| Q for owners of Sony HAP-Z1ES "I found the USB-connected CD ripping to be very slow, using Mac external drive direct into the HAP-Z1ES. OK in a pinch, but not a good method for general use, in my experience."It's slow because of the drive. The larger external usb optical drive... | |
| Q for owners of Sony HAP-Z1ES "Should I just stick to ripping my CDs using my computer and EAC and then code into FLAC ?"Yes. It's a much better way to do it. | |
| $500 USB cable audioman58 makes a very nice comparison, but I would add a little to it. With cables, results vary. If you were to evaluate the AQ and WW cables in your system, you may agree with audioman58's assessment, hear something different, or maybe here no... | |
| Full range speaker/high power amp When you use high efficiency speakers, you need to be careful with how much gain your other components have. Its very easy to get gain related noise/hiss. Price/quality is not a factor. You can still get a hiss regardless of how good your other co... | |
| KT88 tubes for Monos You should have no problem using other tubes. Cable Company sells Ayon and they have a very big selection of tubes, both nos and current production. They'll give you good advice as to what will work best for your amp. | |
| Integrated amp upgrade "My source is a Hegel HD12 streaming music from Qobuz via USB."If that's what you are using for a source, there's no need to worry about balanced operation. Your dac isn't fully balanced. At best, you may notice a slight difference, but nowhere ne... | |
| Comparing these CD players with my gear... "Why not look at the analog section of the dac as well? I think you’ll find all the players mentioned use dac data textbook I/V stage and output stages, which are just opamps."I've owned 3 of the players on the OP's list and I have a fair amount o... | |
| Anyone own or heard of PrimaLuna? "Wondering those who bought a $35,000 amps just because they can afford and it's more of lifestyle or the $35k gears truly that great?"A rich person that doesn't know anything about audio. | |
| Integrated amp upgrade Do you plan on listen to the amp first, or are you going to take a chance and hope for the best? Also, you should list your entire system because it makes it a lot easier to recommend something you'll be happy with. | |
| $500 USB cable "I am guessing you could find a cable as good as the one you mention for less. I mean what are the odds a short usb cable could actually be worth that amount? just guessing here but my instinct is: avoid"There's really no reason to avoid a cable l... |