mike4597
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| Package Has Disappeared in USPS System The package arrived today, and, as it was superbly packed by the vendor, it came through in fine shape. I do wonder about the story it could tell about its travels. I recall an old joke in the Army about never alienating the Transportation Offic... | |
| YOUR AUDIOPHILE JOURNEY WHEN DID IT START AND HOW DID YOU GET TO YOUR DREAM SYSTEM? I was working for my parents when I was about 12, in their TV store. They also sold a limited number of console “hi-f”i units and a Zenith stereo record player. I saved my money from working at the business, delivering newspapers, and collecting... | |
| Package Has Disappeared in USPS System For Carlsbad2: I come from serving nearly 41 years in a culture, the US Army, in which when you say you will do something, you do it. Plain and simple. I was not upset when the package did not get here in the advertised one to three days; I was... | |
| Package Has Disappeared in USPS System UPDATE: I have come to realize the fallibility of the USPS tracking system. Minutes after a check at the USPS tracking website revealed that the USPS had not yet received the package--after a check several days ago stated that the USPS had shipp... | |
| What were your favorite gear additions in 2024? 1. Odyssey Audio mono bloc Kismet power amps greatly improved all aspects of sound quality from my Fyne F-702 speakers. 2. Silversmith Fidelium speaker cables made further marked improvements in sound quality. 3. The addition of two Rythmik A... | |
| 2025 Audio System Wish List Time! 2025 for me will be a move to a better streamer. I am looking at the Innuous Zen MK3 or the Aurrender ACS10; I would like a CD ripping capability for I have several hundred CDs collected over about four decades, including some purchased in Eur... | |
| Review of Rogue Audio RP-9 preamp For 500homeruns: I am running an RP-7 into Odyssey amps upgraded almost to Kismet (Kismet boards, other upgrades, but lower level case) single-ended. With my previous tube amp with XLR balanced connections I was listening in the 70 to 90 range. I... | |
| Will an Amp change improve my system ? Changing your power amplifier can improve your system, but as the saying goes, “it all depends.” I changed from a highly-rated tube amp to Odyssey Kismet solid state monobloc amps that are twice as powerful as the stereo tube amp. The change was... | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs I would definitely add Silversmith Fidelium cables to your list of cables being considered. I swapped out some very good Mogami speaker cables and replaced them with the Fidelium cables and the results were astounding. Better soundstage, improved... | |
| Optimize or buy new gear..? I had a similar experience with speaker cables. I had gone through several sets of cables, none grossly expensive but all in the “several hundred dollars” range. All sounded good, one or two modestly better than the others. Then, several months... | |
| Subwoofers are a superlative room treatment Although well down scale from your system, I added two Rythmik F12 Subs to my Fyne Audio F-702s--driven by a Rogue RP-7 preamp and Odyssey Kismet monoblocs, and the improvement in sound quality seems to extend far beyond the lower bass realm. Sim... | |
| Thoughts: Mofi Sourcepoint 888 vs Fyne Audio 501sp? I bought a pair of Fyne F-702s several years ago; they have 8” woofers and were a bit deficient in that department. Adding a pair of subs made a huge difference, and not just below 50 hz. I am driving the Fynes with a tube preamp and Odyssey mon... | |
| Tube Preamp with "pass through" for HT option? All Rogue Audio preamps are tube models and have home theater pass through. I have the RP-7 and consider it to be an excellent preamp, a significant step up from my previous system. | |
| Borresen X3 measurements Seems to me that how speakers sound should be the most important criteria. We all have biases and preferences. A speaker that is superb according to measurements but still does not sound "good" or "right" is not what we enjoy. After all, the go... | |
| Seeking to Upgrade Subwoofer from SVS SB2000 I recently added two F12 Rythmik subs to my system: Rogue RP-7 tube preamp, Odyssey monobloc power amps, Fyne -702 speakers. The improvement was huge. total was just under $2500, close to your price for the two SVS 4000 subs. And, they made here... |