mikelavigne
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| Why so few devices with BNC's?? @thespeakerdude darTZeel only makes analog products except for one integrated amp with a dac in it. the ’zeel’ 50 ohm interface is strictly analog only. Herve Deletraz of darTZeel wrote an article published in the Sept 2001 issue of Stereophile... | |
| Why so few devices with BNC's?? in my system i mostly use BNC’s for my interconnects. but it’s not that simple. i use the darTZeel ’zeel’ BNC 50 ohm interface between my preamp and amps, and between my tape repro and my preamp. then i use RCA’s between my phono pre and preamp,... | |
| need amp recommendations for more separation of instruments agree with @arcticdeth on speaker and listening position significance. also; imaging has much to do with first reflections to the sides, behind, below and above the speakers. those first reflections will reach your ears close enough in time to th... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? @balooo2 when i purchased mine the list price was $16,995. right now i think it’s $18,500 list price. likely your dealer would work with you some on the price, you can’t buy it on line from a big box store. the support is phenomenal. once you i... | |
| Emotiva or Anthem or Something Else? owned an Anthem AVM60 and wanted to step up to higher speaker count. i had a 7.1.4 Home Theater system and wanted to step up to 9.3.6. 2 years ago, i decided to go all in and purchase a Trinnov Altitude 16. it does not use off the shelf chip sets... | |
| Are There Improvements that Can Be Easily and Quickly Made Without Buying More Stuff? i spent 9 months treating every surface of my listening room through trial and error. the cost was about $350 worth of cloth and thumbtacks, and about $600 worth of Aural T-fusor diffusers. these changes were the biggest performance boost i ever... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? Very true accept you can do exactly the same thing with a $30 Hudson sweep arm and remove any incidental dust out of the stylus's path. @mijostyn disagree. a brush only gets larger pieces. a brush cannot dramatically reduce static. in fact ... | |
| What is the best way to clean Vinyl? how much do you want to know about record cleaning? this thread will answer any question. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/timas-diy-rcm.26013/ personally i use the KLaudio RCM and am very happy with the results. my opinion is that as a su... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? Do you like classical music? How many recordings of Wagner’s Ring Cycle do you have? I have 5. Can you get 5 different recordings on ANY streaming platform? @laoman i listen to 70% classical. there are dozens of recordings of most any class... | |
| Why are so many people spending so much money to build “perfect” streaming system? where the new music is, unlimited access. where the new music is, unlimited access. where the new music is, unlimited access. streaming can be high resolution. streaming can be high resolution. streaming can be high resolution. | |
| Vinyl record cleaning here is the definitive thread about all things record cleaning. it touches all the bases and even has two related threads linked. i've owned 5 different high quality record cleaning machines, and own 12,000 records. i thought i knew quite a bit a... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question for the straight skinny on mono pressings and cartridges; scroll down to the bottom on this website; it’s the best explanation of the benefits of mono i have seen. based on the facts. and why i have two 'true' mono cartridges; one with a 1.0mil st... | |
| Mono Cartridge Question sure love both my Miyajima Infinity Mono’s; the 0.7mil stylus and 1.0mil stylus models. my friend Audiogon member jazdoc owns the Zero and loves it. i’ve heard it in his system many times and it always delivers. get the mono cartridge. it takes t... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording @noske i will ask my local friend, Joel-Francois Durand, professor of music composition and acting director the School of Music at the University of Washington, classical (20th Century period😁) composer, and builder of my tonearms, whether he di... | |
| Classical piano solo—Your one favorite performance and recording @noske it’s not that complicated. the term ’Classical Music’ can be used in more than one context. just the facts. no priors. the original thread poster used ’Classical’ in a general sense, the same way most audiophiles would interpret it. T... |