mikelavigne
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| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. OP, has this equaled or surpassed your analog setup? If no, how much has it closed the gap? @kren0006 with the Wadax Reference dac and Reference server my experience is ’like’ vinyl. i get no sense that i’m not listening to good vinyl. i can ... | |
| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. hi Steve, i will try to help as best i can. you are welcome to email me so we can take this off line as your Audiogon messages are not set up. mplav@comcast.net | |
| Amplifier for desktop near field system how serious are you about desk top audio? if you are ’all-in’ the Sony SA-Z1 is the way to go.....not the cheapest, but ’real-high end hifi’ on your desk top. https://www.stereophile.com/content/sony-sa-z1-nearfield-active-speaker-system https:/... | |
| Ready to Pull the Trigger on a Record Cleaning Machine... if you want to know everything there is to know about record cleaning machines, read this thread. in the first post there are links to other related threads. whatever answer you are looking for will be there somewhere. https://www.whatsbestforum.... | |
| The best phono cartridge alignment tool @holmz I usually use a table and then move it to the rack and relieves it. Is this method fraught with issues? (Other than a long set of interconnects) nothing wrong with moving a turntable to a better spot to easily set it up, and then moving ... | |
| The best phono cartridge alignment tool the other big trick with alignment tools is turntable height and sight positioning. if you can get your body to be at a height and angle where you are comfortable enough to be in one position for extended periods, then the odds of a better set-up ... | |
| The best phono cartridge alignment tool Best Tractor/ Arc Protractor----i own one for each arm. easy to see with my 70 year old eyes, unambiguous. a no brainer. https://mintlp.com/best.htm i own a number of other alignment tools including the Feickert but never use them. | |
| What is your favorite cover? if we are asking for our favorites, these are on my very short list......and have stood the test of time. --Eva Cassady "Somewhere Over The Rainbow". --The Animals "House of the Rising Sun" --Cream "Crossroads". --Allman Brothers "Stormy Monda... | |
| Most beautiful turntable under $5k likely something vintage......in a nice, classy, plinth. Garrard 301 or Thorens TD-124 in good condition with a simple arm can be acquired easily for $5k or less. these will fit into most room styles. and knowledgeable visitors will assume you kn... | |
| Any tubes currently manufactured in the US, Japan or Germany? Thomas Mayer manufactures Elrog Tubes in Germany. https://www.elrog.com/ | |
| Is there any one piece of vintage gear you most wished you owned? #1 would be the Studer A-820 Master Recorder tape deck. not only did i wish it, i own 3 of them. next might be an EMT 927 tt........alas, i never did buy one of those. be nice if i did. | |
| I need help regarding tube phono preamplifiers the CS Port C3EQM2 is outstanding in that price range. battery powered, and superb with an SUT. it’s got three inputs, two of them MM for SUT’s. i run 2 SUT’s with mine. https://www.csport.audio/products/products-c3eqm2-en.html i’ve owned this p... | |
| N.P.I. What is it? i think the preference of hearing mono from a single speaker and stereo speakers is much related to how acoustically dialed in your room and speakers are. and specific set-up differences. so the variability of results will reflect room differences... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. Sorry, the phono stage does not decode anything wrong. ever heard of the RIAA equalization curve? what do you suppose it does? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIAA_equalization some phono stages have multiple output curves besides RIAA for opti... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. a dac is absolutely not like a cartridge. a cartridge reads media, like a transport or server, a phono stage then interprets and amplifies, exactly like a dac. you don’t hook your cartridge directly to your preamp, and your server and transport a... |