mikelavigne
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| 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... | |
| Is the DAC the digital equivalent of a cartridge. file/silver disc = vinyl----media transport/streamer = cartridge----reading + tiny signal dac = phono stage---converting + boost + analog output | |
| Headphone amp? if you really want high end headphone and headphone amp answers, here is the best forum to look at and ask your questions. a few here on Audiogon know stuff, but this is where there is thread after thread of information to read. which might help y... | |
| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. hi Will, thank you for the kind words. the Wadax experience has been fun so far. it is hard to get serious threads here respected. i have to say so far this one has not been ransacked for whatever reason. thank you Audiogon! knock on wood!!! | |
| Wadax Reference Dac and Reference Server--arrived in my room. for those interested, here is where i decided between the Wadax Ref Server and the Taiko Extreme Server. https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/wadax-reference-dac-and-server-arrive.34173/page-16#post-773661 | |
| which turntable for the future? i own three turntables which would be a step up from the place you are at. or maybe two to five steps up. you can view them on my system page. the thread drive, air bearing, linear tracking CS Port LFT1, Saskia model two idler with a Durand Tosca ... | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information i rest my case. | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information @moto_man I have been an AudioGon member for over 20 years. I enjoy coming to the forums and getting information on things that I am interested in. Are there very opinionated people here? People who talk about products without ever having heard... | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information What are the hallmarks of a serious audiophile? Just curious. @onhwy61 it has nothing to do with money. it is about having a serious interest in enjoying the best possible music reproduction. it’s about having the passion to appreciate the pr... | |
| Those who seek to deny access to information Audiogon is past the point of pulling it back to only serious users. it’s the wild wild west and you can’t un-ring the bell. about the only thing i can think of that would change the culture immediately, would be to mix system page posts with the... |