millercarbon
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| Changing Turntable to Balanced Output Yes, you have read it. There is a lot more to it than what you have read. Whether it is worth it or not only you will know after having gone to the trouble to find out. For me, it is so far down the list of things I would do, wait a minute let me ... | |
| If you have a CD Player, you need to do this periodically... pguezze-just curious, did you demagnetize your electronic’s or CD’s with the Radio Shack Bulk Tape Eraser? Originally bought for CD, I now use it on cables and records. Of course it doesn't really demagnetize CDs or LPs, maybe it is something t... | |
| A question of metal type; the value of matching RCA phono plugs to sockets ? Best estimate, five years, maybe ten, of messing around trying things to fully comprehend the full breadth and magnitude of just how irrelevant this is. Knew a guy once put 30 years into it, still never caught on. In spite of this, I try to keep i... | |
| Architectural Digest finally shows audio gear! | |
| In Classical music the effect of SQ on appreciation SQ is huge. I never was able to enjoy classical much at all until my system got there. In the last year between Tekton, Townshend, and Soundsmith, now all of a sudden classical is compelling. Then in terms of records, put on a White Hot Stamper, T... | |
| Tonearm hardware shuffle - recomendations sought! Lots of great tonearms to buy, the 4pt is certainly one of them. You did not specify which Soundsmith cart. This will limit how specific recomends can be as the arm-cart relationship is far more important that the table-arm relation is. Yes, wi... | |
| Cheap Speaker "Isolation" Solution for 300 lb. Speaker If you're serious, search eBay for springs. Ones you want will be about 2-3" diameter and compress to about 2" high under a 115lb load. This will be the dirt cheap solution, yet about a million times better than what you're doing now. If you don't... | |
| Ceiling fan in listening room? 🙄 Audiophile speak for avoid wind noise? | |
| What makes the biggest difference in sound quality? You can make DIY Cords and fuses as good, if not better than most manufacturers. Pennies on the dollars, If true then you are making cables for pennies that are better than the ones I bought for thousands. If true you would quit your job as the... | |
| Majority Of Your Listening Is Online Streaming Service, Do You Buy CD's Or Vinyl Any More? Lots confuse listening with hearing. Tend also to think streaming is music. | |
| Amp will not power off Your power switch has migrated to the wall. | |
| Which component for the first Synergistic Research Purple fuse Power amp. That is where I have heard the greatest improvement. Another reason to start there, this will be the largest amperage fuse. So in case you have other components where it will fit you can try it there as well. The usual fraidy cats wil... | |
| Upgrade McCormack or... I had a DNA1 and not for a million dollars would I risk swapping it out for a Mac. You can take a pass on the unsound advice above. Sorry, but Send it in to have Steve work his magic. No regrets. | |
| Recommendations Wanted Carlsbad makes a couple good points. One, Tekton are so transparent a huge amount of whether you wind up happy or not hangs on the rest of your system. They will let you hear it, quite possibly for the first time ever. On this one looking at the r... | |
| pre-amp processor My suggestion is bring one of those $6k marvels home, hook it up and listen to it. Then just for kicks do the same with some used $500 stereo whatever. Anything. Literally anything. When you hear how much better the sound quality is, stop and thi... |