mitch2
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| going from tube preamp to solid state I have done it a couple of times over the past 30+ years. The last time was 11 years ago and I haven’t looked back. IME, you don’t need tubes to have excellent depth of tone, dimensionality, fullness, and dynamics. That said, there are also a l... | |
| Upgrade Cables or Just Upgrade Equipment & Live in Shame? If an either/or proposition, i.e., cables or subs, IMO you will move the ball much further with the subs than with new cables. As to the number of subs, do your research. The manufacturer of my subs believes two is a big improvement over one, a... | |
| Excellent speaker decoupling solution for 100 bucks with no DIY? Ask no more These may or may not be your exact solution but several Amazon sellers make a variety of silicone elastomer products at various shapes, sizes, and hardnesses. | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @bdp24 - nice post and great background. I would add that music is art, and the value of art is subjectively judged by the individual experiencing it. With any artistic endeavor, there are usually both supporters and detractors, so judging art o... | |
| "High end" store snobbery While the owner of a B&M audio retailer hopefully shares a passion for home audio, they are still trying to make profit from what is a very difficult business model under the best of conditions. They are competing against a huge increase in d... | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc Eric may have meant to say the ConneX Cable BL-Ag Interconnect Cable, which is pure silver and pretty good sounding, particularly for the price. | |
| Streaming Sound Quality - Want the very best sound quality? Network Acoustics ENO... @hchilcoat I have the same Deja Vu server with the same JCAT NET CARD XE. I own both the eno and the muon (non PRO model) and both of those filters work fine with my server, coming out of a Silent Angel Bonn N8 Ethernet Switch. However, my inte... | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc You can purchase whatever length XLR or rca terminated Mogami Gold cable you need at Amazon. I have also had them made by the folks at Blue Jeans Cable. | |
| Help with DC power connectors please @vinylvalet ”what have folks found to be the best two conductor DC bulk cable for this application?” I too am interested in the answer to your question but I suggest you start a new thread to get more traction. My OP question being so differ... | |
| Help with DC power connectors please Thank you @agisthos Good source for the connectors and really good information about them. The preamp manufacturer had actually added this connector to a very cheap wall-wart that came with the preamp, and I wanted to try using a linear power s... | |
| Help with DC power connectors please Thank you - that's it! | |
| Help with DC power connectors please Thanks for the links but I only need the connector. I already have the supply and cable but had to reterminate the cable to match the input connector on the preamp. I was hoping to find it somewhere like McMaster Carr but haven't had any luck. | |
| Help with DC power connectors please I thought the pictures loaded but then they didn't show up in the post. Sorry. See below. | |
| "World's Best Cables" vs Audioquest interconnects At 7awg OFC and 8 feet long, you could do a lot worse than $189 for a pair of speaker cables. If you want to be picky, "Ultra-Pure" and "Extra Premium" are probably a stretch, and I sort of doubt the Eminence spades are the "highest-grade connect... | |
| Is an autoformer (AVC) always superior to pots and resistors ? @mrdecibel The only "test" is for me to compare the icOn AVC preamp against my current Hattor/SMc buffer set-up, for the sole purpose of determining which of those two options sounds better to me. If the icOn sounded better through the buffer t... |