mlsstl
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| how to fix a CD player There are LOTS of mechanical parts on a CD player that can age/wear. Does your car run 10 years with zero service needed? And there is also the issue of the laser assembly -- its performance also deteriorates with age and use. Most of those i... | |
| Verity Audio speaker manufacturer silent... Life is tough for small businesses in audio -- in fact, for small businesses in any industry. You can have a great product and still not make it -- remember the story of VHS video tapes versus Sony's Betamax? Betamax had superior picture quality... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama @jl35 "I can no longer find the Tekton YouTube video where Eric states " I didn’t sue anyone" ...it was the beginning of a long response..." The video has been reposted on ASR in the thread where this whole debacle started (page 81.) We'll see i... | |
| Thin Line Between Critique and Courtrooms: A Dialogue on the Recent Audiophile Drama I've read through the ASR stuff on this matter and would like to point out that the site's review of the Mini Lore speaker wasn't really bad or negative -- it was basically "so-so" which isn't a surprise for a company's lowest-end model. Tekton'... | |
| Spendor D7.2 Pairing - First Watt F8 How loud do you listen in how large a room? (I'd recommend you use a meter or phone app to determine your listening level as one person's "moderate" volume may be another's "loud" or "soft".) If you are a 90 dB or 100 dB volume listener or using ... | |
| PC Software Just an idle thought for you to consider, but my general impression is that the majority of Audiogon forum members seem to buy dedicated audio servers to manage their music collections. So I'm not sure how many people around here use their Window... | |
| Streamer only If you want to get into streaming at nominal cost, check out the WiiM Mini (about $100) or the WiiM Pro (about $150) -- both support Qobuz and other streaming services, are very easy to set up and have a good app for your phone for selecting and c... | |
| Aurender n200, talk me out of signing on the dotted line As someone else has mentioned -- you're thinking of spending thousands on a new streamer and you're using internet radio and Spotify as your sources? Qobuz starts at $11 a month and everything is CD quality or better - tons of hi-rez material. Ti... | |
| Anyone tried Devore o/93 with Sugden A2 1SE Devores shouty and hard in the highs? Not a condition I think of with Devores. Curious if you've tried the speakers to different positions in the room and/or some acoustic treatment in the room. It also brings up the question of what you're using ... | |
| Streamer/DAC combinations If you want to do it in stages, first try using a different DAC. I believe the Node has only coax/optical outputs (no USB) but there are lots of excellent DACs on the market in your price range with those inputs. Just check the seller's return po... | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? @clustrocasual -- "I wondered about people who use it [a preamp] to color the sound..." Its been explained that "colored sound" can also happen when there is a mismatch between the source's output and the power amp's input. You can't just assum... | |
| Hifi Man Sundaras! Another vote for the Sundara phones. | |
| Low Gain or Unity Gain Solid State Preamp The Schiit Saga is a unity gain preamp. And Schiit has some other options that are switchable between low and higher gain. | |
| Preamp - what's the purpose? The purpose of a preamp? There are multiple reasons, depending on your setup. 1. Selecting between multiple sources. 2. Some sources don't have their own volume control and most power amps don't have one either. 3. Some power amps don't have eno... | |
| Speaker hum. Have you ever had the units serviced? The models you have could be 20 or more years old. It is very common that the power supply capacitors need to be replaced at that age. Power supply capacitors, especially the big ones on a power amp, are lik... |