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| cartridge demagnetization I have done demags on well over 100 cartridges without any problems. It has always worked. I did once accidentally demag a MM cartridge and it completely ruined it, so be careful. The tell-tale signs that it needs to be done is a loss of high freq... | |
| Finally "HiFi" streaming - comments on Tidal??? Justubes2...Tidal is considered "high quality" which means the sampling rate is 16 bit, 44.1k, which is exactly what a CD is. Deezer also has this, but does have some content that is MP3 (320k).Spotify/Beats/Rhapsody are only MP3 at 320k, so a CD ... | |
| Who actually played drums in Whiplash movie? Whiplash...who really played the drums? | |
| Best Transport for Tidal Beshair...I never tried the USB, but I did compare the coax and optical outputs of the Sonos Connect. I found the coax to be much better sounding. I tried several different optical cables, but really didn't like it. | |
| What are your favorite speaker finishes? KewazingaBubingaBlack WalnutRosewoodCocobolo | |
| Best Transport for Tidal You need to have LMS (Logitech Media Server) running on your computer. Ickstream is a 3rd party plug-in that goes into LMS. I found LMS version 7.8 to work the best.On the links I provided above, just follow the directions. If you have any questio... | |
| Best Transport for Tidal Swamp...it is detailed it here.It's really pretty easy to do.Here is the ickstream official forum pages. | |
| Best Transport for Tidal The only streamer, (it's not really a transport) that I have heard that I liked better than my Sonos Connect, was the Auralic Aries.I really liked the operating system MUCH better than the Sonos and it did indeed sound fuller and more open.Excelle... | |
| Fleetwood Mac Rhino 140g vinyl reissues? Ghost...from everything I have read and found, these are supposed to be the same ones used in the box set.I have the box set and found the LPs to be pretty good. I also have the original US and UK recordings, but haven't done an A/B comparison. I ... | |
| Grateful Dead MoFi 45RPM Vinyl Reissues Qdrone...have you heard the new MOFI 45RPM reissue? While I agree with you that the original MOFI 33 1/3 version is excellent, on my system, the new 45RPM is even better.Just my .02 cents worth...and Fremer has an analog front end to die for, and ... | |
| Killer on a Budget... Sorry, a little off topic. Emotiva got a bad wrap because when they first came out they were...well, crap. I tried two of their amps (one stereo and a pair of monoblocks) and they were indeed awful. Bright, hard, no imaging or soundstage. Fit and ... | |
| need help with Conrad Johnson preamp SNAFI As Steelhead stated: ALWAYS preamp on FIRST, then amp. Reverse this at turn off.I would try what Steelhead suggests and re-bias the amp. The preamp might have whacked out the bias a little when it come out of auto-mute. | |
| Tube life in preamp. Please help "I liked the original MKI and the MKIII best. I did not like the MKII."I was an ARC dealer for many years and have personally owned about a dozen different SP9 preamps. I keep going back to this unit because it really is a great preamp. I know oth... | |
| Tube life in preamp. Please help The ARC SP9 series of preamps do NOT have your typical "standby" mode that some preamps have. Most "standby" modes reduce the voltage to the tube(s) and only keep the heater warm. The SP9 preamp has only an on & off and a mute & operate to... | |
| How Do You Feel about The Cable Game? Sabai has done this many times. He loved, then hated Grover Huffman. He loved then hated HiDiamond. He loved, then hated Synergistic Research.He seems to think he is the cable god and everything he says should be taken as such.I've pretty much qui... |