mr_gray
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| What devices have you found useful when inspecting your stylii for cleanliness? usb microscope. connects to laptop. can use it for vta adjustment too so that u get that perfect. will change your life. make sure you get a little stand too as the zoom u want is 140x and at that zoom you need something to help u make control... | |
| Stillpoints Ultra 6 vs Critical Mass Center Stage 2 recently received Ultra TT and TC footers. an amazing product. it actually works pretty much straight away these days. that said, there is definitely settling and changes that occur from that first moment. firstly they work very well for vibra... | |
| What was the first power cable that you noticed a difference in the sound? first cable that made a difference was Shunyata Alpha. best cables are litz and silver. very soft silver ime. more broadly though why is it that Audigon has more than its fair share of theory based cable deniers? like this is pretty straight ... | |
| Shunyata Altaira Grounding Station ........has anybody purchased this new product ? i currently am trialling the Altaira. it is connected to analog components (power supply for TT, RIAA, Integrated Amplifier and Step up Transformer). i installed it only last night. all of my system is from audio note. i immediately noticed th... | |
| What Power Cords for Rel S510 Subs? i used as good a power cable as i could on the s510 and it improved with it. it also loved isolation. imo alot of noise is around the bass frequencies and so removing power line noise is a priority and so is using a litz power cable that reduces... | |
| High Fidelity Cables, why most threads about them got deleted i have an MC-0.5i recently removed it from the systemit is extremely subtle and i would have trouble telling anybody exactly what it did.i "thought" i wouldn't be able to live without it. that has not been the case. not that my conclusions would... | |
| Tube based phono stage oh he advertises on ebay. search for a seller called abbasaudio if you are interested. he also has a website. he puts stock up on ebay as his crew makes it. you need to check often and be quick.2 versions of phono. i am vouching for the big o... | |
| Tube based phono stage may i recommend the Abbas Audio EL84 based RIAA. Ukrainian manufacturer in style of Audio Note UK. I have his phono stage and a Dac 2.3 SE and his gear sounds incredible.makes versions for both US and elsewhere (voltage wise).extraordinary trans... | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? with the pummelling that's an easy 100% i reckon.savagesi'd get mad about it if i wasn't so soothed by my vinyl rig :-) | |
| What is the actual percentage of people exclusively listening to vinyl vs digital? i was digital and had spent a big dollar and then got into vinyl for one tenth of the cost (initially, no about one third maybe) and double the pleasure. only the actual music costs more but i get to listen to stuff i actually like rather than ja... | |
| Your shipping wrecks. USPS,FED-EX and UPS it is heart breaking to watch Americans argue about this issue. A subsidised mail system in America would be a tremendous benefit to the manufacturing strength of the country. look at what Germany has done with DHL. some activities (mail distri... | |
| Ethernet cables hey i have used shunyata ethernet cables over stock and found very big improvements in sound coming from my digital rig. the improvement was so much that i ended up buying the omega e/net cable. a LPS on the router also made a massive difference... | |
| JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x that is a very interesting perspective crustycooti drifted towards jbl rather than standard drivers and i listen to studio recorded music in the main. something about standard drivers that does not do it for me and i do not listen to classical. | |
| JBL 43xx va Harbeth 40.x never owned harbeth but i encourage you to go for the 4343. i won 4344 and have installed new xover and bi-amped them. the sound is huge, powerful, resolving and sweet with right equipment. great stereo and great movie 2.1 system. i love it an... | |
| USB sucks such enormous differences with different USB cables. Maybe that's the only bit that sucks that once again it becomes a cable issue and the cost involved. I tried1. Generic2. Curious Evolved3. FTA Callisto4. Shunyata Alpha5. Shunyata SigmaVer... |