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| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? SOTA - really well engineered tables (Sapphire, Nova, Cosmos) that properly address the real problems of vinyl playback (isolation, whole-record clamping) without solving the wrong problems just for gimmick-factor. Great classic looks with any woo... | |
| Upscale Audio is up front with customers I think Upscale is fine, and I appreciate their tube burn-in services. I’ve bought several dozens of power tubes from them over 15 years, and never had a dud. But as far as Kevin being a "friend in the business" and "upfront"? Hah! Only as far as... | |
| Looking for advise regarding Rogue M180’s @buellrider97 Pardon my language but JJ’s sound like crap. I co-admin a Rogue group on Facebook and I frequently comment: "JJ’s go right in the trash". Any of the Russian 12AX7 options are better (EH 12AX7 and 12AU7 are a bit too bright, tho... | |
| I'm curious. What is your "normal" listening volume? I prefer listening into the 90 dB’s, sustained e.g. for loud rock music. I’m not a reserved audiophile listener lol. I take breaks, avoid listening fatigue and don’t do this daily. If gear has an aggressive / rough top end, it won’t last long here. | |
| F-XLR to M-RCA recommendations I've hit up Moon-Audio for suff like this before. An XLR (female) to RCA (female) adaptor should do the trick - plug into DAC, then you can use your choice or RCA cables. Or I guess you could use an XLR cable run - then you'd need XLR (female) to ... | |
| Tubes and less sensitive speakers Rogue Audio amps have prodigious bass and slam for tube amps, and are a great value per dollar. Especially as you step up to M180 monos or (even better) the discontinued Zeus and Apollos I haven’t heard Maggies myself, but hear from others I trus... | |
| Getting started with Headphone system; what are the basics You can use a preamp before a headphone amp, but it’s rare. Usually headphone amps include a volume control and have plenty of gain on their own, so it’s not a common pattern to stick in a preamp - with needless gain and an extra volume control - ... | |
| Why do tube amps often subjectively sound more powerful than SS ? I mentioned the caveat of SETs- they take this to an extreme by producing those higher ordered harmonics at a much lower power level- perhaps only 20-25% of full power, which is why many people talk about their 'dynamics' (since power is used the... | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP Rumble filter is a good idea. The ones built into phono stages generally range from mild to "really mild" and often won't save you in situations like this. KAB's standalone rumble filter is much much stronger, and can help a lot. But the fact that... | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP It’s possible the rumble and flutter are being amplified from feedback. Especially with a sub, it can push out a lot of energy to excite resonances on your rack, plinth, tonearm, etc. If that’s the case, better isolation will help a ton. You can "... | |
| Why do tube amps often subjectively sound more powerful than SS ? It’s the low-order harmonic distortion which makes tube amps sound "full" and satisfying at the same SPL levels. Never sterile, lean, or bright. It’s also probably the fact that their front-ends give a lot of gain (6SN7, 12AT7, 12AX7 etc), so ofte... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? A lot of guys are operating under the principle that vinyl playback is like a math or computer optimization problem - there is some objective, absolute "best" result to be had, and once setup has been mastered, it’s generally to be attained by thr... | |
| Do you spend more on your cartridge or tone arm? It can easily go either way. For me, I happily spend more on cartridges. I’ve got a few of my favorite old arms (Fidelity Research). I’ve had newer and more expensive arms, and still went back. Rolling cartridges is a lot more fun, especially when... | |
| Sold Sold Sold Besides, this is America not France, it is a huge bazaar where customer is always right. Think about it. The "customer is always right" is good policy when you’re making at least 40% margin on each widget sold, there’s incentive for repeat busi... | |
| Sold Sold Sold I think it’s ridiculous to expect someone to hold it without payment. I find it more offensive that you are offended. He’s going through life in "I’m entitled to everything I want" mode. He should only buy brand new from dealers, at or near MSR... |