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| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Along with a small amount of rubbish, there is so much diversity and quality in current turntable design that even a shortlist would be a long list. It's sort of shocking how many different brands and models we have now for such a tiny market. ... | |
| Upscale Audio is up front with customers @mulveling ... always appreciate your posts; one of the few that I read every word ... thanks Thank you @blackbag20 , your kind words are much appreciated :) My comment related to the video in the OP -- I assume you watched it. It is him dire... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? What parts have you needed for a Clearaudio? Just curious. In nearly 15 years of Clearaudio ownership (Ovation/Innovation/Universal) I’ve only needed belts, and some bearing oil my dealer provided free. As for upgrades, I got some pretty generou... | |
| Are EL34 based amps more musical than KT series based ? Or it's purely a matter of design? Then maybe I should upgrade output transformers in my VAC Avatar with custom ones ? This is a crazy idea, I think. Inna case this was serious - don’t do this. You’re not going to out-expertise nor out-voice Kevin Haye’s choices for his own ampl... | |
| 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... |