mulveling
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| Supertweeters Work The problem with determining the effect of supersonics, is that all of these supertweeter units have significant output into the audible treble range. And it’s hard to discern whether we’re hearing the effect of that, or the actual supersonic freq... | |
| NAD M-33 or Hegel H190 I recently picked up a M12 and M22 used. For the system I’m using it in - movies & streaming - it’s fantastic, and I really enjoy it. When I tried them both in my #2 pure 2-ch rig (not the main 2ch but still nice): the M22 fared extremely well... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding I got on the phone with SOTA to talk about refurbished turntables. Had a few nice conversations with Christan and we talked about my stereo upgrade plan, the room and my listening habits and tastes. Turns out they have one rosewood Sapphire III... | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? I have to admit, I didn’t even realize you could do F&F payments via credit card, until this thread. That seems - rife for all manner of schemes, scams, and abuse 😅 Using F&F can mean a fee from your credit card company. Well that make... | |
| Has buying and/or selling audio gear changed? What difference does it make if it’s $20,000 or $600 if you are not making a profit it shouldn’t matter. @invalid You’re right, it doesn’t make ANY difference - and many audiophiles are showing how poorly they understand the tax code. I’ll pr... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Think about it: do you really expect the amount of vacuum created by the pump will take out even small warps inherent in a disc? A hold down clamp is much more effective in that regard, imo, although even with that the amount of pressure would ... | |
| Why don't we tire of music? Music offers the right combination of providing structure while granting enough freedom to form our own interpretations of meaning. These interpretations resonate at a very base emotional level - something modern society tells us to "keep a lid on... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding Since I missed my chance for a local SOTA Star Sapphire turntable, I’m obsessing about getting one. And spousal approval has not been withdrawn yet so I need to act expeditiously. I’ve noticed some are vacuum and others non-vacuum. How much impro... | |
| 20 year old solid state technology..... I still fondly remember my old MC2100 amplifier, made in the 1970s. I had it restored by Terry DeWick before he retired, and I for damn sure should’ve kept it. Ugh! Kicking myself over that. There’s been both good and bad sounding solid state gea... | |
| SOTA STAR Sapphire Turntable Care and Feeding I still own my first table - a SOTA Star III in gorgeous Koa wood. Bought on consignment from original owner, circa 2007. The platter of that era used a short, stiff rubber platter lip to create the vacuum seal. It’s not nearly as effective as th... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Musicality is about room, speaker and component matching. Some experts say dsp can compensate, but I've never found a dsp able to change a speakers fundamental sound enough to fix the room and component misalignment instead you get a flat measure... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? "Musicality" is clearly not a technical term - how could it be? Of course that applies to a lot of audiophile jargon, to varying degrees. Best to keep it simple. I think it usually means "I really like this", or in the context of direct comparis... | |
| Goodbye Everyone If you expect validation in the form of comments here, you're usually going to be disappointed. However, there's a much larger body of "lurkers" who read and appreciate but don't comment. I sometimes get a very nice PM or hook up on a sale with so... | |
| Phono Stage, Tonearm, Cartridge Question - Which is the most important? This question is really a moving target. Especially as you move from one tier / class of gear to a higher one. But in my cumulative experience, cartridge and phono stage are decidedly most impactful to the net result. Of course you don’t want to ... | |
| 12AU7 Gain Question The 2016 is clearly an error or "misprint". That’s more like a transconductance reading than mu (not possible to have mu that high). I wonder if the doofus seller mixed those readings up (don't do drugs). Don’t use a multimeter. I’d just use them... |