newbee
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| SACD - what gives? I noticed that myself! I also noticed something else I haven't been able to figure out yet - If the reason for SACD was to maximize the quality of sound reproduction isn't it something of an oxymoron to produce low quality SACD players, obviously ... | |
| Help me select a CD player to round out my system. Don't overlook auditioning a BAT VKD5 - it's my favorite for large scale music. IMHO, it comes fairly close to your description - the plus (or misus if you choose) is that its tubed - so you can tailor the sound somewhat if you choose. | |
| Rega P2 setup - high end newbie Twl is right on point. I would add that the combination of the Grado and the Rega could be best described as unshielded cartridge meets unshielded turntable motor. Grado is famous for this problem. There may be inexpensive mods for your turntable ... | |
| Need help with choosing a tubed pre-amp. If you can do without a remote, and a phono section, I think one of the best deals going is the EAR 834L. You can usually pick one up used for about $650 to 750. I use one in a second system - it has a tube compliment of 3 and is very undemanding ... | |
| Is Audiophilia hereditary and or contagious? Its neither hereditary nor contageous, but it can be self destructive - sort of like masturbation (as my mother told me). | |
| Just acquired some vintage Stax cans SRX Mk. III Here's a warning! Those ear phones are so so good that you can easily be inclined to turn up the volume just to get more. Be careful, don't listen under the influence, that can really be harmful. You don't have to worry about a magnetic field so f... | |
| Are there speakers after Stax? Before I listened to my first Stax system I found it increddible that some one would pay the money just for headphone - I told the saleman as much. I bought them on the spot and never regretted it, for all the reasons you have described. However, ... | |
| Why my system has detail but no body & warm vocal? Sean, You're always welcome to butt it - you usually shed lots of light in dark places. My point, if I have only one, is that trying to improve a system thru changing cables can be a frustrating and expensive pursuit, not to be undertaken lightly.... | |
| Why my system has detail but no body & warm vocal? Mejames & Bob, please help me with my understanding of electronics - exactly how would a change in cable produce an (apparent) increase in sound in the lower midrange and upper bass (without a corresponding reduction in the adjacent frequencie... | |
| Replacing Sovtek 6922 for NOS I bought a quad many years ago and they were too noisy in my pre-amp so I did not listen at length, but my impression was that they had somewhat less than a crystal clear tone. If I ever have an undemanding location I'll try them again. | |
| Why my system has detail but no body & warm vocal? FWIW, I wouldn't spend a nickle on any cable, interconnect, or other tweek until I had exhausted all of the possibilities regarding speaker positioning, including speaker highth, toe in, distance from wall, etc. I would also experiment with the li... | |
| Replacing Sovtek 6922 for NOS Garfish, NOS sovteks in my line stage of my ARC SP10II work quite nicely, clean and very quiet. But, I can't stand the latest Sovteks - they have no warmth whatsoever. I'm trying some new Tesla JJ's in one of my amps and they sound very good. Warm... | |
| Digital Room Correction: The Final Frontier? Rives, In the past your posts seemed to be helpful and responsive to inquiries. In this case it seems that its just advertising and meant as much for the consumption of other readers as for the original poster. It appears from the posters comments... | |
| very strange hum from int. amp .... Sounds like your intergrated is sensitive to line noise created by the lamp. Often lamps have dimmer switches which create line noise. If it does have a dimmer experiment with it to see it increases or decreases the hum when you use it. Probably c... | |
| ARC SP 10....how good is it really???? FWIW, I have SP10II and IMHO it's phono stage and mid-range bloom is worth the asking price. When I want to get better resolution or bottom end I just use a different line stage (an EAR 834L). I find that most modern full featured pre-amps to be s... |