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| New FARAD Level 2 Silver Mod for Chord DAVE! I have this set up as well. As jaded as I am its difficult not to be impressed with the Farad upgrade. The Dave is still a top tier DAC imo and in the used market-makes a lot of sense. I am keeping my eye out for an m scaler. | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Purple fuse update for the Farad Supplies on the Dave, To my ear , more body, better separation and sense of space. If you don't use or believe in fuses- I respect that. Just offering my impressions on my experience. Now, looking for impressi... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply @rshad0000 I know you will be impressed. It's not debatable and not a nuance- its obvious. While isolating the 5V line is a good idea- too much surgery for this DAC I'm capable of doing it but not interested in attacking the board on a product ... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply I have ordered purple fuses.. I will report back with the potentially controversial observations, lol. When I have heard the Mscaler on lesser Chord Dacs I have been suitably impressed by the results. Others here say M-scaler was not positive for... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply Everything Dave does well is better, Space, depth, air around instruments- sometimes Dave could be strident or lean- gone. Well worth the upgrade IMO if you want to keep the Dave. I just got mine used recently so for my all in price it is was wo... | |
| Chord Dave and lInear power supply I recently installed the Farad power supplies on my Dave. Really transformational. I will of course try the fuse upgrades next. I am on the hunt for and m scaler now. The retrofit is very easy and completely reversible if need be. | |
| Kuzma Stogi 12 arm w VTA tower queing problem Couple of things to check:Make sure your platform and table are perfectly levelMake sure your anti skate is not set too high- try cueing w/o anti skate as an experiment.The rubber pad that the arm sits on will get glazed over time and should be re... | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms Syntax,Glad your experience was positive, my outcome mirrors yours. Rick is not only an analog enthusiast- but he is highly skilled and meticulous with these refurbishments.He has re-worked dozens of arms in just the last few months since finishin... | |
| Refurbish Fidelity Research Tonearms I had my FR64s refurbished by Rick Mak. I can't think of anyone that has actually seen more of these apart than Rick. He did a fabulous job on mine. | |
| FR64s Dynamic or Static Balance Thanks for the input everyone. | |
| Lyra Kleos vs Koetsu Urushi I have a Rosewood Signature Platinum with almost no hours on after sending it to Koetsu in Japan for a rebuild . I got impatient for it to return and bought a GFS. Talk about a different flavour with the Clearaudio. I also have the Atlas and Etna ... | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... I do not think @daveyf is being too pedantic... well maybe a little.Its amazing really. I'm one of those guys that has several top flight cartridges that had never heard any of them in my very own set up. I maybe heard a sister cartridge at the d... | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x @chakster I have both the heavy and the medium weight.Heavy 245g 2.5cm longMedium 175g 2.0cm long | |
| Fidelity Research FR-64x I have recently received a FR 64s as well along with the B-60 and a FR 7f cartridge.I had to make a new bore in an arm board to accommodate it and have yet to mount it. It is ready to go --so I will be interested in your comments for geometry and ... | |
| Fidelity Research cartridges This is great to see all this information here from experienced users.I just got a FR64s and FR 7f that I hope to assemble this week and try. I also have the Koetsu RSP that I will attempt to put on the arm with a Jelco headshell for now. I do hav... |