norcalal
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| And the biggest influence on sound quality is... I appreciate 2psyop's mention of hearing aids. Many of us (me) have compromised hearing associated with aging. I have good HAs, a good small room system, and a very good desktop setup. I almost never use HAs when I'm listening to either system.... | |
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| New Klipsch Klipschorn AK7 & La Scala AL6 will be active DSP Crossover All in all, it seems as if Klipsch is having a moment. Actually, if I'm reading the tea leaves correctly, the Klipsch moment is connected to a couple of other moments: 1) the growing (though still niche) popularity of low power SET amps, and 2) g... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? 1972-81 Pioneer direct drive table with Shure M93ED cart. No longer in production was the best table I ever had and never should have sold it. This is more of a recommend for direct drive than Pioneer tables. Replaced it with a cheap Japanese t... | |
| Unipivot tone arms I have had two undamped VPI unipivots, a 9" on the Scoutmaster and a 10" on the Prime. Yes, they are "fiddly" and need to be handled with care, but I like the simple technology and have never noticed any distortion or noise that I could attribute... | |
| Iphone -> Audioquest Dragonfly Red -> Hifiman Ananda I had a similar experience as the original post with iPhone, AQ Dragonfly Cobalt and (now discontinued) wired Sennheiser Momentum headphones. It convinced me that I needed a new DAC in my main system . . . and subsequent upgrades as well. But ye... | |
| Which is best, using balanced or non-balanced connection? Along these same lines (pun intended) I run RCAs from my table to a phono preamp and balanced from the phono pre to the pre, then RCAs to the amp that does not have an XLR connection. Is there any point in running a balanced interconnect in a cir... | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? The Modern Jazz Quartet. "The Last Concert" live at Carnegie Hall. It was the first jazz record I ever bought on recommendation from Stereo Review c. 1974. I still have it, play it often, and get something new out of it every time. Ellington's ... | |
| Does USB cable length make a diference? I have also heard that 1.5 is ideal, and even that anything shorter might not be as good. However, at one time I was playing Tidal from my computer to my main system's DAC and that required a 3 meter run. So, I bought a modestly priced 3m AQ Cin... | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? And lest we forget, "No good deed goes unpunished." Attributed to the Bible and other sources. | |
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? A friend has asked me for advice and I am perfectly willing to give it. However, I soon learned that he had made some decisions that aren't open for discussion. His system is based on an Onkyo int. amp. and CD player, entry level phono player w/b... | |
| The Rapid Rise (& Fall) of the CD Just about the same time I was considering buying a CD player in 1985 my wife gave me the best Christmas present EVER! A Rega Planar 2 TT with a Linn K-9 cart. It was a complete surprise to me. A dealer in a local hi-fi shop suggested it. The Re... | |
| Quick question for the Cables Don't Make a Difference Crowd. If I'm happy, why shouldn't you be? And vice versa. I have done a lot of AB comparisons with a group and we were all convinced that better (yes pricier) cables made a positive difference in the two dealer systems we listened to. No, not blind t... |