nordicnorm
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| Sarah Vaughan....Best Performances and Recordings Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, 1954Sarah at her prime.I have a Japanese reissue SACD (single layer) that is sublime. Never found a decent copy of the LP (that wasn't priced in the 1,000's $/. | |
| Looking for upgrade advice You already have a very nicely balanced system Joe, so the only thing I would suggest is to try Teo Audio liquid metal ICs (called the Game Changer). They offer a money-back guarantee so all you’d be out is postage if you didn’t like them.Since I ... | |
| best phono stage to mate with a London Decca Super Gold cart? @noromance I should add that my RB300’s wiring has been upgraded with an Incognito rewire. I also use an Audio Origami SOFC external cable and a Michell techno-weight, so it is far from stock. I have also added weight to the headshell.I’m still ve... | |
| Tube Preamp Recommendations please to partner with Parasound JC-1's.... Coincident make very affordable tube phono stages. Here's a used Coincident Statement phono stage for $3,800A review in case you are unfamiliar with Coincident. | |
| ARE DCS Dacs worth the high cost? A +£23,000 DCS stack was beaten by a £2,300 Audio-GD Master 7?Almost seems too good to be true. | |
| How much does DAC ‘Reality’ cost in 2017? The challenge for us audiophiles is to find components that match our systems synergy.Spending more money on one single component doesn't necessarily elevate your system's performance.There are lots of very good DACs out there. Some ridiculously e... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp If you’re spending under $500, I’d advise you to avoid tubes. It’s pretty difficult to build a quiet tube phono stage in that price range, whereas it’s pretty simple to build a solid state one.Here’s a Dynavector P75 for $400 that is a great phono... | |
| Schiit Mani - Sent in for repair, no response. Looking for rec's on a replacement preamp If you're happy with the sound you're getting from the Mani, then I'd sit tight and wait. I've always found the lads at Schiit to be super dependable. It's summer. People take time off.You will always find something better when you spend 10x more ... | |
| Preamp w/ a budget of $2000 +1 on the Doge 8 Clarity.Although I found that they are VERY tube-sensitive. The tubes I liked best in the phono stage were (in order of preference):1. Shuguang Custom 12AX7 LS2. Mazda Chrome Plate 12AX73. Psvane 12 AX7-TIIYMMV. | |
| Your choice - TT, Arm, Stage, Cartridge - $5000 budget I’ll go against the grain here and suggest you look for a solid state phono stage.You already have plenty of tubes in your chain, and $1,000 - $1,200 will go a LOT farther on a used S/S phono stage than a tubed one. It is much more expensive to ma... | |
| What sounds best: Vinyl or CDs It's much cheaper to get decent sound from a CD player than an analog rig (all things being equal). A badly recorded or mixed album sounds like crap on CD AND vinyl. You don't mention it, so I'm assuming that you are using the optional PP375 MC/M... | |
| Turntable recommendation @ei001h wrote: " Is there a quality unit that I can get for $1500-2000 that would give me 90-95% sound and built quality of a high-end unit ?"No, not really. Sure, you can find a table that you'll enjoy listening to, but $1,500 - $2,000 will only ... | |
| Which dac or other suggestions A few months ago, I replaced my Teac UD-501 with a Gustard x20Pro/Singxer SU-1 combo. It was a huge leap in sonic performance. I've since cleaned up the SU-1s' power supply by installing the 4.5V SBooster Ultra board between the internal power s... | |
| Can anyone please recommend warm sounding transport/DAC to replace tubed cdp ? Find an NAD or Primare CDP, and mate it to a Denafrips Ares DAC. | |
| Which dac or other suggestions For under $500, a used Teac UD-501 is your best bang-for-your buck DAC that can handle DSD. If DSD isn’t a concern, then a used Schiit Multibit Bifrost is very good value.For something new that is slightly under your budget, the Denafrips Ares is ... |