noromance
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| Useful Idiots @bdp24 The Creator? Is that a metal band? | |
| Let's roll: what pre-amp tubes should I consider next? Shuguang Treasure 12AX7LS from Grant Fidelity are the best you can buy. They beat out my Telefunkens in the phono stage. They sound good out of the box but do need 20 hours burn in and sound at their best after 100 hours. They are ultra quiet. I'v... | |
| Rogue Audio vs Vincent Audio +1 @mulveling Vincent is made OEM by Chinese manufacturers. | |
| Rogue Audio vs Vincent Audio Buy the Rogue on the same 30 day return terms and send back the one you don't like. Be aware B&W speakers tend to sound detailed and impressive at demos but can become fatiguing over time. | |
| What's your definition of analog smell? @geoffkait Nice the way time moves differently for you. Must be the quantum slipstream! | |
| What's your definition of analog smell? Primarily the varying musty smells from old record sleeves. Most times it's a warm, satisfying feeling of nostalgia and accomplishment. But infrequently, it's a reminder that I have all this old, heavy, smelly junk in a basement and the sun is shi... | |
| What's your definition of analog smell? @geoffkait You said that a year ago! | |
| Burson Audio op amp (discrete) I heard a high voltage tube amp powered from a bank of SMPS and it sounded very fast with techno type music. I’ve no idea how it sounded with female voice or jazz etc so I can’t vouch for absolute sound quality. The general consensus is that the h... | |
| What's your favorite lyric from a song? When we touch the worldAnd it falls awayWhen we feel that we're bornJust to fall apartAnd our mother lies in stateAnd the broken pitcher glistensAnd the snow is at the windowCreating neither sign nor symbolAnd the earth covers earthAnd the mud lie... | |
| Ugly vs Gogeous speakers My Quad ESL57s without grilles look awful. Fortunately, they sound most excellent. See Virtual Sys. | |
| Dumped the rack Added photo to Virtual Systems profile. BTW, it’s an order of magnitude better than having the turntable on the floor. I believe the maple must be bringing something good to the, um, table. | |
| Dumped the rack I'm going to pass on springs for the moment. Replaced metal rack with 4 concrete blocks. I've never been happy with the metal stand. I had it lying around and it was better than the old oak table. The concrete is a qualitative improvement in sound... | |
| New cap recommendation for power amp please You can post pics in Virtual Systems or open a free dropbox account.Try emailing the designer. tzesian.sg@gmail.com | |
| Dumped the rack Update. I couldn’t handle the floor. So I stood four concrete 16×8×4" blocks on their short end. Drilled 4 holes on the 3" maple butcher block. Screwed in 4 brass domehead bolts. Rested maple on blocks -boltheads down. Adjusted bolts so it was lev... | |
| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement $25 for 2ml. |