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| 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. | |
| Top Notch Desktop System You might look at the Vanatoo Transparent One Encore powered speakers for $600. I’ve heard them at AXPONA and was impressed. Stereophile reviewed them this month’s issue and likd them. It would save amps and wires etc and may do the job. They soun... | |
| Tone, Tone, Tone ! Speaking of polypropylene and plastics, it never ceases to bewilder me how the thin mylar membrane in my Quad ESLs can sound like a brass cymbal or a wooden xylophone. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? So apparently The Tallest Man on Earth is 5'7"! Love it! | |
| List your System Ingredients: Listed most to least expensive, by list price or price paid What I paid -not price new.Turntable (4.2k)Phono preamp (2k)Power amps (2k)Speakers (1.5k)Tonearm (1k)Cartridge (1k)Phono cable (0.1k)Power cords (0.2k)Speaker cables (0.05k)ICs (0.01k) | |
| New cap recommendation for power amp please What amp make and model? What component specifically? Do you have the schematic? Did you check the capacitance value of the original and match it with the replacement? Did you let the Jensens break in? | |
| Strange turntable/speaker issue All very interesting and one for the books. Have you tried removing the turntable lid, at least when playing? |