oberoniaomnia
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| Cassette decks. How good can it get? I only have a few older OG and a few newer tapes and bought a TEAK V-7000 off eBay. Sound fine to me, but I have no idea about either tell-tale signs of issues, or if any regular maintenance is required, say degaussing heads. I also remember some ... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? A significant and underappreciated factor is psychoacoustics. We listen to different types of music depending on the mood we are in (knowingly or unknowingly). We approach music differently as well: sometimes anything sounds just great, sometimes ... | |
| How does sound influence your appreciation? A significant and underappreciated factor is psychoacoustics. We listen to different types of music depending on the mood we are in (knowingly or unknowingly). We approach music differently as well: sometimes anything sounds just great, sometimes ... | |
| Enough is Enough In my experience, dealers are useless. I'd love to give a brick and mortar store my business, but so far it's been mostly disappointing. - when looking for a TT upgrade, shop said LP-12 or bust. Said I don't like the LP12, never got a reply, so ... | |
| VPI Prime Upgrade I had a VPI super prime scout and traded it for a Rega Naia package. I bought the VPI for unipivot arm and VTA on the fly. However, since then learned that unipivots also move in undesirable axes, and after much fussing with VTA, I cannot hear a d... | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil I recently got a Zesto SUT for a Rega Aphelion 2 cart going into EAT Eglow petite hybrid-tube PS. I can either go directly to PS with high gain and get a bit of tube hiss. Or I can add the SUT and get a bit of transformer hum. Both at very low lev... | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? MacMini with Roon (lifetime) -> USB -> HoloAudio May DAC L2. For FLAC files only, I don't stream. No complaints, but have not been listening to many DACs. Just got a decent one so that I won't have to wonder anymore. This is just for the oc... | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? @2psyop "USB was for data not audio." Sending audio DATA over USB *is* sending data, zero and ones. Digital data transmission does not depend on what type of data it is. Data is data from a transmission perspective. | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. @suartk Re Upscale, I tried to set up a demo with plenty of lead time for some TTs when I had something else going in LA. They flat out would/could not do it. So in-store demo is a pipe dream. It is not possible anymore if you have something speci... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? @oldaudiophile @davetheoilguy P.S. Re bare wire and gauge, I use ~AWG 4-5 (so VERY thick) bare wires. Took a bit of fiddling to get them in neat, but works fine both amp (Pass XA25) and speaker (PearlAcoustics Sibelius) side. And no, they don't ge... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? +1 bare wire. | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. First, it takes a long time, say a year or two. YouTube reviews, assorted Bulletin Boards, on-line reviews, manufacturer inquiries. I am looking for reviewers who cut through nonsense. Eventually, it is a product that gets frequently recommended, ... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh @williesaid glad I am not the only one who finds the Mac design an eyesore. The combination of ostentatious and ugly is a punch 1-2. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives. | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Consider a step-up-transformer. Come in various flavors, some even adjustable (Zesto). I have the latter, and gives fuller sound, though introduces a bit of transformer hum. So I have to chose between tube hiss from EAT eglow petite PS, or transfo... | |
| What are your top 10 records There are no "must have" records. The only records you need to have are the ones YOU like. I have a weird taste; one of my top album will be considered beyond bad by most: The Ex: Blueprints for a Back Out. It is experimental jazzy punk. I like t... |