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| Seamzeazy record jacket repair A very cool and easy product. Thanks for sharing.I have had experience with collectible book repairs and a great product for archival binding work is PVA glue. A small bottle is about $10 and will last for 100's of LP repairs. A tiny bead along th... | |
| input impedance load on a cartridge. Thank you. Outside of doing harm to the components, would there be any detrimental effect on the sound if I were to go outside of the manufacturers recommended specs?This an Audio Research MCP-1 head amp that I am thinking about modifying.http://w... | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- @jetter I've set the contour controls on the speakers at 0 during this time.I don't use tone controls on the pre amp at all and I'm not inclined to. They are bypassed entirely. | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- Update:After letting the cables sit without change for over a week the bass came back 80% which is fine - I was a little bass heavy before. More importantly, it really only shows up after letting the entire system warm up for a few hours. Previous... | |
| Opening a can of worms There are definitely audible differences in cables. But you can only hear them when you have the other variables in alignment with them.I have a pretty revealing set up currently and have just started swapping interconnects and have heard major sh... | |
| Great music few are aware of. Any genre. Visible Cloaks - ReassemblageJuana Molina - HaloAnd if you're not into wide spectrum electronica titles and into guitar tones and a dynamics work out, I HIGHLY second the Blake Mills - Heigh Ho recommendation. Room sound + insane engineering plus ... | |
| Replacing AC cable on older amps and pre amps (Non IEC) Good question. My preamp is from the 70's and the amp, late 90's. Both are quality pieces that I will be keeping but they do not have IEC inputs. Both have stock (Audio Research) cables on them.I've upgraded IEC cables on other components and it m... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? Tidal hifi/master sounds better than anything I've tried. I have both a Tidal and a Spoitfy account. I've A/B'd recordings I'm very familiar with and those I'm not - Tidal wins every time.Useless without a proper DAC however. | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- Funny thing - I had never considered inside space to be important but I removed two very full LP crates from between the speakers and the amps (amps are positioned in center between the speakers) and that opened up some more bass. So the speakers ... | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- I spent an evening moving and listening with the new cables... only to return to the exact placement where they were before. 6 months ago when I purchased the speakers I labored over placement and apparently I found the right spot for them back th... | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- @tomic601 I was getting damn near full range with the current placement - so yeah - it went really deep with the ARC cables.I've AB'd them 3-4 times now over a week and I definitely prefer the magic that happens with the Hexlink cables. They do sh... | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- @hifiman5 I have a complete set of ARC Litz Link cables with ARC Litz Line speaker cables. I am swapping in a used pair of Cardas Hexlink Golden 5c between the amp and pre amp and I love the sound improvement. I'm pretty sure just a slight repos... | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- Gotcha. Ok that makes sense now. I am going to try adjusting placement rather than expect an effective solution by just using the contour controls.Thanks a bunch! | |
| Vandersteen 2C contour controls +- Thanks all. I do have these placed in the sweet spot and used the Vandersteen manual to get there. They are off the back wall about 23" and are equal side to side. With my old interconnects it sang. With the new interconnects I get more highs and ... |