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| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Wow, lots of incredible combinations. Here's my add - March 1976, WSU Coliseum War (Cisco Kid, Lowrider) is the headliner. I was working as part of the local crew. The opening act is a band from Seattle with two female singers who'd just released ... | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please Ba know I. The day I had my choice of Technics or JVC tables and settled on the JVC QL-7. Hands down better tonearm, better motor technology. Also better looking. A Denon DP-80 seemed kina spendy, and there was no dealer within 300 miles. Lots of ... | |
| "The room can totally wreck, or make, a system" Equalization and room correction software can only change what a speaker puts into the room, they can't do anything for what the room puts out in reflections and reverberation. Acoustical treatments are easy to do, and easy to overdo. I agree th... | |
| I should start with speakers. This I know. I’d like to establish a new system. @hilde45 You have given some great advice @toontrader let’s circle back on your room dimensions. They could be a real challenge or you could do something really specia. The long wall may very well play into an outstanding fit for large Magnepans ... | |
| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? My Hana SH is just fine for me, If I wear it out, I'll probably get the new Mark 2. They are simply that good. If I wanted a real everyday utility cart I'd probably go with an Ortofon 2M Blue. Under $200, no real bad habits, and if a guest or a ki... | |
| Streamer Recommendations Instead of : Music --> PC --> cloud --> ipad --> streamer --> amp/speaker/sw Try for this : Digital Audio Block Diagram.pdf Notice the PC is gone and the iPad is only used as a controller - the audio never passes through it. Thi... | |
| Choosing a cartridge for a vintage TT. Hight Ouput affordable cartridges Denon DL-110 Hana EH Hana SH Mk 1 Sumiko Blue Point Special All of these are under $500 except the Hana SH which has dropped in price to $550 with the introduction of the Hana SL and SH MkII. The Denon is t... | |
| Choosing between 2 preamps @honeybadgertube RCA to XLR cables are made. The only meaningful advantages of balanced inputs - improvements in CMRR - don't happen unless you're running cables over 5M. Even in RF noisy environments a properly designed shielded unbalanced connec... | |
| A little puzzled by my newly acquired Yamaha A-S801 Under $1000 it's tough to find solid low end bass. I would try an NAD 368 if you are OK with a Class D amp or Marantz PM 7000N for a more traditional Class AB. It has a very nice large toroidal power supply and the overall build is a step up. Bo... | |
| A not sarcastic question for the power conditioner/upgraded power cord folks It occurs to the casual observer that if your power conditioner is doing it’s job, and the power cable is equal in size to the circuit cable, no change is necessary. Likewise, there is no advantage in swapping component cables either, as their pur... | |
| Choosing between 2 preamps I'd pass on both and consider the Audio Research SP-14 that's listed on eBay right now for $1400.00. Especially since you have an Audio Research power amp. I don't have a horse in this race, and I'm not getting anything from the deal, but this s... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? Audio Research SP-9 $1250 on eBay. Seller notes recent service and excellent overall condition, manual and spare tubes. This is a screaming deal from a recognized high end brand. I would add that the adjustable gain allows proper gainstaging and o... | |
| Does anyone listen to the radio anymore? In the Puget Sound area KNKX (NPR) has great programming lots of jazz, all- blues Saturday and Sunday from 6pm, and great signal. KUOW (NPR) has even better non-musical programming but as others have mentioned, terrible coverage. I stream both wh... | |
| If your CD's are harsh, try this Whatever changes you may be hearing are occurring in the analog domain. Your analog copy is made from the Digital source converted to Analog and back to Digital, so you have both a DAC and an ADC along with associated filters, analog line stages, ... | |
| If an amp has 4 ohm taps Speakers are a complex load with resistive, inductive and capacitive components, as well as a back EMF generated by the speaker and damped by the amps out stage. More sensitive speakers have greater back EMF. All that rolls up into a goat rodeo ca... |