photon46
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| Optical/Toslink VS RCA how big a diff? When I a/b'd a glass (not plastic) toslink against my Stereovox HDVX (with an Assemblage Platinum 2.7 dac,) I didn't think there was much of a difference. When I was really listening for anything perceptible, the Stereovox seemed a smidgen warmer ... | |
| How do you move a 650lbs Rack on Hardwood... If I understand you correctly, you'll use the sheet material to protect the floor while positioning the rack, then you'll remove the protective sheet. If that's the case, how about 1/8" Masonite? It's dense as can be, you shouldn't have any proble... | |
| How do you protect your cables on the floor? In our previous home we had this problem. We covered the speaker cable cable with a wool oriental runner. | |
| Magnepan 1.6QR Robert, in addition to the Plinius and Krell integrated amps which have been mentioned, you might also consider one of Bel Canto's integrated offerings. | |
| budget tube preamp dilema Don't know about the Cambridge 640 vis a vis the CJ's & Dynaco Elevick mentions. I owned a Cambridge 640 preamp at the same time I owned the Music Reference. The Music Reference RM5 performs at a much higher level of musical competency & f... | |
| What amp to drive Magnepan MG12QR's Well, this thread is a good one for demonstrating how wildly varying our perceptions are regarding desired sound. With the caveat that my experience is with Maggie 1.6's and MGCs, not 12s, I found the Belles 150a Hot Rod to be an extremely mediocr... | |
| budget tube preamp dilema There's a newly listed Music Reference RM5II that is listed @ $550 here on the 'Gon. You'll not find a sweeter sounding, more reliable, easy to maintain tube amp with a phono section for about $500 than that one. I've had one for over five years a... | |
| Affordable Power Cords Please let us know your impressions and results Oscar44. It's always interesting to hear of results in different systems. | |
| Affordable Power Cords Oscar44, your testing results aren't surprising. I've read many times of people that didn't receive any but marginal (or no) improvements from a particular power cord. Lesser PS Audio cords have often been mentioned in this regard. My experiments ... | |
| Kaki King female guitar goddess? I've got her "Legs To Make Us Longer," it's a great disc. Recording quality is crisp, modern, and very competent. I read an interview with her in Acoustic Guitar magazine and she talked at length about the care she and her producer took miking the... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Thanks for your post Raul, most interesting. I'm currently using a Garrott Optim FGS which I quite like. I'll have to try experimenting with altering the 47k ohm load impedance that's preset in my phono peamp and see how that alters things. | |
| What's the limit for cart upgrade/VPI Scout? Dave, I looked up your thread about the Synchrotron AC-1 controller on Audioasylum, but I didn't see any links or info about a website or contact info for Mark Kelly. Is there somewhere we can look for more info about the AC-1? | |
| Are bad rooms keeping the hobby alive? Yep, I think there's a great deal of truth in your observation. Bad rooms are so frequently overlooked as the weakest link in the audio chain. | |
| Cartridge & phono stage for VPI Scoutmaster setup? Given your preferences in music, I wouldn't feel absolutely frantic to move up to a low output cartridge. I've got a VPI Scout and have heard the same with with low output moving coils, and while there is an obviously different presentation with a... | |
| Get a better turntable or better phono preamp? Agree with Pops, get a better phono preamp. |