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| It this a decent Phono setup? @jsbach1685 There is a Ortofon 2M Black on US Audio Mart for $400 that claims to be unused. (not sure I'm allowed to post it here usaudiomart.com). Just buy that. Way better than the 2M Red. And the VM540ML is a solid choice but not quite as ... | |
| Any Present Magnepan 3.7i owner using them in a smaller listening space... I’ve owned 1.6, 1.7, 3.7 and 20.7 Magnepans but have never listened to them in a small room so these comments draw on the research I have done over the years rather than first hand experience. 1) the most critical factor is distance from the fron... | |
| Magnepan owners. Fuses or what I replaced the fuses in my 20.7s with solid copper cylinders. If there was any difference it wasn't big enough to notice. If I go back to fuses maybe I will notice a bigger change. But I don't play music that loud and I've never blown a tweeter... | |
| Thoughts About Turntable Upgrades I've spent a lot of time and money over the past 9 months getting into vinyl and comparing it to streaming. Some quick takeaways from my experience. 1) A good vinyl system is expensive. Your DAC is better than your turntable/cartridge/phono st... | |
| Stereophile review of Millercarbon system featuring Tektron speakers @gladmo I disagree and wonder how you could even say that. Now it could simply be what he was playing (Belafonte), or that fact that I went on the first day, but his system sounded very ordinary. I own upgraded Moabs and know how great they can... | |
| Used PS Audio BHK 300 monoblock or (2) new benchmark ahb2 bridged? I've never heard the Benchmark amps but I own a pair of the PS Audio BHK 300's. I bought them after hearing a friend's Magnepan 3.7s being driven by the D'Agostino S350 amplifier and marveling at how much better his 3.7s sounded than mine. I can... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" I understand the important role of the Swiss Digital Fuse Box in terms of protecting the equipment but if one simply wanted to test for any sonic improvement is there any reason not to simply replace the fuse with a 5x20mm copper rod? Obviously t... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @verafiaudio Can you use the Swiss Fuse Box with PS Audio BHK 300 Monoblocks? Those amps have 6 fuses per side with only one power inlet. There are 4 glass 10 A 250 V fast blow fuses and 2 ceramic 10 A 250 V slow blow fuses. It is a hybrid tube... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @thyname Lots of people suffer from hearing loss and don't know it. It is kind of like all those people who claim their cartridges with 2000 hours of play time on them are perfectly fine. The change is slow and progressive and easy to go unnotic... | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @ozzy I have to agree with the @thecarpathian . The lyrics are clearly "I've loved them all" and I had absolutely no trouble hearing them even on my modest desktop system (KEF LS50's and a $99 SMS; DA-6). If the lyrics aren't legible you should ... | |
| Canare 4S11"G" now available! @mofimadness I assume you connect the two red wires together and the white and clear wires together for a speaker cable? Have you had the opportunity to compare to any higher end speaker cables? | |
| What are your favorite songs or albums for illustrating a deep soundstage? This is probably a bit grating and avant garde but I really liked the soundstage when I listened to it on my 20.7s last night. "Ozymandias" off the "Dystonia" album. https://open.qobuz.com/track/209334759 | |
| Swiss Digital Fuse Box - "What headroom sounds like" @gladmo @verafiaudio I'm confused about how the Swiss Fuse Box gets set for the amperage and slow vs fast blow? On their website there aren't any options during the ordering process. Is this user settable or do they contact you after ordering? | |
| Mofi Sourcepoint 8 vs. Zu Audio Dirty Weekend X I heard the Zu DWX speakers at Axpona being used to reveal differences in Audioquest cables which they did a good job of so in terms of detail and soundstage they were very good. However, I had the Zu Dirty Weekend floorstanders and felt they wer... | |
| Who are your favorite custom amp builders for low powered triode amps? I have really liked my Aric Audio Super 300B SET. https://aricaudio.com/products.php?product=SPR300BSET I am also a big fan of Brandon Wade's amps. I have a custom 2A3 amp from him that I really like. He has been finalizing the design of an ... |