psf4972
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| CEC Belt Drive CD Transports vs Jay's Audio CD Transports @no_regrets Like you I am dedicated to LP playback because of the level of energy and musicality delivered. I have not heard the Jays but listened to the CEC TL5 in my system which gives a sweet analog musicality, yet I found it a little t... | |
| Step Up Transformers….Are they Worth the Trouble? @lalitk I concur with comments made that the most direct path, with least material and equipment, can give optimum sound closer to sensation of live music. One example worked well in my set-up: wiring tonearm cable direct to valve phono board, b... | |
| Mainstream Phono Stages Incorporating Premium Branded PCB Parts - Do They Exist? + 1 pindac’s observation re: the simplicity of adding low eddy solid copper (or silver!) RCA chassis sockets and cable plugs to give notably greater clarity, openness and purity of sound. (I use ETI silver and gold in different positions in the sy... | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II A web search for “ Abbas Audio RIAA Tube Preamplifier EF86/EL84 “ will explain a very particular hand made build philosophy that may fit your bill: I compared this device last week to a friend’s Luxman RIAA (7000 GBP !) . I heard notably great... | |
| Finally after 7 years of search... Full Range: Voxativ. I heard Cube Audio Nenuphar on the end of my source, pre, SET, and SC's at a dealer, and was unmoved relative to the horns (Loth X Troubadour) I have enjoyed for more than ten years. | |
| Finally after 7 years of search... Full Range: Voxativ. superelmar -- good to read your findings. +1 for KEF subwoofer, if not KC92 mentioned above, for larger spaces, I found KC62 perfect match for my full range single driver horns in a smaller room. Enjoy | |
| Good small/single outlet power conditioner for preamp. @jriggy I had the same issue when introducing one of my valve FM tuners to my system. A different tuner works perfectly. I trialled the 156 and it didn't work in my system, altering piano sound too greatly. I have since enjoyed a UK built "AC-2K... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project @lalitk +1 for Woodsong renovation work (I have a TD124). VG results (for TD124) with "Governor" PSU made by Deco Audio in UK for rational cost: lower noise floor, greater impact. I have VG results after milling -- using pillar drill-- a solid... | |
| Passive preamps - differences between technologies I gave up after ten years use a wonderful sounding dual mono valve preamp in favour of the complete quiet and transparency of detail of an Audion Select TVC line level pre amplifier (copper transformer windings w/ silver internal hook up wires) —s... | |
| Tube sound is not about warmth. It's about correct presentation. Correct presentation ? Presentation of music that touches your spirit ? Of course, this would be worked out in individual systems of particular design, physical materials used, and component synergy -- inside eqpt. as well as unit to unit-- as sug... | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing @wharfy - fwiw, I heard the least cost CEC in my system and it made involving sweet music but not quite enough air, space and detail for me to keep. The more expensive models would probably be worth a listen. | |
| Resolving CD Transports Crowd Sourcing +1 TEAC recommendation. I believe either Sparkler Audio or 47 Labs use TEAC drives in their machines. After reading good reports (here) I use a small form factor TEAC PD H600. It was compared to an Ayon valve player by other users —which I had own... | |
| Dac that has tone and timing? @schw06. Re: Abbas DACS, Just saw this on Hifi Haven website, dated 10 Aug 2022, echoing my findings: “Both myself, the two local friends who also purchased a 2.4SE and now the new owner all agree that Abbas DACs are transformative. Hard to explai... | |
| Dac that has tone and timing? @schw06 If tube MHDT DACS are on on your radar, you might also look into a classically trained musician-made DAC that is fast, alive and richly musical: Abbas DAC 2.4SE, or his other variants using different chips. After Meridian, Chord Quest, a... | |
| Original Quads (57) - the perfect amp OP, with such programme material, you might enjoy addition of air, separation, and greater front to back spatial rendering, trying Max Townshend's Supertweeters. Designed specifically for ESL57's. Listening to the kind of music you note, even, a... |