pureclarity
Responses from pureclarity
| thoughts on adding phonostage I’ve compared side by side with Rogue, Stock phono in a receiver, and Rega all with using a ss amp and the ortofon bronze cart. To my ears, the rogue with the tubes and separate power supply was the best sound. Smooth, clear, not bright | |
| Speaker recommendations welcomed ATC SCM 40a is another option if u care to check out speakers with a built in amplifier. In my opinion they sounded natural. Magnepan is also good for their imaging. | |
| Best Receiver for “Mid-Fi” System? I’m using Yamaha, and it’s a trooper, going on 16 yrs. However, I use all the pre outs and run separates. So perhaps you can look for a nice pre pro used? I do combo 2channel and surround but don’t use the amplifier in the receiver. | |
| White cabinet popularity? Always liked color like these Jamo R-907 open baffles. Even Rel made a dynamic red finish as a pretty cool option. | |
| Magnapan 35r and Hegel C55 Amp As long as ur amp supplies plenty of current, that’s the key for Maggie’s. Not watts. I’m sure your Hegel is fine. | |
| What's the weakest link in my stereo set up? I live in a townhome, so limited on space. Seems like you have many sound reflections. High ceilings and hardwood floors. You should do a clap test to see how bad your room echoes. Then start treating room accordingly. You may need to deaden a few areas since sound is reflected 20 ft up? S... | |
| Dusting gear and turntable It’s a pain, but i disassemble all my gear, vacuum everything wipe down shelves after with microfiber rag, reassemble. We could dust daily and is still dusty 🙄 | |
| What actually determines volume power? Is it watts? For the money u spent on this amp, there are plenty of better options out there. Like the one mentioned , Hegel, Belles, Bryston, audio research all have plenty of current to drive speakers to sound full, at a lower volume. But all these people ar... | |
| Turntable Quandry I have an older sl-q3 which I would always lose one of the channels with the hardwired cables. So I modified it and put rca connectors on the back with better cables. Sounds much better, along with better cartridge and headshel. | |
| Turntable upgrade I had the chance to compare 3 different phono preamps if u care to upgrade there. I compared the rega aria, the rogue ares II and just the phono pre amp in my receiver. I didn’t think the rega was a huge difference from the receiver. However the r... | |
| Why Do ~You~ Still Play CDs? I run my cd player into my streamer dac. It improves the sound a bit. Plus the coax output makes a difference rather than using the rca output | |
| Integrated Amplifier Recommendations Needed Hegel I thought was warmer, and belles is very crisp and clear. But it depends what you like. They are both good recommendations | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? I used to stream from my Mac mini using the headphone out into an adapter for optical. But your limited to 96khz 24 bit. With an external streamer/dac like auralic, you can stream much higher resolution with less noise from a computer. 192khz/24bi... | |
| Any regrets in selling gear? Regret getting rid of my Sony 707 ref cd player and my proton d 1200 amp. But can’t turn back time | |
| McIntosh purchased by Bose...NOT an April Fool's joke. Where’s all the customer service gonna be for all the MAC owners? I guess they’re gonna contact Bose now? |