rapalyea
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| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade PS: Almost all old vintyl is trash. Warped, poppie, scratched or all three. These need an amp with both low and high filters. I have a large collection of half speed masters from the 1980s and many of them are full of pops. The modern discs are g... | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade KAB cartridgeshttps://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?/ | |
| Vinyl woes / cartridge upgrade I recommend a Shure based product and basic technics direct drive. I got mine for $10 at yard sale. Added a custom matched NOS sperical needle and Stanton body $450.I trust these guys advice and put your $ into the cartridge. Then put your chea... | |
| What are you streaming tonight? My Tidal hifi MQA bluetooth 5.0 sounds about as good as a well done SACD on my rig. | |
| What are you streaming tonight? B&W Ultmate System Test Playlist from Tidal. They are not all HiRes but they do seem well sound engineered. Since it's a play list I can delete the ones I don't like later. | |
| Who else here is frugal? I bought a 1986 Ferrari Mondial for $32k and it served as my daily driver for two years and 15,000 miles and never towed in. I had it towed to my local wrench for a clutch rebuild. He had never touched a Ferrari before and had himself a blast! H... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Streaming the Tidal "Jackson Brown Station". About 100 long play list including Willie Nelson! | |
| What player to stream Amazon HD with? I stream Tidal with Bluetooth 5.0 from my Galaxy tablet to the audioengine b1 with excellent results. I think it approaches or equals my consumer high end SACD which is saying somethng! | |
| BEST SPEAKERS AT A REASONABLE PRICE Used KEF 104 @ about $500 pr. | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Tidal Hi, Fi streaming George Benson Station. Tidal HiFi streamingGalaxy Tab A (S-pen) Bluetooth 5.0Audioengine b1 receiver/DAC/pre1975 rebuilt Marrantz 1060Two pairs 1975 KEF 104 on large mantel | |
| Do amps degrade over time? I have a 1975 Marantz 1060 bought recapped at least 15 years ago and it sounds terrific. I even ordered a newly rebuilt 1060 to have as a spare for about $500.These are full featured integrated units with three click stop tone knobs for bass, mi... | |
| Audioengine B1 Bluetooth - Really Surprised I stream TIDAL using BT5.0 tablet transmiting to an Audioengine b1 into my audiophile system. The MQA MASTERs approach or equal my high end SACD as a source.It's spectacular. |