rauliruegas

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Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return...
@lewm  : This is a free world too.   R.  
Am I a hopeless audio snob?
"" so I don’t get why you started a thread based on a swipe at Technics and Japanese products in general without at least also mentioning your extensive prior experience and knowledge...""   lewm+1   @pilrem    R.  
Am I a hopeless audio snob?
Dear @pilrem : No you are not snob but with low knowledge levels in the overall TT specific subject.   " I am plunking down some serious money on my next table..."   Money always helps but the main issue is to know exactly which audio item(s)... 
Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music
Dear @erik_squires  : My mistake was that I read in your link: cut off at 40hz, now I understand thewhole subject. Thank's. In the other side, yes integration of subs in a system always alter the tonal balance of that system and at least for me t... 
Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music
Dear @prof  : I don't know ofr read somewhere that a CS7.2 owner used subs integrated with liberating the Thiel woofers for that low bass range posted.   Yes, I know and heard once thge Thiel sub. My post was specific for your Thiel model but I ... 
Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music
Dear @prof : Well, you are owner of Thiel speakers and this per sé says a lot. Till today every time I listened to Thiel speakers normally I like it and performs with high quality level under its model design limitations. JT designs are all exce... 
Is this stylus worn out?
Dear @marktomaras  : " After several years.."  after several years almost any cartridge needs service/re-tip or at least that be check by a professional about. Several years could means several hours or not to many depending the every day average... 
Detachable Head shell or Not?
Dear @jafox  : Agree with you, does not exist the " best " on ay audio item. All about is which " one " fulfill our MUSIC/sound priorities.   Btw, the arm board is really important to damp not only vibrations/resonances coming from the TT/plinth... 
Why do these Zyx Fuji and Airy 3 have such a dark sound?
Dear @rorosone  : " but I had to tweak a lot the RIAA correction, " , even that your ZYX is an entry level model it's not normal its " low " quality level performance you experienced with.   Now, first than all the inverse RIAA eq. must be manta... 
Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music
Dear @erik_squires  : Dead silence. That maybe I just did not understand yet what you did it and that I ask to you 3 times if I'm wrong is not to agressive for your dead silence.  ? ! ? ! ? ! R.  
Why I'm not adding a sub to my 2-way monitors for music
@erik_squires  : Yes, I know that no one can be truer to the recording that's a desired room/system target but I think that what you did it had a different target.   Am I wrong?   R.      
Why do these Zyx Fuji and Airy 3 have such a dark sound?
Dear @rorosone : I don’t know which model of the Ultimate you own but maybe the " trouble " could be that for what ever reasons your cartridge just does not mates well with your analog rig and especially the tonearm and tonearm internal wire or e... 
Detachable Head shell or Not?
Dear @jafox  : I never tested Audioquest cables and my post came from other audiophile opinion. As almost always we can say that the best IC cable is the one that works the best in that system link and that helps to achieve our targets in MUSIC r... 
Dynamic vs Static VTF on a SME V. Can someone explain the differences in sound?
Dear @jim94025  : Normally dynamic VTF mechanism uses a spring and this fact make what @dover  posted: " audible  "mechanical noise" . This simple fact means that no matters what a static VTF set up using just the force of gravity will degrades le... 
Detachable Head shell or Not?
Dear @jafox  : What a post !, a learning one. Thank's for sharing your valuable experiences down there.   Btw, a wealthy audiophile that as you owns tube electronics and I think with" heavy " first hand experiences on IC phono cable posted that ...