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| What is a good all around high quality speaker to purchase? +1 on Rockports if you can stretch, then you will never upgrade. I was listening to Sonus Faber and others and there were a couple of ones of interest - I'd said $18k to $20k - when the sales guy said can you stretch to $25K. I ordered the Atria... | |
| Out of Balance I find that many CDs, and especially LPs are out of balance, usually not by much - but it only takes a couple of dBs to make a huge difference in position. Have you moved furniture around? Did you wake up with wax in one ear, had you slept aw... | |
| We Need To Talk About Ones And Zeroes A complex topic when allied to digital music reproduction, made more difficult by S/PDIF. Assuming sound engineering the bits at the output of the receiver in your device at the end of the Cat 5 cable are precisely the same as the bits stored at ... | |
| ??? My First Classical Concert,What Can I Expect ??? Sit back and enjoy the experience of The Absolute Sound, real instruments in a real space - albeit in a space that is probably a bit too reverberant. Regarding applause, this is a source of amusement and irritation for me. Amusement at "Gala" pe... | |
| Why Use Aluminum for a TT Platter? Fourteen years late to the party I just found this thread. How do manufacturers of wooden platters manage the effects of humidity changes? The third certain thing in life is that wood moves! I am an amateur woodworker, apart from a few of the l... | |
| TU-8600S I managed to get the Elekit installed in my main system, the handyman is fixing the damage to the barn caused by a falling tree this winter, he is much younger and stronger than I. The TU-8600S is definitely a rather good amp. A bit laid back in... | |
| Hlep chosing a streamer/server for my DAC I use the (old) entry level Aurender N100SC, now replaced by the N150 - $3,500. I think that the N150 is USB only, thereby reducing the price. They have excellent performance as a server and support the most popular streaming services, but not t... | |
| Need Recommendation for Coffee Shop I have no experience of Dynaudio's active speakers, but my wife has160s (not active & NLA) in her studio and they are excellent. The Xeo 10 might meet your needs. They support Air Play 2 directly so those plus your iPhone would do it I think... | |
| TU-8600S I borrowed the Harbeth P3ESRs and a BluOs box from my "kitchen" system, inserted the three NOS input & driver tubes, and a pair of WE 300Bs, hooked it up with Kimber PBJs and 4TCs and turned it on. Given its location streaming did not work so... | |
| TU-8600S I finished the build, I think it took about 15 hours overall. This kit is significantly more challenging than the TU-8600R. There are many more components (about 300 solder points) and there are a number of components whose leads must be bent ra... | |
| Speakers for leading edge, transients, speed and big sound Rockport speakers have outstanding transient response. There is a pair of Rockport Technologies Cygnus for sale on Audiogon - this is a $65k speaker on sale for $36.5k. i have the Atria IIs, two levels down from the Cygnus, they are totally tran... | |
| TU-8600S I would say 6 out of 10. Nothing too difficult but it does require care to not get solder bridges between soldering points as they are often very close, and there are a few large joints to be made, there are large solder only (no mechanical conne... | |
| TU-8600S The kit arrived - but was missing the PCBs for the Lundahls. An Email to Jon at Tubestore and the parts were shipped immediately. This kit is VERY different from the 8600R, it appears to be a completely new design, with many more parts and a ver... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) @bbilings Agreed about the arm lifter. I slowly lower the arm with the lever, the built in damper does not work. My JMW arm is unipivot and was a pain to get level. I also use a Koetsu black, and THAT was a pain to install, separate nuts and s... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) I have had my VPI Scout Master, with the JMW Memorial arm for about 20 years - zero issues & great performance. The Scoutmaster is massive enough but can still be lifted, an increasingly important factor to me as a pre-boomer! Sutherland d... |