rhg3
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| arc ref5-se Very nice preamp. HIfi shark will provide historical pricing. Recommend budgeting for tube replacement and service as there's no way of telling how many hours are on the Ref5 SE or how many owners its been through. If you contact ARC and provide ... | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. 40year old electronics are problematic as they likely are in need of repair. I’d check w/ ARC on the cost to ‘refurbish’ and if they even have the parts available. You should be able to get a good deal on a used Ref 5SE and trade that up later if... | |
| SME V Tonearm on eBay Hong Kong Sellers are FAKE!!! If you’re looking for SME tonearms, try Alfred Kayser at https://www.smetonearms.com Alfred apparently stocked up when SME announced they would no longer be selling their tonearms separately. I picked up a new in box M2-9-R for my Gyrodec. He als... | |
| Single mode versus multi mode optical for streaming Single Mode (SM) optics and cables are used for long distances, 80km for 10 Gbps. SM is also more expensive than Multimode (MM). I really don’t think there are any valid use cases for SM in audio. Hope this helps. | |
| Subwoofers and Crossovers. @dimbhaka thanks for reporting back with your results! This is a very interesting solution and I hope you'll report back again in a few months after these changes settle in. I look forward to your update and I'm pretty sure I'm not alone. | |
| Wendell Diller: "You don't wanna put a subwoofer with a Magneplanar; it doesn't work." I’ve had had Maggies for a few decades now, currently 3.7i. I’ve been on both sides of the sub debate/dilemma. Maggies are sensitive to room placement and when it’s right the bass is definitely there. There’s also more to how we hear than just ou... | |
| Need advice for a replacement phono cartridge Another happy SoundSmith customer! I’m using Zephyr MIMC Star with their MCP-2MK2 phono. Michell Gyrodec SE, SME M2-9-R. | |
| Are There Roon Ready I2S Streamers? I'm using an iFi Zen Streamer through a Matrix Audio X-SPDIF to connect I2S to my DAC. There's always a trade off. I've added another device in the signal chain (and associated cables) but so far the improvement over USB is worth it to my ears. N... | |
| Anyone still use MiniDisc, DDC tape or DAT tapes? @jriggy that is just too cool. ‘Tapers’ such as yourself are responsible for recording and preserving an incredible treasure trove of music that would otherwise be lost forever. I got into trading a little so I could access this music that couldn... | |
| After the thrill is gone @inscrutable I hope your health continues to improve! There's a lot to be said for Magnepans, however, in my limited experience, subs make all the difference. I'm running 3.7i's with a pair of Rythmik F12 subs w/ XLR3 "plate amplifier" and the ... | |
| Anyone still use MiniDisc, DDC tape or DAT tapes? I have a pair of Tascam DA20’s DAT players that are not operational — the tray won’t open. Normally an easy fix but the last time I looked a few years ago there was no one who was still repairing them. I thought about giving it a try myself but th... | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS put a decent 12v lps into the zs and it takes another meaningful step up in sq - for the $ just crazy crazy good... people over-use the term ’giant killer’ but i think it can apply here... or at least ’giant-matcher’... note: my use is in roon-m... | |
| For those that have separate Streamers & DACS I'm using iFi Zen Streamer USB to Wyred4Sound DAC2v2SE. The iFi Zen was a little kludgey for initial setup but it sounds far better than I expected. At a $399 price point I wasn't expecting much and I'm still pleasantly surprised. The Zen stream ... | |
| Acoustic Guitar on Vinyl + 1 John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia, AL Dimeola- Friday night in San Francisco A live recording that captures a magical moment. The energy between the guitarists and the fans is palpable. | |
| New to hifi... question about Lumin T2 and Roon Congratulations on your purchases, those speakers look beautiful. I’m sure you’re going to have a lot of fun! |