rmdmoore
Responses from rmdmoore
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? For me, speakers are the part of the system that defines the sound the most. And the most by A LOT! Everything up the chain matters in terms of details and coloring but each pair of speakers has their own sound that is never going to be changed th... | |
| Buying used vs new? Nearly every component in my system, including my preamp, was purchased used, either on here or the other major resale site. The only things that were purchased from a dealer were my speakers but I bought them as demo models, and my turntable, als... | |
| Best Integrated Amp (for me) Rogue Audio sphinx is a great option for you as well. New they're like 1600 but there's at least one for sale on here.https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisab5i4-rogue-audio-sphnix-v2-hybrid-integrated-amplifier-black-w... | |
| How many of you are digital only systems? Was digital only until about 10 years ago when my dad got me a Project Debut Carbon. I really enjoyed the sound of the TT and since then have substantially upgraded my system including the digital front end. I still prefer the analog particularly ... | |
| First tube preamp recommendations (under $5k) I strongly disagree with avanti1960. I am currently using a Rogue RP-7 and have found it to have great dynamics and that I got just the right amount of "tubey sweetness" by changing the front pair of 12au7. Those are the only colored tubes in my c... | |
| The birth of a new thread dedicated to sharing our newly-acquired "old" LP's. I wish I had a good LRS but I love in the middle of nowhere. Instagram has been a great place for me to buy records, particularly from a shop I used to frequent in Buffalo. Most recently I picked up from them the Robert Ludwig pressing of Zepplin ... | |
| transistor pre with the sound of tubes Like others have said, not sure what "mature enough" means. What I will say is that if you were to get a tube pre you're likely going to want to switch out the stock tubes. Most of the new production tubes are so clean that they're almost like tra... | |
| Power Conditioner vs A/C cables I use AC regenerator and aftermarket cables from a guy on this site (acoustic bbq) and both made a difference. The regenerator made an enormous difference though. | |
| When does one know it's time to upgrade? As someone who has been building systems for 20 plus years my experience is that while the components are absolutely extremely important, in terms of sound characteristics, nothing is going to make a difference more than a speaker. I've always aud... | |
| Got a Node 2i, what's next? I was in the same position as you. Mainly a vinyl guy but wanted a digital front end as an option to hear stuff I love but don't have on vinyl. I got a node 2 and thought it sounded ok. I then went fairly nuts trying to decide on a DAC. I initiall... | |
| Preamp making loud pitched morse code sound I just had a very similar issue and it had to do with the step up transformer in my phono stage picking up noise generated by my Google home wifi router. A good way to check if it's that kind of interference is to literally pick up the unit while ... | |
| I must be old My dad just gave me a bunch of his old records. Some really cool stuff that I've wanted for a long time. Some old Beatles, the first Band album. I cleaned them on my vacuum based record cleaner. Some sound ok but with pops and more noise. Some are... | |
| Phono Stage, Cartridge, DeGritter...which one first? I have a clearaudio performance DC with tracer tonearm along with the Hana ML1200. I had a musical surroundings Nova III and upgraded to a Rogers. How many hours do you have on the cartridge? I'd say get your hours out of it and then take the 500 ... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? Rogers PA-2 with Hana SL1200. Was going to upgrade TT rig but decided to go for a deal on a used PA-1A and have it upgraded. Don't have it back yet (waiting with bated breath) but when I originally plugged it in I could not believe the difference ... | |
| Upgrading phono stage I agree with everyone that says an outboard phono stage will make a huge difference. If you have 2500 to spend you can go pretty far actually. You can get a musical surroundings Nova III for 1500 or so new or closer to 1k used. If you really wanna... |