rmdmoore
Responses from rmdmoore
| 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... | |
| Rogue DragoN or Bel Canto Ref600 M I’ve had full tube rogue gear for years, like 20 years. I’ve not heard the dragoN but have read a lot of good press on it. One of the things I like about rogue is that, while it’s tube based gear, it’s not overly "tube sounding." It tends to be ve... | |
| How Much Power Do Vandersteen 5a's Really Need? I have Quatros and 3 foot audioquest biwire cables that fit perfectly. | |
| Back to vinyl need phono stage help! +1 on musical surroundings Nova III. I'm running a low output MC cartridge but it can be set for MM as well. Will allow you room to grow both with regard to cartridge as well as, as another user mentioned, by getting the linear power supply which ... | |
| Digital Front end for Dummies Thanks everyone. After reading the comments I feel like Bluesound is probably the way to go. I've done some more reading since starting this thread now though and am wondering if I shouldn't try and go even a little less expensive and give myself ... | |
| Balanced vs. Unbalanced Inputs Technically a phono cartridge is "floating" which means it's neither balanced or single ended. It can be wired either way but the reason there are so few balanced turntables/phono stages is that there is diminishing return on splitting the signal ... | |
| Not Thrilled with Vandersteen 2CE Sigs - where is the first place to work on? I had a pair of 2CE's that were in my main system for almost 20 years. The first thing I would say is that they are extremely fiddly speakers placement-wise. Need adequate room from the wall, and I mean like 3 feet at least. Have to get the rake a... | |
| Next Upgrade?? thanks everyone for the input! @mulveling, you have a lot of good infor for me. I've been a rogue guy for 20 years and have had nothing but positive experiences. My goal is ultimately to have an RP-7 and maybe that's a better move than a new cartr... | |
| Next Upgrade?? rar1, thanks for the perspective. I can't say that anything bothers me about my system. it images fairly well, good bass, definitely loud enough. Just always looking for a little better. mijostyn, in the long run looking to make improvements. woul... |