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| Which is the Better Tonearm - Pro-Ject or Rega? @gregkohanmim If you build the Audiomods arm, please tell us your results. That looks like a really intriguing arm and great value. Thanks,Spencer | |
| Noise, rumble and general intereference There's no way interference of any kind would kill one channel. Process of elimination is your best route. Do you have a local audio buddy who can let you try their cables, phono, phono stage etc. so you can narrow it down by swapping one at a tim... | |
| Is it too bright or is it high resolution? @onhwy61 "an audiophile who goes to a live symphony concert and turns to his companion and asks, "where are all the high frequencies?" So true! I find many hifi systems present the treble region in greater volume than live. That is brightness, and... | |
| Old Amp vs. New Amp At about 20 years old some amps will have capacitors that will need replacing, but that usually isn't too expensive or difficult. Tube amps obviously might need retubing at almost any age, but even if you just look at inflation and depreciation, t... | |
| Upgrade from DV 17D3, looking for recommendations! Be sure to use a wide variety of LPs across genres, thicknesses, reissues/originals etc. when you listen critically. It's easy to get caught up in 1 track A/B comparisons, but if you pick a track that doesn't have every instrument and voice in the... | |
| Tube vs Solid State Have you heard the speakers in another system that did what you seek? What were they using to drive them? Have you tried any hybrid amps that will offer the control of SS output stages and maybe a bit more warmth on the top & mids? I'd be caut... | |
| Tube Pre+ Transistor Power will burn your power Amp. easily? Only a problem if you buy them from a white van in the back of the mall parking lot. | |
| Can I use this amp in my house? @jea48 So I live in a rental home and aren't free to add dedicated lines. etc. I am considering buying a stereo amp or a pair of monoblocks that like @alpha_gt described have 20A female IEC and comes with PC with 15A male prongs. The house is has... | |
| Planar speaker placement @ct0517 That vintage quad pic is a classic, OMG. Love the pipe! So I understand the point to avoid corners, but the manual quote doesn't tell me why "sound waves from the front and rear of the speaker should be restricted as little as possible". ... | |
| Mytek Brooklyn+microRendu -or- PS Audio DS Junior? Well said @kendrick2 ! You are a wise man. Good to hear about those results, and not surprising. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Are USB-SPDIF's relevant with today's DAC USB technology? @itsikhefez, RPi and HifiBerry w/linear PSU will crush most of the computer bandaids being suggested. The Pi family is an amazing thing...nonprofit scientific community at its best, nice that us audio nuts can take advantage of some of that goodwi... | |
| Amps Atma-Sphere M-60 Mono blocks OTL design @ozzy, the M60s are great amps and they should be a super match with your new speakers WITHOUT zero transformers. Congrats. @charles1dad is correct, it's all about the impedance match not about bass (sorry Meghan Trainor!) FWIW, IMHE those much pr... | |
| No playback from my MacBook Pro to Bricasti M1 Apple O/S system updates often cause this problem. One of the many reasons I was happy to get the Mac out of my system.Try disconnecting the cable, rebooting both devices and then reconnecting the cable. Go back to Sound and see if it reappears in... | |
| Yamaha GT 2000 Turntable @lewm Admit it, Lew. All the ladies call you "hot reliable". Cheers,Spencer | |
| Have you ever tried a pair of speakers and said this Is the last thing I will ever need. Sound Labs. Maybe my vintage pair won’t last as long as something newer and the newer ones will be compatible with lower powered amps, but I sonically, I can’t ask for anything more. They leave all my prior speakers and most others I have heard in... |