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| Need your LP purchase assistance Rickie Lee Jones - Self Titled - 45rpm or Steve Hoffman 33rpm reissueGary Karr - Adagio D' Albinoni - Cisco/King AnalogBlood, Sweat & Tears - Self Titled 45rpmNeil Young - Live At Massey HallTie for 5th:Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 45rpm reissueLig... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? Hi Michael,Yes, that link sums it up pretty nicely. I've heard both the Backert Labs preamps and agree with the heart of the PFO review. Didn't get to roll any tubes, and IME that implies an even higher ceiling. I like the clever magnetic "pop-top... | |
| Cary 805 vs v12 "more power, less heat and more extension on top and bottom with no loss of the glorious triode mid range. I guess that sums up what a lot of people are looking for and might as well be called the unobtanium amp!"Yeah, it's tough because for more ... | |
| Cary 805 vs v12 Brad, the last few posts give good advice. It's all about the speaker match and your Sensitivity: 87dB /1W/1mImpedance: 6 ohms nominaldoesn't sound like a good match for the 805s. In general, 211s, 845s, etc. will go better with >90db and >8... | |
| What's your "diminishing returns" preamp choice? I am very impressed with the new $3k model from Backert Labs. Think they will have it at Capitol Audio Fest. Cheers,Spencer | |
| FLAC, WAV or AIFF question Hew, very true. We need bitperfect rips.For Mac, free app XLD guarantees bitperfect ripping, and points out errors if they occur. Sometimes cleaning the CD will correct errors found during rips. Davide, AIFF is Apple created, but not really Apple-... | |
| FLAC, WAV or AIFF question The advice above (although accurate and well-intentioned) doesn't take your whole situation into account. Audirvana+ in iTunes integrated mode will allow for you to play either FLAC or WAV files from within the iTunes interface. I suggest FLAC ove... | |
| Liquid Midrange' - strong side of which tube amps? 300B = Liquid MidrangeJadis and VAC are among the best. Search the archives, discussed over & over. Cheers,Spencer | |
| 1000 musicians play "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters Mofi, thanks that made my day! I will pay it forward! Cheers,Spencer | |
| Van Den Hul what is the best cart ? I am pleased with the sound of my Colibri xgp lightweight version .38mv on my VPI 12.7 arm. Harry @ VPI told me that it is one of the few arms that are a good match with the lightweight. Can't say that I've had tons of carts on my table, but it is... | |
| Paypal insecure? "Believe me, a call to the seller from your local police department will get the seller's attention." Not so much!I got ripped off on an ebay/paypal purchase. Bought some tubes which never shipped. Paypal said that seller didn't respond to their i... | |
| oppo 105d straightup Give it a few hundred hours on repeat with breakin tracks, and it will change for the better, for sure. Cheers,Spencer | |
| acoustic advice resonating wall panels That's cool. Ethan Winer knows his sh*t! Well done.Cheers,Spencer | |
| oppo 105d straightup Late to the question, but I am pretty happy with the 2 channel audio performance of my 105D without mods. I'm using it mostly as a dac fed by macmini / audirvana+ / Schitt Wyrd/ AQ Carbon USBs playing redbook and all formats of high rez including ... | |
| acoustic advice resonating wall panels Owens Corning fiberglass specs show which freqs are absorbed for each model. I think 703 or 705 probably do what you need. Cheers,Spencer |