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| VPI setup The turntable setup article on walkeraudio.com will help you. No you don't need to upgrade from spinclean to get it play correctly. Records shouldn't skip, so something is off. Remember that adjusting azimuth might acccidently change VTF, so repea... | |
| Good, better, best. VPI Classic 1 accessories and upgrades. Zephyr is high output so best matched w/moving magnet phono input. If your Klyne expects lower output moving coil cart, could be trouble. Klyne makes great phono stages so I'm sure you'll be happy and be able to hear the subltler changes you're co... | |
| Bricasti M1 DAC vs PS Audio Direct Stream DAC Wow, Frank, you're a true fearless audio cliffdiver! That's quite a leap.Great to know that amp/speaker match will have perfect synergy. Here's my advice:1) Break-in: Resist the urge to judge anything until plenty of break-in time. Use pink noise ... | |
| Beautiful Classical Smaller Pieces, duo,trio,etc The one that always stuns the crowd is Gary Karr - Adagio d'Albinoni, a duo recording of acoustic bass with organ accompaniment. The King LP is particularly great sounding. Cheers,Spencer | |
| DAC question Llkmi, I really don't want to go there publicly, but you send send me PM about it. It beat out at least 3 others all more expensive. After I heard it, the owner switched to using the balanced outputs and told me that sound is even better now. (As ... | |
| DAC question Yeah, heard the Schiit Yggdrasil last week at a friend's house and it was really great. It bettered a number of higher priced DACs in his SOTA system.I've had a mindset that DSD would be a requirement in any future DAC purchases for me, but the "Y... | |
| mapleshade ic's... As Ralphie's dad said "Fra-geely, that's Italian". Mine got fried when a visitor stepped on one. Sent it in for repair and they quoted so high(about 75% of new pair cost) that I told him to throw them away. Very disappointing. Sonically, I like th... | |
| What is the best OTL out there? Yup, so 2 of the 11 are Atma-Sphere and Tenor. That leaves room for 9 other votes. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Good bass test tracks on vinyl Ray Brown - Soular Energy (Blue if you can find it)Dead Can Dance - Into The LabyrinthFor great recording of classical acoustic bass(accompanied by just organ)Gary Karr Adagio D'Albinoni (Cisco) This LP always bring the house down, especially t... | |
| Best Rock Album of 2015 From wikipedia: "Gibbard took the band name from the song "Death Cab for Cutie" written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The song was performed by Bonzo in the Beatles film Magical Mystery... | |
| System Help Beg to differ...Suggest not considering any gear changes until well after exploring room setup and possibly treatment first. Start with Cardas Speaker Placement: http://www.cardas.com/room_setup_main.phpYou try both ways on long or shorter walls.Y... | |
| hmmm? oppo 105d content Yeah, understood. It's all pretty crazy, but most agree that a good ripped CD played thru the same dac in the CD player will sound better than just spinning the disc in the drawer. There are many threads that you can read archived here that explai... | |
| hmmm? oppo 105d content Have you tried computer audio ripping your CDs and playing them thru USB output into the digital USB input on the Oppo as DAC?. Granted, choices of software and cable make a difference, but in general this idea will drastically reduce jitter and p... | |
| Clayton Audio Class A amps. Need amp advice Taking this whole conversation into account, it sounds like you sure better settle on a speaker that is designed for use with a moderately powered tube amp(s), and not decide on amp until you get the speaker figured out. Your CJs with new speaker ... | |
| Thinking about buying a different tube preamp... Abuck,Something seems very wrong here. 1) Good tube preamps (including the Modwright) don't normally making loud hiss2) In many years in this hobby you're the first I've heard of inserting a PVC preamp between an active preamp and amp to try to el... |