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| Used MF Trivista 21 or Benchmark Dac1? Trivista 21 is a dac, so you need a transport; other than that, yes it's far more than acceptable as stock. It has 4 nuvistor tubes which reportedly last 100,000 hours! IOW, no you'll never need to replace them. They are pretty cheap anyway. I'd g... | |
| My LP couldn't beat my CD, until now Mapman, WHOA!!!There are tons are great sounding 180g and 200g LPs out there. Given the horrid condition and lack of availability of many used titles, must analog lovers are best served by both used and new LPs. There are many threads here outlini... | |
| Cd Player Suggestions When I read your original post, my initial reaction was to recommend an amp upgrade over the cd upgrade. When I had a HT rig with Aerial 7b's, cc3 & their surrounds, I paired with a Sunfire 5 channel amp. Great value, smooth balance and incred... | |
| Ground Loop Issue 427 Okay, thanks. | |
| Ground Loop Issue 427 Ralph,Recently, I didn't notice the hum or radio signal with other amps. So your comments make sense. However there is no trouble until the interconnects from the pre are connected to the amps. The amps with shorting plugs at their inputs are dead... | |
| Ground Loop Issue 427 Here's an update:After having a number of other audionuts over to listen, they all tell me that they have more noise in their rigs than I do, and that "Your hum is nothing". Well, I guess we all have different levels of tolerance. Perhaps I should... | |
| Walker Vortex Vacuum Wand for VPI Guys just wanted to add that I've had my Vortex for a couple of weeks now, and am having much success. It sonically and visibly gives me better results than using the VPI tubes. Given all the comments, I proceeded with much caution and spoke with ... | |
| Used MF Trivista 21 or Benchmark Dac1? Can any of you explain the lights in the footers of the Trivista21? I've seen them red at startup, then amber or blue when playing music. What's the amber vs blue indicate? | |
| Used MF Trivista 21 or Benchmark Dac1? I just asked myself the same question, and ended up getting the Trivista 21. Part of my thinking is that it seems more likely to hold its value IMO. MF has a good rep over a long period of time, and Benchmark seems to be more of a "flavor of the y... | |
| otl vs push/pull Correct, only the really old Futterman type OTL amps had trouble damaging speakers. Although some would argue that Berning amps aren't true OTLs(I'm not getting into that old debate), I believe they are S.E., and they portray most of the traits of... | |
| Speaker Help Required A good way to understand what's happening is play test tones from a test CD, and record the values measured on an spl meter(located where you ears normally are), change the sub settings and/or move the sub & repeat. If you need more details on... | |
| otl vs push/pull Call Ralph if you have unanswered questions. He is awesome and honest and won't oversell. IME, OTLs provide a tremendous ability to untangle complex music in a natural way that beats anything else on orchestral music. Natural timbre is another str... | |
| what to buy? so confused. There are so many options that you haven't considered. You need to slow down and get a chance to hear a wider variety of gear. Travel if necessary, and hear more stuff. Cheers,Spencer | |
| The best CD Player for the money The RNC paid for all these tweaks in my system. I had no intention of keeping them after the audiophile society meeting.Moderator, time to lock this thread! Nothing useful here. | |
| Speaker Help Required S7horton is absolutely correct. Don't change your speakers it won't help.I partially agree w/SNS, but not sure you need a panel on the right(movable or not). Absorption on the left is key. Take a look at my room photos. I have portable panels on m... |