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| Is it worth purchasing the VPI 16.5? In general, it's been my experience that having a vacuum based record cleaning machine is indispensible if you want to get the most from your vinyl. As such, in terms of funtionality, reliability, and performance, the HW-16.5 is an excellent value. | |
| Great cinematic audiophile moment Does anybody know if the bulbous, blue speakers in the character Yorgi's bedroom in the movie "xXx" are or were actually in production? Those had audiophilia written all over them... | |
| Wondering about jumpers.. Redkiwi, to your point, why ARE there so many bi-wireable 2 ways? Especially with regard to small monitors - I don't understand the benefit. Reading your post, I feel almost silly for never thinking of that. | |
| Wondering about jumpers.. You may also want to check out Walker Audio's silver jumpers. I am currently using them with my Tyler Taylo Reference monitors - the upgrade was not subtle. Given that they are silver, it is possible that they may not be a perfect match for bright... | |
| What's after Supratek Dennis_the_menace you may want to try tungsram red dot 12ax7s in the phono stage. I'm using them in the phono stage of my VAC Standard LE. These provide a nice combination of detail and heft. Glad you're enjoying the Ren. | |
| Platter mat ? Wow, I own a HW-19 Mk3 and was about to post a similar question. Anyway, I run mine without a mat, though I do won a couple of different mats. I never noticed any sonic difference with or without the mat (I always remembered to adjust VTA) so I di... | |
| Is my setup mid-fi or hi-fi? Slov_dream, I agree with your assessment of the A21 - I drove Dynaudio 52's with mine, and those are 85 db sensitive, with a nominal 4 Ohm impedance. You should be fine. | |
| Marantz SA8400: SACD Filter I wonder if that warning exists as a CYA in the event that the digital source is feeding really old or really underbuilt/underdesigned gear? My Philips SACD-1000 has the same switch, and I've been running it in the equivalent to the Marantz custom... | |
| Is my setup mid-fi or hi-fi? That's actually a really nice system. I used to own the Halo combo you do, and have heard the Totems before at a local dealer. The Halos were the first "high-end" components I ever owned. They replaced my Kenwood receiver which I accidentally blew... | |
| Hi gain phono preamp reccomendations If you're not familiar with George Wright or the Wright Sound phono preamps, they may have what you are looking for. I believe the WPP200C has around 60db gain. | |
| Anyone hear the Von Schweikert DB-99? Tickfight, your room is probably on the borderline with regard to any large speaker, but as Saxman2 said, the bass is adjustable. But I cannot speak from experience with the DB-99, so I would defer to Saxman2. Your room layout and use of any room ... | |
| Wife approval factor? Had to dump my WATT/Puppies when I moved my system into our living room. The wife did let have a pair of Tylers though, so I can't complain too much. | |
| Anyone hear the Von Schweikert DB-99? One additional thing to keep in mind woth the DB-99s is their physical size - they can move some air. I heard these at a dealer demo, set up by VSA, and was mostly impressed - however, in addition to the noise considerations mentioned above, I not... | |
| How Long do LP's last And hey, that's a lot longer than we can expect a lot of digital media to last. I have at least 2 CDs from the late 80s that have completely oxidized. Maybe I should be backing my hard drive up to LP :)... In all serious, a few years ago one of th... | |
| Why do intelligent people deny audio differences? It looks like this thread started out talking about differences in front end components, and then veered off into cables. Here is what I think might be even more interesting than a double-blind cable test: how about a double-blind system test? I k... |