shadorne
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| New Tweak --- Its Fantastic What about the glass tops of tubes? Volume control, balance and tone control knobs? And chassis screws? What about the battery contacts in the remote control? Is it recommended they all be TC painted too? How about toe nails? Anyone try that and i... | |
| New Speakers up to $15k - The more I read the less I know! If you are looking for neutral then ATC should be auditioned. You could sell your tube power amp and get large active ATC on your budget. Frankly B&W 802d is definitely a weak aspect of your setup. I would also try to audition Wilson as they w... | |
| what tubes for eastern electric minimax phono? It depends what sound you are after. Subjectively a lot can depend on you and your setup.NOS Telefunken EC83 is low noise and neutral. From current production, Gold Lions are really good too. Both are reasonably priced ($50 or so). These should be... | |
| Technics 1200 Critic Fremer Praises the newer 1200G Fremer’s self proclaimed golden ears praise tends to be proportional to list price. He is a shrewd businessman as well as a good reviewer. | |
| Do I need higher quality power cords? mr D. I don’t dispute your finding. It is indeed quite possible you hear a difference because your equipment power supply is so woefully inadequate. This is NOT the same as “resolution level” unless you spend all your time listening to the AC 60 H... | |
| Stand Alone Super Tweeter for Revel F208? +1 tls49Ah yes the splashy impressive metal dome that sells well because it sounds like hi-fi - sounds impressive, a great show and distraction but nothing like real music.Try a tube pre-amp with old European tubes to add sparkle. The Revel F208 i... | |
| Do I need higher quality power cords? No. This should definitely not be necessary if your equipment has well designed and properly functioning power supplies. | |
| Why bogus retail price from some sellers? Yes most resellers give the last highest retail price. So an amp bought at the beginning of production run might be listed with a new retail price of the most recent last sold new amp which could be as much as 15 years younger. The new retail pric... | |
| Holo Audio Spring Dac, At last a Stereophile review and tests Poor jitter rejection. Harmonic distortion in NOS mode. Otherwise another great R-2R. Renewed my faith in Delta-Sigma ;-)More seriously - despite all the measurement errors it sounds like a killer DAC. | |
| thread for PMC owners Focal are nice too. A bit splashy with their tweeters. PMC is more of a British sound (great mids). | |
| thread for PMC owners Yes. Excellent quality drivers. Not your usual run of the mill. However I would be concerned with this model if you listen sometimes at live loud levels. The tweeter is crossed over at 1.8Khz and that means it will sound wonderful but it will work... | |
| Can interconnect cables improve sound stage height, width, and depth? Absolutely. You need a bigger house? Well good interconnect cables can alter space time so your house can be as big as Noel Lee (after all the money he made scamming everyone)? | |
| Why Isnt Techincs 1200 Considered Audiophile? This is a great turntable. Definitely audiophile quality with the right cartridge. | |
| Can a power cord increase the resolution of an Class D (SMPS) amp by more than 5% ? “Well, in the case of the new Hurricane power cord from Audioquest you can attribute part of its very high performance to wire directionality, which Audioquest now controls during manufacturing for power cords as well as speaker cables, interconne... | |
| Hearing loss. How much do you care about your ability to hear? So far so good!I listen as much as I can. Nobody knows how long we have got...Hearing loss to extreme loudness is a given - so be careful and rest your ears.Hearing loss from age or infection is also a given ...few get to a ripe old age without so... |