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| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @reubent I wouldn’t go any higher than 80… the issue is you can’t start there.. the water continues to heat up due to the friction of the vibrations… If you set your temp lower you’ll end up at 80 and beyond at some point if you doing several ba... | |
| After 20 years, in the market for a power amp @pvnasby I love my Odyssey Kismet Extreme Monoblocks and hope they last a long time. Odyssey has a sound you might miss, could be worth a call over to Klaus and discuss your issues and needs and maybe he could get you back on track. There’s not... | |
| "Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better! @reubent I use a similar unit & Spin Clean Rinse Afterwards as well and achieved excellent results. Allows you to pick up some gems from the dollar racks as long as there’s no scratches through to the groove. Scuffs are ok though… I’ve gotte... | |
| Recommended amplification Source Material plays a big part as well… So much stuff we remember sounding great from our teen years just doesn’t cut it on the reveling systems we’ve acquired over the years in our pursuits of sonic bliss, maybe it was the drugs… who knows, LOL... | |
| Moving from a stereo amp to a dual mono set up @bill_peloquin Before you drop some big money on redo’s, etc., why not try DSP to correct some of the shortcomings your’e experiencing. Until recently I was totally against it, feeling I was cheating or something, but it came down to weather I w... | |
| Downsizing from tower to bookshelf I recently ran into the same situation. my room is 12’ x 11.5’ with 10’ Ceilings with a bass issue at around 100hz. I attended many shows and went through 11 sets of speakers, driving myself and several sellers and mfgs crazy with home trials,... | |
| Enough is Enough I’d have some fun with the idiot…Go back with some really poorly recorded media, some really poorly mastered stuff, some cheap 80’s vinyl or something…Let him play it on his so called better system… LOL, then tell him how crappy his stuff sounds a... | |
| Seeking a Warm 12AX7 Tube for Preamp @stereo_gen I had the Sovtek 12AX7 LPS in my Black Ice FX Glass Tube DAC as the tubes selected when I purchased the DAC from Black Ice. Those tubes sounded ok in the DAC and thought I’d try them in my Phono Pre and they sounded pretty bad. I put t... | |
| Pop album that has stood the test of time +1 for YAZ .. Upstairs at Eric’s Make sure to check out the track “In My Room” | |
| Seeking a Warm 12AX7 Tube for Preamp GE 5751 Triple Mica Black Plates did it for me. I know many folks despise EBay for tubes, but you probably can pick up a matched NOS pair for a few bucks under your budget to try out and see if you like. Make sure to check the seller’s feedback a... | |
| Solid State Preamp to replace tube unit @jimbones Maybe I’ve been lucky with PreAmp Tubes but what is causing your tubes to go bad every 3 months? It’s been my experience with the Preamp Tubes lasting like forever or until I feel like rolling out for a change in sound. Output tubes on t... | |
| Thinking of Magnepan ... finally! @arafiq I recently just sold my Maggi .7’s. I found Maggi’s at times knocked my socks off and many times I found myself cringing. With lots of stuff Transparency was spot on but other times like female vocals tended to sound unfocused. My musica... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it @sgnevling NOS Mullard or Reissues ? I tried mine with reissues and wasn’t happy. Went with GE 5751 Black Plates and am blown away. | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it @sgnevling I have that DAC as mentioned in a previous response… What tubes are you running with ? | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it @moonwatcher I have the Black Ice Glass FX DAC and opted to have it sent with the Sovtec 12AX7 LPS tubes and it sounded pretty good connected to my Bluesound N130. But then I swapped the tubes out to 1960 NOS GE5751 Triple Mica Black Plates and ... |