sls883
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| New Magico Speaker Break-in Question Do they break them in at the factory? Mine spent a week being broken in before they shipped them. It must make a difference or they wouldn't spend time doing it. I think I'd ask the dealer and/or Magico if you haven't already. I also wonder if... | |
| Potential relief for tinnitus? My ears ring like crazy. Lately, it's been 24/7. Too much stress and lack of sleep. I don't drink (I've already had my fair share) and I went cold turkey on caffeine. Had gawd awful caffeine withdrawals/headaches and it didn't help one bit. I'... | |
| Will a high quality preamp really make a difference in sound?? Also speaker cable @mcmike +1. Silversmith Audio Fidelium made a big improvement in my system. I was surprised. I didn't actually expect much from a speaker wire. | |
| To which song(s) did you blow your speakers? Don't know, but somebody blew my Altec Lansing speakers in college during a frat party. I was not too happy. | |
| HDMI cable to utilize I2s Connection from LAIV uddc to Denafrips Terminator 2 @soix I did use the Monoprice cable and a DH Labs cable, but not with my current dac. They seemed to work fine. I used a short cable in both cases. I had forgotten about the short Monoprice cable until you mentioned it. I was thinking of the many... | |
| new Parasound A21+ vs my old Rotel RB-1080 You've mentioned a lot of qualities that I like in a speaker. I thought the Sequel II were great and I'm sure the technology is even better now. I was going to ask about tube rolling, but I see that your preamp takes 10 tubes. That could get real... | |
| new Parasound A21+ vs my old Rotel RB-1080 You've probably done this, but have you played with speaker placement and toe-in? I haven't heard Martin Logan electrostatic speakers for a long time. I think they were Sequel IIs. I loved the sound, but off axis listening wasn't their strong s... | |
| HDMI cable to utilize I2s Connection from LAIV uddc to Denafrips Terminator 2 You want to use the shortest cable possible. Typical hdmi cables might be fairly long. I'm using a 0.5 meter Wyred for Sound cable that I linked above. It is supposedly designed for I2S and not simply a hdmi cable. I thought the price was reason... | |
| HDMI cable to utilize I2s Connection from LAIV uddc to Denafrips Terminator 2 https://wyred4sound.com/products/hdmi-pcocc-premium That's what I use. I haven't tried any standard hdmi cables. | |
| How many times can u visit a hifi store before it annoys the store if u plan on a purchase Do they know that you intend to buy and your reason for waiting? My first job out of college was retail audio sales. Nothing high end. Stuff like Onkyo Integra and Acoustic Research. Decent stuff in the mid 80s. If I had a dime for every time ... | |
| Just about to pull the trigger on Pontus 15th ... That make sense. I thought it was odd that he was charging $3700 for the Laiv Harmony. | |
| AUDIOGON and REVERB No Protection I haven't bought from Reverb recently, but I've bought a lot of guitars on there. Had a few issues and Reverb stepped up and made the sellers address the issue. Either a return or partial refund. I used Reverb payments, so that may make a differe... | |
| Preamp Sibilance? @audioman58 +1. I had a sibilance issue with my previous preamp and I kept blaming it on the recordings. It developed issues and I ended up getting a LTA MicroZOTL level 2 preamp. My problem went away. I've done a fair amount of tube swapping ... | |
| Just about to pull the trigger on Pontus 15th ... Looks interesting. Seems like Denafrips would be a safer bet given the positive reviews and you can buy it on Agon. Laiv's website says they will calculate duties, but you probably have to go through checkout to figure out what that is. Vinshin... | |
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