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| Best Tubes on Market today? I've been running 845 amps in my system for nearly 20 years, some noise is inherent to these amps. Relatively high powered SET amp with high efficiency speakers creates perfect environment for creating noise. One effective way to decrease noise is... | |
| Why do YOU love Vinyl/or hate vinyl I too enjoy both digital and analog formats, I don't rate one as objectively better than other. I have optimized both my setups over many years of equipment upgrades, provenance of recordings greatly determines sound quality hierarchy. I also enjo... | |
| Any cable delivers more bass than Cardas Golden Reference? I've owned Merlin VSM for years, I agree they can be somewhat lean. I'm not sure you can do better than Cardas GR with these speakers. I've used, Kimber Bifocal XL's and Purist Audio Design Dominus on other speakers, both have a prominent bass. I'... | |
| Merlin VSM Users- Where is the "Warmest" Location of the BAM? Yes, between source and amp if using DAC with volume control, source and preamp otherwise. I also added a second set of inputs to my BAM as I thought there were resolution losses when going through tape loop on former preamp. | |
| Music lover or audiophile? Whether I'm a music lover or audiophile is situational. I've always enjoyed music played on most any old system because I'm not expecting quality sound. I can become an audiophile at live amplified concerts and audiophile systems. I've always been... | |
| How come Horn + woofer designs are not more popular? My highly modified Klipschorns have an uncanny sense of the breath of life about them. This sense mostly emanates from the incredible micro dynamics I've not yet experienced from dynamic drivers. Add high levels of detail, and transparency and yo... | |
| Disco...yep, I'm going there I've always liked the best from all genres of music. I was big into the blues based rock of late 60's into early 70's. Growing up in Ann Arbor I got to see bands like Stooges, Rationals, Mitch Ryder, MC5, etc. as a young adolescent. Later on weekl... | |
| Klipsch!. The worst speaker company, EVER? I can understand criticisms of Klipsch. I did not warm to sound of my early 80's era Klipschorns in original form. Shouty mids made them virtually unlistenable, and that with SET amp. Still, I could hear potential in them, so decided upgrades were... | |
| MQA is Legit! First off, you need MQA dac to hear full MQA unfolding. I've only heard MQA streaming Tidal through Roon on non-MQA dac, sometimes sounds better than non-MQA. I've always suspected different masters responsible for qualitative difference. Whether... | |
| CD Got Absolutely Crushed By Vinyl And so if digital sound is so bad why do so many audiophiles continue to enjoy and purchase digital equipment? According to the vinyl only tribe, they must have tin ears. But what if that same person who enjoys digital sound also enjoys vinyl sou... | |
| Do you ever do this before you listen? I have the ear wax issue. Whenever I begin to hear channel imbalance and/or high frequency attenuation I clean ears, always get some measure of wax out. Agreed, don't use q tips. Sinus cleaning very effective as well, I use the NeilMed. Yes, be s... | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! Over many years and many systems. Synergy is everything and synergy is a constantly changing and evolving event. An upgrade in one area creates a weak link elsewhere. And this scenario continues until one dies or gets out of audio. Is it possible ... | |
| Turntables My experience with getting back into vinyl has been frustrating thus far. I've had top notch digital setup for many years, wanted to get vinyl setup that would be on or near equal footing.I've had perhaps five or six different systems over the pas... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? Lots of good suggestions here, I've probably heard of or have about fifty percent of musicians listed. I've been a music lover and audiophile for over forty years so I'm aware of the older stuff. Most of my listening is now via computer based audi... | |
| Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp Building a computer based system can be a relatively complex undertaking, more variables than disc spinners. Follow expert guidance, every single variable can be optimized. For instance, I use linear power supplies on every piece in this system, h... |