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| Trade offs? Tvad, refinement for me has come with parts upgrades. Duelund, Jantzen and VH Audio V-Cap capacitors have made all the difference. Vishay nude resistors are nice as well. Power supply mods are the latest upgrades.This kind of refinement doesn't ha... | |
| Trade offs? Thank you Tvad! Psacanli, there is absolutely no reason to give up on digital sound, you just need to find the proper synergy. | |
| VH Audio Vcaps My experience with Chris is that he is often slow in answering email, this seems to be a one man operation. I've often wished for more speedy replies and a phone number. Still, he has quality products which are worth the small delays. | |
| Treating a small room with diffusers? I agree with Bpape. My experience with diffusors is when too close they tend to act as absorption, deaden the sound, definitely need space to spread out the sound. I also agree that in a smaller room bass control is the first place to start, this ... | |
| Anyone familiar w brining speakers in from Canada I agree with Commcat, having a German passport will likely set you up for scrutiny at US border. I've had a number of bad experiences traveling with foreigners with Visas at US border. Save yourself the hassle, get them shipped or get a US citizen... | |
| Trade offs? My experience has been increases in system resolution comes in two phases. The first phase often involves increased resolution that may sound more analytical and unforgiving. The second phase is all about refinement of that increased resolution, t... | |
| Is cable synergy important? No absolutes here, whatever works, works. | |
| ps audio perfect wave transport Every DAC buffers and reclocks input. Jitter is reintroduced in digital cables, the HDMI design should have lowest jitter. Less jitter should result in better sonics, less reconstruction for DAC clock. Even PS Audio admits as much, claiming the HD... | |
| The Economy.. will hi end audio mfgs lower prices? Demand should be dropping, ie. prices should follow. I can't imagine anyone wanting to pay retail in this economic climate. I look at present retail prices as set for a bubble market, retail should absolutely be reset for a depreciated market, the... | |
| Opinions on vintage cj amps and Teflon cap mods I'm with you on keeping the amps. I find my CJ amp a keeper in it's own right, I like it just because it offers a sound unlike the more modern tube amps I've owned or own. I don't agree that Teflon caps are the only way to go, Jantzen Superior Z ... | |
| VH Audio Vcaps Willster, duh, I totally forgot about that. I've previously burned in caps using that method, still only good for higher voltage rated caps. Duelunds don't need burn in, sound totally natural from the get go, I can't imagine a better cap. | |
| Opinions on vintage cj amps and Teflon cap mods I'm planning on capacitor upgrades to my CJ MV-55. I will use Jantzen Z-Superior Copper at the lower end of price scale, VH Audio V-Caps at higher end.Based on my experience, either of these caps should provide the improvements you're looking for,... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster vs. Pro-ject RM10 Stanwall, that's interesting, I suspect the thick rubber washer is acting a bit like a suspension, re-introducing vibration back into tt. I'm going to try taking my rubber washers off, wonder why Harry uses them?I've been thinking of using Aurios ... | |
| I could cry Scottht, you may have been kidding, but we can't read your mind. Pets have been known to suffer for these sorts of things.And yeah, I'm an animal lover and can also laugh at the pet jokes!Another thing about cats, I sometimes think we're their pet... | |
| Does anyone or does everyone pay retail price? And mark-up is only part of it. Collecting sales taxes are an extra burden on the local dealer, 6% in my state. The local dealer doesn't have a chance with many of us. Add the 6% plus MSRP, I can usually get at least 15% plus the 6% sales tax from... |