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| Beautiful Colored Tube Preamp ($10k budget) to Pair w/ Very Accurate Monitors (PSI A25M) Sorry, I meant to say Shindo not Shinzo. Damn spellcheck. | |
| Great Interview- I don’t know if they look down high-end audio as much as, just like with the majority of the general public, they just don’t give a damn about it and thus remain ignorant about it. I know and have played with many musicians, and only two had decen... | |
| Free Tip for Jumpers @daveyf This involves using jumpers while simultaneously using true bi-wired cables. Not sure if that was clear. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? That's one problem with digital - nothing to do with it but listen. That’s not really true — I spend many hours exploring worlds of wonderful new music/artists I’ve never heard before, and then there are all those great playlists I need to go t... | |
| MQA....again. MQA sounds very much like the turntable debate. I don’t get this analogy at all — Venus and Mars to me. | |
| Beautiful Colored Tube Preamp ($10k budget) to Pair w/ Very Accurate Monitors (PSI A25M) Some that come to mind are Shinzo, Zanden, Allnic, and Cary. The right interconnects can obviously also help, and Acoustic Zen Absolute Copper, certain Cardas models, and Kubala-Sosna might be some worth exploring. Hope this helps, and best of luck. | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Once you own a streamer, you just plug in and go, there really isn't much involvement. With a TT, you can spend unlimited time and money tinkering with it. Needles, cartridges, pre-amps, tone arms, etc... @mswale You just reminded me why my TT... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? Now, you are changing this to "sounds different". In this case you have to consider the entire chain. @mikhailark No! My only point from the start was refuting your assertion that there’s no benefit to spending more than $2k on a streamer. That... | |
| Which has a greater influence on sound quality, the amp or the preamp? I’m not an engineer, but my uneducated guess is that the harder the speaker is to drive the more the amp matters in terms of sound quality. My speakers are a relatively easy load and I hear bigger differences between preamps than amps, which woul... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? I said everyone is free to spend their money the way that want. They are also free to think what they want. They may even disagree with professionals. Their choice. But stream is exactly the same in $1K streamer (actually, in $50 streamer) as it ... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? No, I don’t buy $$$ power cables either. I know physics. What is your point? @mikhailark My point is simply that more expensive streamers can and do sound much better than a $2k streamer while you think a $2k streamer sounds as good as pricier ... | |
| Would you still pay $10k or more for a turntable not full analog front end these days ? @mikhailark If you wanna believe a $2k streamer sounds as good as a $6k+ unit from Innuos, Aurender, Grimm, etc., well, suffice it to say you’re in the vast minority here. There are many, many very experienced audiophiles here who’ve happily and e... | |
| Interconnect priority Agree with all the above — closer to the source is more important. | |
| New preamp or up grade my cartridge and or phono amp? @groovey I’ve only used the hybrid Rogue Medusa amp in my system so can’t opine much, but the Cronos gets great reviews so it’s a good bet you’re gonna be happy, and Rogue’s customer service is outstanding. Unfortunately I know precisely zero abo... | |
| Free Tip for Jumpers The effect is astounding, with greater focus, detail and less haze and grain. Yup, I’ve been doing this for years in my bi-wire configuration due to the urging of Chris Sommovigo from Black Cat, Stereovox, Stereolab, etc. and have experienced t... |