spacecadet65
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| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? @tomic601 Where are these available for $1400? MSRP is almost $1900... | |
| Does the Vandersteen 1C Hold Up to Modern Standards? Thanks for all of the advice folks. I forgot to mention that I have a Schiit Modius D/A and the system runs fully balanced. I'm not sure that it helps much over the D/A that is in the BlueSound Node. But the suggestion from @audiotroy has not been... | |
| Why People Like Tekton I had a pair of Tekton Impact Monitors. They are everything that the manufacturer states. I function-forward design using a unique approach to multi-driver arrays. I don't understand what people are talking about when they say that the build quali... | |
| What are your favorite recordings that sound best to you? I don't know if it's one of the best recordings - but I recently went back and listened to the John Williams recording on the original Jaws theme from 1975. I was shocked at how good the dynamics, soundstage, and impact were captured. | |
| Solid state amp recommendations for Maggies? You may want to consider the PS Audio M1200 monoblocks. I don't own them myself, but I have a close friend who has larger Maggies and pairs them with a tube pre and the result is a sense of immediacy and effortlessness dynamics that is very impres... | |
| 60 Hz Hum from Powered Sub I'm with you @yogiboy!G | |
| 60 Hz Hum from Powered Sub It definitely "developed" the hum. It has been in the same location for about 6 months and it's just begun making the noice in the past 2-3 weeks. From all of the comments collectively, it would appear that the amp has caps that are failing. I'm n... | |
| 60 Hz Hum from Powered Sub OK. So I was wrong about one thing. The permanently attached power cable is a 2-prong, polarized version, where you can't invert it in the wall socket. So there was no way to use a cheater plug to get out of this. @jea48: It is definitely the midd... | |
| 60 Hz Hum from Powered Sub Thanks Miller! Great advice.G | |
| 60 Hz Hum from Powered Sub Will do! Why does that work? Sorry, I'm an electrical noob here...G | |
| TEKTON IMPACT MONITORS I had a pair of Impact Monitors. They were not my cup of tea. I heard none of the magic that others report from the seven driver array. But that's ME in MY room with MY electronics. Hats off to others that love them.On the modification of professi... | |
| Actual Lead Time on Tekton Speakers I’m also +1 @woodsage however if you did not use PayPal and are on your own, you have to decide what your end goal is here. If you find that you’re done dealing with Tekton you may just want to contact a lawyer in Orem, UT, send them your document... | |
| What DAC upgrade made you say “DAMN, that sounds SO MUCH better than my last DAC”? A short money upgrade can be buying a linear power supply for any of the less expensive 5V DACs that come with an inexpensive wall wart. I got a pretty good one on Amazon for about $85 that made a significant improvement over the stock supply that... | |
| Best sub for music, This is a great thread! Thanks for the OP and the contributors. Right now I can't spring for a second sub for my main system. But I have one pretty good one in another system that I can add to my main system. Does mixing different sub brands/model... | |
| Actual Lead Time on Tekton Speakers Seriously Miller? I continue to be amused how folks whose ideas are the most banal can’t help but condescend to others. Make no mistake, I live and learn. This is just is not one of those times. |