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| Rega Planar 3 : Heavily upgraded yet produces a sound that I don't like The main problem with upgrading a rega is using non rega parts on them. They are designed to where every main part has a different resonance and when you mess with them they can have serious side effects. The other thing is when you get one right ... | |
| Strange thing happened ... It is crazy how the smallest detail or problem can cause something like that i had the same problem with a bad speaker wire. The great thing is that you found the problem and could fix it so easily. | |
| Does Age Matter? Both are great in their own way. The key is trying to find the good recordings on both that really make your system sing. I am 48 and have never had a preference it is the great recordings that matter no matter what technology they were on. | |
| Still Need Help Try to isolate the subs on their own base that decouples them from the floor to remove the floor excitement they are creating. A good way to do this is to use a slab of stone under the subs. It is effective and relatively cheap and painless to imp... | |
| Anybody added a full vinyl setup to system? And? Adding a turntable can be wonderful because you have access to a lot of recordings that never made it to digital. The main thing is to find the great records to play that sound good and that is the battle. The recordings are all over the place but... | |
| 16 ohm speakers: any amp sounds better with more resolution. speaker cables less critical. A 16 ohm speaker was designed for high efficiency and damping when the amps did not have high damping factors because of high output impedance so they made the speakers that way to control the sound themselves and not rely on an amp to do it for t... | |
| Looking For Best Headphones The best is what sounds the best on your head and what is the most comfortable on your head while they play the kind of music you want to hear because if they are good for you, you will not want to take them off. | |
| Need help Grado phones are an excellent choice i have three pairs of them also you should check out sennheiser and beyerdynamic in the 500 dollar or so range they all can provide good sound and a lot of listening pleasure. | |
| Vintage equipment sounds awesome I totally agree that going back 30 or more years will get you better sound my best sound that i have ever obtained are with the designs that were made in the fifties when they say golden age of high fidelity they meant it. You will discover a whol... | |
| Dahlquist speaker models, question/experience and today The real sleeper of the Dahlquist line is the dq8 the 8 inch two way it is a lot of speakers for the money in a small to medium sized room and you can get them for not much money but be sure to bring a good high current solid state amp to the party. | |
| Speaker sensitivity vs SQ High sensitivity speakers cost more to make and lets not forget that higher efficiency speakers with higher impedance cost even more to make but it all comes down to good quality design for any speaker to make them perform and sound good you will ... | |
| High end Class D amps? You want to find a good quality class a a/b amplifier because class d amplifiers come with a list of sound quality issues especially in the midrange and above. You can find very good amplifiers at not unreasonable prices this way and get much bett... |