stevecham
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| Mytek Vs Wyred4Sound DACs Haven't compared but own a DAC2 and am extremely satisfied with the performance. Very warm and smooth with satisfying staging. | |
| Sutherland 20/20 v Manley Chinook I owned the Chinook and then an opportunity to purchase a Steelhead presented itself. I would say the Chinook is about 85%-90% the overall sonic performance of the Steelhead, without the tops and whistles, of course. I have not heard the Sutherlan... | |
| Problems with Mapleshade cables Say what you want about Mapleshade, but at least the company has the courage, conviction and belief in the performance of its products to offer a 30 day money back. Name me other cable manufacturers willing to do that? Personally, I've owned most ... | |
| Phono stage rec for Rega P25 with ZYX R100-02H If you can stretch a little I suggest highly from personal experience (I owned two of these) the EAR 834P. | |
| Cleaning new/sealed records? Fact is even new records sounds better, especially in the highs, when cleaned. | |
| Does anyone use a RUMBLE filter? Well, most of the problem comes from from the motocross profile of a record (I am not talking about the music in the groove) with per revolution warps and cross section undulations that cause the < 33.3 Hz rumble, and there is nothing that can ... | |
| just an observation for comment It depends, for instance I bought a few of the Hollies and Youngbloods mono vinyls on the Sundazed label and they are AMAZING for sonic quality. My guess is these masters were not run over as often as their stereo counterparts. | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Streaming my Brian Jonestown Massacre station from Pandora One | |
| Interesting presentation on sound I belive the "unpleasantness" often has to do with inferior filtering that is is or was used, both in the analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversions. We also now know more about, and how to control, processes such as jitter and pre-ringin... | |
| VPI Direct Drive Turntable The increased performance will be assymptotic. Personally I stay away from this super high end stuff, because I can't afford it and even if I could, my sense is that it's not so much about the enjyoyment of music as it is about the enjoyment of kn... | |
| Album of the year Rush - Clockwork Angels | |
| what is my system's weakest link? Those Thiels would benefit from, and you would know it immediately, an amp supplying them with a stouter power supply. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea or Manley Steelhead I owned a Rhea for three years and enjoyed it very much, except for the tube rush. Recently I upgraded to a Steelhead and it is more coherent, detailed and dynamic. Don't get me wrong the Rhea is no slouch and until recently was the finest tubed p... | |
| Best tube preamp with remote under $2000 used Or consider a Manley Jumbo Shrimp. | |
| sotm sms 1000 vs wyred 4 sound ms 2 ? I have a WFS DAC2 and it is very warm and analog sounding, has a great power supply and acts like a preamp.You wouldn't be disappointed. |