stevewharton
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| Power cable from wall socket to power strip +1 on the Puritan products I do not have the power conditioner but have recently upgraded to their Puritan Ultimate power cord on my PS Audio Power Plant with very favorable results Here's the feedback that I sent the distributor after installin... | |
| Tip for purchase new power cable I personally have had good success with power cables over the years without breaking the bank Over the last 10 years I've transitioned from stock, to PS Audio, to Audio Insight, to Morrow and most recently Puritan Each step provided incremental ... | |
| Used PS Audio Items This does not reflect any of my experiences with PS Audio or their equipment, and feel compelled to share the other side of the coin I've had at least 2 pieces of PS Audio equipment in my system(s) since 1992 and have only experienced one failure... | |
| Do my ears deceive me?? Many great suggestions already made I tend to agree that if you're thinking EQ is the answer then your problem is in the electronics food chain not the speakers A speaker that I have not seen mentioned as an upgrade path is Texton While a polar... | |
| What are your top 3 favorite female singers? Lots of great artists mentioned Per the stats on my streaming subscriptions Here are the top 3 female singers that I played in 2022 Linda Ronstadt Sheryl Crow Janis Joplin | |
| Analogue v. Digital...again (Washington Post) +1 on the American way and capitalism All these opinions are merely data points and incumbent upon each of us to trust but verify before reacting I can only say my personal experience is different than his I've got near 500 albums from the 70s ... | |
| Roger Waters and Graham Nash on The Band. @bdp24 Greedy bastard indeed, well said Too many stories of mismanagement and financial abuse over the decades A long soiled history in the industry of hustlers and legal sharks filling their bank accounts from the creative minds of the artists ... | |
| Roger Waters and Graham Nash on The Band. +1 for the movie Once Were Brothers I recall a story about the publishing royalties on the song The Weight Dylan 25%, Albert Grossman 25% and the members of The Band divided the remaining 50% And while normal protocol of the times, just seemed ... | |
| Audio Rack Opinions +1 on Timbernation Salamander Design in CT Both are good products and prices that will not break the bank | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Lots of military stories in the mix, here's another It was 1980 and I was in Cherry Point NC at a USMC airbase, bought mine from a pawn shop in Havelock NC Sansui integrated amp and preamp, oddly a stand alone Sansui AM/FM tuner, a 12 band Sansu... | |
| Silver Speaker Cables I'm going to suggest a speaker cable that's silver in name only Take a look at the Silversmith Fidelium When I put them in my system the benefits were immediate and significant Somewhat akin to hearing my entire music catalog in a fresh and ne... | |
| How good does my system have to be to realize an improvement with cables? +1 on the ~10% general guideline Lots of variables in the equation and there appears to be no ceiling in the upper end cost Though there are are some price performer gems, while not the best sounding cable, that still sound great and provide be... | |
| Best Dedicated Streamer +1 on the Sonore products from Small Green Computer and the recommendation to put some effort to optimizing the home network If you can come off your network switch via fiber instead of cat6 is a road less traveled but has some distinct advantage... | |
| Best budget USB I have had great results with this USB cable IN-AKUSTIK Reference High Speed USB 2.0 It was hand picked by Small Green Computer that evaluated numerous other USB cables, some higher in cost and some lower The results of their eval was this is ... | |
| Did you notice.... My streamer sounds much better than my Audiolab 6000 CDT And while that's not a great transport, it's many steps better than a cheap CD player Easy SQ choice for me, add on the convenience of streaming and the music catalogs on Tidal and Qobuz, ... |