sumaato
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| A lot of hype about PS Audio, deservedly so ? I also live just around the corner from PS Audio in Boulder and (Johnkent3) I also recently purchased their new Stellar S300. I agree, it's a fantastic amplifier. I'm going back for the DAC/preamp too. PS Audio is a great place to visit...the vib... | |
| Shopping for Interconnects I'm very happy with Virtue Audio Nirvana interconnects (within your budget):https://store.virtueaudio.com/product-p/vrtu-ic-nrv.htmPreviously I had a mix of Audioquest, Kimber and Bluejeans,I recently re-cabled my whole system with these, includin... | |
| Phono cartridge advice BTW, my Shure V15 was fitted with the JICO SAS. | |
| Phono cartridge advice I ran a Shure V15/IV for years, happily.I tried an Ortofon Quintet Black MC and was immediately satisfied that I had made a major upgrade in all respects. | |
| stereo for the joy of it - can records be cleaned? You don't need much technology to clean your records....this is what I would do in your situation...cheaply:--Use warm clean water and a sponge to gently soften the debris--Pass the record through a Spin Clean washer, let it dry--Thinly spread Elm... | |
| Need New MM Cartridge Recommendation There are a lot of vintage options out there for you, for which very high quality new stylii are available. There have been a lot of positive reviews written over the years about Shure MM cartridges and JICO stylii, for good reason. It took a $100... | |
| Rega RP8 Clearaudio Concept Wood or...? i've run a Pro-ject 2 Xperience acryl, 9c arm with a Shure V15 Jico SAS on it for years. So far, I've found this to be a great affordable quality table and it gives terrific sound. I added a heavy puck-it record weight and a Speedbox S, which both... | |
| Best imaging and sounding bookshelf speaker Stirling ls3/5a v2. Nothing I've ever heard creates a realistic image of musicians in a performance space like these do. They are also sensitive to all kinds of fun tweaking with cables, tubes, stands (particularly) and they yield a variety of ima... | |
| Looking for "realistic" speakers Stirling V2 ls3/5a.....I'm thinking about your requirement for realistic. Audio-people often throw darts at the well-known 'old-fashioned' traits of this speaker. But I have never heard more realistic timbres, nuance and decay as I experience with... | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a Mapman, I'm glad you talked about low volume performance....that's important to me. I'm encouraged to pursue this direction now. Is it a better idea to purchase new MMG or, there is a pair of SMGa locally for sale here, at about half the price of ... | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a Thanks, Mapman...for clarifiying. I'm valuing timing and speed over magnitude presently.The LS3/5a are like...Costa Rica: lush, wet, abundant in color and vegetation.Humid atmosphere.For a second pair of speakers, I would like...Colorado: dry, cry... | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a Rpfef, thanks for your wisdom and your experience here. Yes, the LS3/5a won't be going anywhere...I need them for the very realistic instrumental timbral beauty that they can reproduce so beautifully. (I'm a musician).But, I'm a little confused...... | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a Are the dynamics of the planar vs a box speaker different from each other in quality? I don't mean 'slam'. I thought the MMG speakers could still exhibit good dynamics, but not visceral body 'slam', (because they radiate equally front and back).Ma... | |
| Maggie MMG versus Ls3/5a I suppose one could categorize the Ls3/5a as being detailed, refined and lush....so perhaps the contrast I'm looking for may suggest a tight, highly dynamic fast rocker! Do MMGs have that going on, or had I better look at something like the Tekton... | |
| Zu Omen or Tekton Lore Having read this thread carefully, of course I'm only able to 'imagine' the sound of the Lore-S. I'm attracted by everything I'm reading about them. My present speakers are British LS3/5a monitors on stands. I like classical orchestra and 50's jaz... |