swampwalker
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| What should I upgrade? AKG 701s are very good, for sure. My thinking is that OP is on a budget, likes the Senn sound. The 580s (and 590s I think) are considered very very close to the 600s and are much less expensive. That might enable the OP to get a headphone amp, as ... | |
| What should I upgrade? The HRTs are very very good, a real value leader, but given your budget constraints, you might want to consider a DAC/headphone amp combo. If you like the Senn sound, the 580s are considered very nearly as good as the 600 or 650 and much cheaper. | |
| What should I upgrade? If your primary mode of listening is headphones, I would upgrade them AND get a stand along headphone amp. Give us a budget and we can be more specific w recommendations. | |
| Simple & Cheap Way to Cut Turntable Vibrations Did you really just say that, Bifwynne? | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? Sorry, Mapman. I misunderstood. I thought you were suggesting to get one just to test the theory. My bad. | |
| Everything about this is wrong... I suspect that back in the day, they never thought about 180 gm or 200 gm records. | |
| Everything about this is wrong... There is a video on youtube. Not sure if its from 57s4 me, but here is the link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qORTH_QaKs | |
| Amazing "tightening" of bass on cone speakers Otherwise just go by feel.And remember that the tightness scale is as follows:A little looseSnugTightVery TightTotally Loose!! | |
| Joseph Audio Pearls? "I believe the Pearls were in the VPI/VAS room in a 3 channel setup."That is correct. | |
| Bass leaves after amp warms up? The naked autoformers are a lot less than $1K, IIRC. I'm going to discourage buying an amp w the intention of using it as a test vehicle and then returning it. It's not ethical and contributes to the difficulty in getting items for legitimate home... | |
| Anyone going to the NY Audio show today to Sunday what impressed me most was how LOW the performance to price ratio was in just about every room. I heard very few systems that really sounded good to my ears and many VERY expensive systems that sounded pretty darn lousy.Agree, Dodgealum, but I was... | |
| Shipping Help Consider heavyweight wardrobe boxes from U-Haul. Agree w using rigid foam but want to add a couple of caveats:1. Reinforce the corners before you put in the foam sheets.2. Make sure that the speaker and the foam CANNOT MOVE AT ALL inside the box. ... | |
| Joseph Audio Pearls? The two times I heard them at shows they always sounded very good. Good speaker for sure, but also good set-up and ancillary equipment. | |
| Anyone going to the NY Audio show today to Sunday All you gotta do is listen and you'll understand why Coincident gets mentioned. | |
| Can I tweak L-R balance by differntial biasing? Don c55- I had not thought of that. I do have 10 dB Rothwell attenuators. I'll try that but I believe the difference is not that great. |