swanny76109
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| Turntable Upgrade Suggestions @Redglobe: No never did hear the Jasmine. As I said in my post, I considered the Jasmine but ruled it out because it lacked balanced outputs and I did not want to get involved in upgrading a 500 item to get the performance upgrade I was after. Aga... | |
| Turntable Upgrade Suggestions I second Mordante's response above. I have the Classic 1 (which I like very much) and was running a PS Audio GCPH, similar in quality and price point to your Jasmine, I think. I thought the phono pre was holding me back and it seemed pretty clear ... | |
| Protecting Cords and Cables From Cats There are all sorts of cable management products that are already made just like you are suggesting and they have been out for years. Available at your Fry's store or Staples near you. Just sayin. | |
| Dick's Picks on Vinyl What an overpriced money grab. I will pass on these and I have been a sucker for lots of the Dead's reissues and much spent on tickets and touring back in the day. I can understand completely new material, but not this plan. Funny to see that they... | |
| What do audiophiles listen in their cars? Kids who whine and complain, or radio or CD otherwise. | |
| How Do Digital Amplifiers Clip? I have the bel cantos too. They have a soft clipping feature to smooth the waveform and cut output slightly as clipping approaches. I believe that feature is built into the B and O ICE module. Like mapman above I never run out of steam. I just kee... | |
| what did you purchase after PS AUDIO GCPH PHONO? I just upgraded to a Pass Labs XP15. Immense improvement in every way. Liquid three dimensional enveloping soundstage with incredible bass control. I always thought the GCPH was the weak link in my system and I now have no doubt. The more I work o... | |
| Rack/shelf for albums - suggestions please I built my own racks out of 12" pine, screwed together, screwed to the wall, using simple 1x4 as cleats. I put vertical dividers every few feet across each level to prevent sagging. I gave it all a light sanding but didn't finish it otherwise. It ... | |
| Digital Coax to XLR adapters? The input on your DAC is AES/EBU which is a balanced XLR connection, but intended for a digital signal at 110 ohms. Your coax input on your DAC and output on your CD player is a coax S/PDIF input, which is a 75 ohm digital signal. So no, you can't... | |
| Got addicted to White Stripes. Also check out the Raconteurs, his side project. They put out a couple albums. I saw them at Austin City Limits Festival when they were together and they simply rocked, with three guitarists. Good stuff. Jack White's Nashville record shop is calle... | |
| Cartridge for VPI Classic 3? Captain what was your setup for the xx2 with your classic arm to get the sra you got? I have my arm base running well below level, tipped down in the back and then run a fairly high vtf of about 2.17 on my classic 1. Alignment ans setup done with ... | |
| Taming edge from remastered CDs? Get a DAC that will lower jitter and provide a better algorithm for sampling along with a beefy power supply and clean analog conversion and output. That will get rid of the digital nasties. Your Denon is the weak link, IMHO. Like to see what othe... | |
| Traveler Vs TT15s1 vs? Secret guy, the Marantz is a good deal for the cartridge if you are a MM fan. But overall it's a lot of plastic and acrylic. It generated a TON of static especially in winter. And it gave a lot of feedback. Granted I was a newbie when I got it and... | |
| Dynavector Te Kaitora Rua loading My xx2 runs best at 100 ohms (the lowest offered by my PS Audio GCPH) but I have a new phono stage coming today (Pass XP15) that will allow many more loading adjustments around that point, as well as a higher gain option, so I am looking forward t... | |
| Traveler Vs TT15s1 vs? I had the marantz. Not too impressive. I now use a classic 1 and greatly prefer the Vpi. |