terry9
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| Opinions wanted: 10-30K Speakers for Jazz/Folk Be sure to audition planar speakers. Personally, I’m into Quad ESL arrays. 2905 / 2912 described as clarity without edge - but also, no head-banging volume. YMMV | |
| members and their systems @bigkidz "You cannot buy the sound from a component that you can learn to build on your own."Too right. Who ever heard of a component using vacuum capacitors? Just for example. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? Thanks Bill. | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? @billstevenson Hello Bill. To which other cartridges are you comparing the Hyperion, please? I ask because I'm considering one. | |
| Speaker Suggestions/Opinions Suggest you audition planar speakers. Different sound, but can deliver what you say you want. | |
| Your shipping wrecks. USPS,FED-EX and UPS Surprise!Excellent service from UPS! I called them to pick up some loosely packed items, they repacked, then delivered the next business day, no hassle. Could it be they’ve seen the light? Or is this just the locals? | |
| Vinyl cleaning - Ultrasonic vs. Walker products Thing about cheap US units is, well, they’re cheap. They may not be very powerful, they may not distribute the energy very well, they may not even meet spec. Just sayin’.I suggest that you rent or borrow a VPI 16.5 and clean the lot. Then select w... | |
| Building a house Absolute Sound, not Stereophile, my mistake. | |
| Building a house Completed my two channel listening room a bit over a year ago. The quality of silence is surprising; guests remarked upon it as soon as they entered, in pre-Covid days.Dimensions. Snake oil abounds. Fortunately, the real science has been done, at ... | |
| Sota or Technics Don’t listen to anyone pushing either solution. Everyone hears differently. How you hear, and you alone, must determine which sounds better. To you. For the record, I prefer belt drive, but YMMD.Audition, audition, audition! | |
| Remarkably better sound possible with just 1 system component change? Another possibility is to upgrade the components in your speaker crossovers. Not change the values. Change the quality.Few speaker manufacturers spend much on crossover components. You can make a HUGE difference in sound by upgrading capacitors (t... | |
| Will Step Up Transformer Improve the Sound Quality? More noise? Less noise if you shield carefully and keep AC far away. Or so it seems to me.Of course if you put an SUT near a high voltage power supply you are asking for trouble. | |
| Will Step Up Transformer Improve the Sound Quality? Like everything else, it depends.First thing is how your phono stage is made. Some have lots of gain built in, and are nevertheless quiet - when I DIYed my phono/pre, I built in lots of gain, and spent time and money to make it quiet. Dead quiet. ... | |
| Top down or bottom up? Just asking... Best damn room I ever had was in the cheapest room in a cheap hotel.I was caught at night in a Nevada sand storm, barely able to see the hotel's neon sign from the road. They were full, but they put us up in the lobby. Under the circumstances, bes... | |
| The best TT system for under 30K Sympathy. And good luck to you and yours. |