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| What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days? I use Stabilant 22 contact treatment (it is not a contact cleaner). Stabilant 22’s primary function is preventing or slowing oxidation. Important for inaccessible avionics, etc. There’s no BS marketing with this product. It does what it’s supposed... | |
| Audio Mirror Tubadour III tube rolling I rolled some Siemens, Mullard and Amperex 6922 as well as a highly regarded Russian 6N1P, but ultimately decided the best tubes were those Vlad originally supplied. | |
| An Inspired Meeting: Haynes and Scofield jam on Allman Bros' "Dreams" Thank you for this thread! Just a tremendous performance. Massive John Scofield fan. | |
| Marantz SA10 sacd player Jafant I am choosing stereo rehab here in Chicago. This was recommended by TVAD. They will assessed the player in front of me.Thats how they do it. When I visited Stereo Rehab with my brother, who needed some service on his late 1980s Panasonic... | |
| Quite a few Bricasti M21 DACs for sale cheap I would say the Delta Sigma DACs in the M1 Series II and M21 sound identical to me. The M21 has a ladder DAC, which sounds marginally different than the Delta Sigma, so it’s an additional option for the listener. The M1 has many more filter op... | |
| Listening position/speaker position He suggested that I put the speakers in the middle of the room and move the listening position against the wall... Moving the listening position against the wall puts you in a room bass mode. Putting the speakers in the middle of the room place... | |
| Quite a few Bricasti M21 DACs for sale cheap I recently added a Bricasti M21 to my system. The M21’s ladder DAC is an interesting option to have. I have to say, comparing the M21 to my M1 Series II shows how close the two Delta Sigma DACs are in every aspect. The M1 Series II is for sale, b... | |
| Any one measured the EMI/RFI attenuation performance of audiophile power conditioners? If you can find a way to correlate sound quality to specifications- especially EMI reduction specs, more power to you. This is an important point. I may be the only one in these threads to have owned an OnFilter EMI filter, and it absolutel... | |
| Quite a few Bricasti M21 DACs for sale cheap Bricasti can upgrade their DACs to current specs. Current spec would include new display (red dot display is the older version), and current MDX (relatively inexpensive). Having both i2S and LAN inputs is not standard spec (at least it’s not shown... | |
| Audio Note DAC Owners- please share your thoughts I have a partial Audio Note system that has gone through various iterations over the years since 2008. My system is on the Systems Page. In 2020/2021, I did a DAC search in which I had a pretty good selection of DACs in my listening room for exte... | |
| Tube rolling Audio Note DACs It’s hard to beat TungSol 6x5GT in Audio Note components, but I understand the quest. There’s an excellent Audio Note thread on Steve Hoffman Forums with a solid cadre of AN owners. Tube rolling is often discussed. You might search that thread fo... | |
| OCD mickey website and negativity. Respectfully, Audio Note dealers are happy to explain in granular detail what’s inside the boxes, and explain why what’s inside matters. They are also generally amenable to removing the covers to show prospective buyers the circuitry. Audio Note ... | |
| You want a DAC that sounds *different.* What factor helps you find it? Over the past year or so, I have either owned or had extensive in-home auditions of the following DACs: Audio Mirror Tubadour IV SE Audio Note 3.1x/II Balanced Bricasti M3 Bricasti M1 SE EMM Labs DV2 Holo Audio May KTE Mola Mola Tambaqui R... | |
| Audio Mirror Preamplifier I am a past owner of an Audio Mirror Tubadour III SE DAC and Reflection 45 SET amplifiers, so I have intimate familiarity with the house sound of Vlad’s components, which is extended, holographic and pleasantly on the warmer side of neutral withou... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? @prof, you have proven yourself to be an ethical, moral, and forgiving person. This has been an enjoyable, uplifting thread. Thank you. |