tweaknkeep
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| What kind of listening chair I put my speakers on the ground. That way, I don't need a chair. I bought a lot of extra music with the money I saved on both speaker stands and a chair. According to Stereophile, you should have more money invested in the music collection than in... | |
| o.k anybody know anything about shm-cd they claim there indistinguishable from the master? My system is quite resolving and SHM, Blu Spec CD2, XRCD, Ultra HD CD, UHQCD, and MFSL all sound better than the original versions. My only limitation in sharing my experience is that I'm not an EE guy, nor do I know the physics of how laser light... | |
| What’s the most badass $2k amp I can get? PS Audio Stellar M700 monoblocks | |
| Emotiva equipmet, how good is it? The short answer is, excellent. I have the Emotiva 1L monoblocks and the XSP-1 preamp going on three years now. I made a few simple modifications: upgraded the fuses in all three boxes and upgraded the binding posts in the blocks to Furutechs. My ... | |
| Best audio companies and dealers Emotiva located in Franklin, TN. They give you a 5 year warranty and are happy to discuss any issues you think you may have. Joe Laliberte (repairs) is the best. As an aside, I have their XPA-1L monoblocks (discontinued) driving KEF LS/50s and the... | |
| Starting off the New Year 2018 @rockadanny My New Year's audio resolution (sorry for the pun) is to relax and explore my music collection---pure and simple. I spent the past two years building my system and listening to the same 10 cds over and over after each new tweak or upgr... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC My dac is the PS Audio DirectStream Junior and I'm getting fantastic results with footers from anvilturntables.com.Looks like a hockey puck with small magnetic balls underneath. You can fine tune the tension by adding or removing balls | |
| WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC? In addition to clean electricity (think dedicated lines, good receptacles and power cords), room acoustics (think ASC Tube Traps and quadratic diffusors), footers are indispensable for addressing microphonics. I've tried Herbie's footers and they ... | |
| Ever Bought an Audio Product that was Stupid Good for the Money? Emotiva XPA-1L monoblocks, about $850 for the pair. The first 35 watts are pure Class A. Every tweak I throw at the system, and I seem to find one every week, yields better sq. So, I have not yet found the limits of the system. The blocks drive a ... | |
| What commerical audio system tweaks provide sound quality improvement?? Three additional tweaks are a) cryo-treating cables and equipmentb) footers from Anvilturntablesc) replacing amp binding posts (or iec ac inlets) with silver or rhodium plated pieces | |
| Anvil Turntables Alloy Convertible turntable with new magnetic footer Oops, my mistake, price is $295/three. | |
| Tinnitus remedy? I have tinnitus and see no relationship between it and drinking coffee. I stopped drinking coffee about 6 weeks ago, but the tinnitus has not improved. My conclusion is that you can have your coffee and drink it too. | |
| Anvil Turntables Alloy Convertible turntable with new magnetic footer I concur with the quality of the footers. I use a set of three Anvil Turntable magnetic footers under my PS Audio Direct Stream cdp and dac (stacked) and the results are fantastic. I upgraded from Herbie's Audio Lab Iso balls which, at their price... | |
| Elevating subwoofer about two feet off the floor Okay, coming back full circle to the beginning of the question: is it useful to elevate the sub? I bought a full round ASC tube trap that measures 20" diameter and 30" high. I placed the trap just to the right side of the right channel KEF LS50 mo... | |
| Best significant upgrade? Dac? Preamp? I second the motion to spend money on room acoustics before spending more on equipment. It is 50% of SQ. You can find used ASC tube traps from time to time on eBay, or try locally. I treated my room and it was a significant upgrade. Now that my ro... |