vinylshadow
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| Tracking down a hum. Try using a cheater plug on the preamp. Could be something else but that's the cheapest option to try. | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier @patrickdowns A high end cable maker I recommended them to bought a pair of Seismic platforms for his expensive speakers. This gentleman has exquisite ears. He has to as a cable maker. He was floored by the difference the podiums made. He wrote ... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier @patrickdowns I've recently purchased it after reading several reviews and talking to John Hannant at Townshend. I am still in the middle of a big system upgrade including the ASR Basis phono pre and many Townshend cables and Seismic Isolation... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier Townshend Allegri Reference Passive Preamp + ASR Basic Exclusive Battery powered Phono Preamp. Congratulations. You just made Nirvana. | |
| Looking for Turntable Reccomendations Origin Live Sovereign. | |
| Speaker cable recommendations Straight Wire Crescendo 3's. Or a used pair of original Crescendo's. | |
| Best set-up under $20K Pair of used 92.5 dB sensitivity JM Lab/Focal Mezzo Utopia's and a pair of Jeff Rowland Model 12 Monoblocks(if you can find a pair!). Speakers will be at 4 ohms Impedance and amps at 350W @ 4 ohms. I seriously doubt you'll be able to beat that ... | |
| Ethernet connection for best sound quality @ron1264 Thank you for your feedback. I've heard the Empire was as you experienced. Best of luck with your business opportunity! | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @erik_squires Why thank you. Thank you very much. | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough No I won't find any chokes. The designer ran through everything with me. Please don't comment on something you know nothing about. 😁 | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough Sorry, current. My Gray was an old model from 2008. The Gray had chokes. Chokes compress dynamics I've been told. I have a 30A dedicated line connected to my Uber Buss power conditioner with a 30A Neutrik connector. My UBER Buss does a better j... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough Isn't it so that depending on their specs, MOV's can "clip" those occasional transient peaks of current to your amps so your speakers can not express those flash cymbal crashes for example. That's the reason that I pulled my Richard Gray MOV pow... | |
| Why whole house surge protectors are not enough @audioman58 Is this the Seimens that you have? Siemens FS140 Whole House Surge Protection. It's the one I have. I've read it's the best whole house one available. Unsure of its clamping voltage...I had a Richard Gray 1200S at my stereo rack b... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! mgrif104 259 posts 08-22-2023 at 07:07pm As far as build quality, I think Aurender is best in class at most any price point. Nothing out there beats a Mytek Empire. | |
| TRAVELING TO JAPAN! Recommendations for shops for cartridges? Miyajima! |