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| Affordable Grounding +1 on the Puritan GroundMaster. Short Review From Terry London of Stereo Times | |
| Affordable Grounding Lots of discussion of these devices, primarily DIY, here: DIY Ground Box Thread I haven't tried nor do I advocate these tweaks but if one were to do so, I'm guessing the improvement would be more substantial with one of these. A relative bargain... | |
| “My Qobuz” and favorites suddenly missing in Qobuz Everything Qobuz disappeared from my Roon yesterday. All back up today. | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy Oh yeah, forgot to mention as also recommended above, if you go push pull tube, IMHO, EL84s have always been my favorite given a sufficiently efficient speaker like yours. For example, the Manley Stingray would be killer with your speakers. You c... | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy Pass is solid state. With that said, if you go solid state, the Coda S5.5 will be your best bet. Long thread elsewhere on this forum which I've linked. Many happy users including myself. I've had decades of experience with low powered tube ampli... | |
| Primaluna tube rolling 12AU7 Notes Thanks for the nice summary. | |
| Mogami 2549 (Standard) vs 2534 (Quad) etc Another 2549 fan. I build custom lengths for use in our (my sons and I) production/recording studios. I've built others for audiophile friends and they are happy as well. | |
| Weiss 204 Dac or LTA Audio Aero Dac as an upgrade from Chord Qutest Dac I've found these to be equal or superior to products like SBooster which are often rebranded and price elevated Chinese power supplies anyway. I'm currently using six across different applications in both my consumer stereo and professional produc... | |
| Has a Power Conditioner Improved Your Sound? Over the past 40 years or so, some have and some haven't improved the sound quality. The most obvious difference has always been in my recording and production studio vs my consumer stereo systems. I'm currently using Puritan Audio products acro... | |
| Least expensive plug-in power conditioner that works Check the other used equipment site for sale items. | |
| Worst To First: The True Story Of Z100 New York (Documentary) Thanks. Even though it's not a station I would listen to back in the day, I still enjoyed the documentary. From an audio standpoint, looks to be the beginnings of the loudness wars (max compression). At the time, I had a first class FCC license, ... | |
| A non-subjective recommendation for the Puritan PSM156 I've used them standing up. A vertical stand sold by Puritan, retail $100, provides much more stability. I've used them upside-down when using ifi iPowerX power supplies. Mechanical isolation of your choice always results in a small improvement i... | |
| Best and Worst customer service? I've been in this hobby for about 50 years. Hands down, worst service ever was Shanling of China. They've had a long history of reliability issues and have very little interest in customer support. | |
| Ebay selling my missing amplifier Long story short. A good friend had a bunch of his vintage, left handed basses stolen from his Long Beach, CA home. He filed a local police report. His favorite was a 60s Vox teardrop shaped bass. Over the next several years, he'd check on eBay fo... | |
| The new Coda S5.5 amplifier: It's a "Petite Beast"! @hickamore You're welcome. After doing a lot of research, Widex appears to be the top choice among music lovers and musicians. They are certainly an improvement over my previous expensive hearing aids, Siemens Signia. I hope they work out well fo... |