vinylvalet
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| Whats the best sounding tube cd player up until now? Vintage or newer. One of the best sounding CD player / DACs I've heard (tube or solid state) is the Black Ice Audio Transport DAC (tube output stage). I think the retail price is very reasonable considering the sound quality. Unfortunately, they are backordered for... | |
| Lack of popularity of Chord??? Chord cables and Chord Electronics are two entirely different companies. Can be confusing since both are imported by the same US distributor. | |
| Phono cartridge @deadhead1000 Excellent advice. | |
| ATC and Loki Avoiding questions asked by posing other questions is typical on these forums. | |
| ATC and Loki BTW, another equalization option is a very good sounding 6SN7 based line stage with useful equalization, especially in the bass region and fun spatial controls both of which can be bypassed. Black Ice Audio Fusion F360. They also offer these circu... | |
| ATC and Loki Who are they? Which ones have you auditioned, set up and powered properly?Exaggerated bass at any volume, which will compromise sound quality at higher volumes, is not the solution.For those that can not or will not solve the problem properly, I w... | |
| New Stereo Times review on CODA CSiB Integrated Amplifier I agree with your plan completely. The only reason I don't own a No. 16 amp is because I can't lift it. Oh, and I don't have an amp stand big enough but that's easily solved.Happy listening. | |
| ATC and Loki "The downside to low level listening to accurate speakers is a lack of bass."I respectfully disagree. I suppose you've auditioned all the "accurate" speakers available today. Just because good active speakers, made by folks that also serve the rec... | |
| Music for setting up speakers Oops, forgot the link:https://www.getbettersound.com/ | |
| Music for setting up speakers In the book Get Better Sound, Jim Smith uses The Chieftains Tears of Stone. He cites specific passages and what the specific goal is for that passage. It's a long, tedious process most expensive audio equipment owners won't perform for various rea... | |
| Considering a POSSIBLE replacement for speakers. Opinions? You'll need two subs for proper stereo reproduction.It's very risky purchasing speakers without an audition. All the above recommendations are someone else's ears, components and room. The number one mistake folks make is purchasing the wrong spea... | |
| Best Integrated Amp (for me) Rega IO or Brio new. Or Rega Elex-R used. | |
| The Exogal saga continued.... Pathetic way to run a business and this one will soon fail. Anyone considering an Exogel purchase, new or used, should think twice. My sympathies to the OP.I firmly believe that character of the principles and the service provided by the company a... | |
| What process did you use to integrate multiple subwoofers for 2 channel listening? Jim Smith's Get Better Sound book has a good chapter on setting subwoofers for stereo music reproduction. He mentions some things I haven't seen mentioned in this thread.https://www.getbettersound.com/ | |
| Actual Lead Time on Tekton Speakers Mapman, 100% correct. |