vuch
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| Are You A Disciplined Audiophile? I bought a Transparent Powerbank 6 when I got back into hifi five years ago. It was pretty cheap brand new from the dealer. I think it may be just a glorified surge protector? I've heard a lot of good things about the Puritan 156. | |
| What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good. I use the AudioQuest Cobalt Dragonfly with my laptop. It's really amazing! I'm also running an AudioQuest cable with it to the preamp. | |
| Planar Speakers and Diffusors I don't use planar speakers but I did just put in a diffuser. I wasn't expecting much but wow what a difference it made! I use mine on the front wall between the speakers. It sort of cleaned up the music. Enhanced separation between the instrume... | |
| OCD mickey website and negativity. @emergingsoul, Thanks. The Magma New tubes are quite a bit bigger than the Magma M tubes. The Magma New chassis is also taller than the M chassis. I’ve listened to a number of different tube amp designs. I prefer the SET topography best of the di... | |
| OCD mickey website and negativity. The NAT amps sound amazing. I just picked up the Magma M HRS mono's. I got home yesterday. I also own the 805 Generators, there's a picture of them in my virtual system. The Magma M's are single ended triode. The Generators are push pull triode. A... | |
| OCD mickey website and negativity. I’ve bought gear from Mikey. I went down to Atlanta to pick up the gear. I bought his used NAT Audio 805 Generator mono blocks and a NAT Audio Symmetrical Balanced Line Stage that he coordinated the sale from one of his existing customers. I picke... | |
| Volume levels I always wondered why vinyl seemed quieter than CD's? Great responses from you guys, @cleeds , etc. Back in the day when we had cassette decks in the rig we could just adjust the output to match the CD player or turntable. Another factor to consi... | |
| Floorstanding speaker experiences/recommendations in the $12-25k range I auditioned the Dynaudio floor standers and Magico A3's during the same session. I don't remember the model but as I recall the woofers were a little bigger and, the cabinet was bigger than the A3's. I went with the Magicos. The Dynaudio's were ... | |
| Qobuz Issues? I haven't had an issue. I always accept the updates. I've had a couple of them within the last week but no problem with the service. I had a monster listening session last night and another nice one tonight! | |
| Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price... Power cords can also make a huge difference... The best interconnects I've heard are authentic Cardas Clear. | |
| Starting a Classical Vinyl Music Collection I started back up from scratch almost five years ago. The first album I bought was Led Zeppelin II, then I bought Miles Davis Kind of Blue. I'm up to about 145 albums now, all of them VG+ or better and killer pressings. I've upgraded the Zep II to... | |
| Audioquest Dragon power cable. I put the HC Dragon power cable on my preamp and absolutely love it! I borrowed one for a month and took it off for several months. I realized the rig didn't sound as great without it so I bought one. I'm very satisfied. | |
| Review: Dynaco Mark IV Amplifier I'm currently using a pair of borrowed MK4's. The sonics are pleasing. I am grateful to have music during this period of uncertainty regarding my reference monos being repaired. The Dynaco MK4's have been doing an adequate job of powering my 4 ohm... | |
| Mid-Fi, Hi-Fi or.....? NAD most definitely is mid as well as your speakers. Like others who’ve commented, HiFi requires spending 50k plus for a separates component type system. But who cares about the label? Why are you asking anyway? If you love your stereo and sonics ... | |
| Led Zep Fool in the Rain @soix, Yes, I’m going to learn Fool In The Rain! I dig all of the videos that can help! One artist I love to watch is Gina Knight. She’s really good and a total babe! I played in the adult pit orchestra last March for the HS production of Chitty ... |