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| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue Yes, I will do just that. My DIY friend in San Francisco is a brilliant engineer with a lust for audio improvements that can be done very economically. There is a problem, he tells me, with the delicacy of the boards in the 5XXX amps so mods can... | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue hifiman,Right on, my friend. My pal has been a significant participant in the DIY forum on Adcom upgrades and claims the properly modded 5400 is a truly refined amplifier at a small cost.I tell ya, when I got my DNA .05 a couple of years ago, mer... | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue Great post. I have a DNA .05 Deluxe and it is a killer amp in stock form and have thought about the current upgrades. I can imagine how fine it would sound with upgrades. SMC is top notch. I picked up an Adcom GFA 5400 recently and I really tho... | |
| Analogue-free system Uberwalz,Well said, no doubt. Here is an extraordinary benefit of a $10/mo subscription of Spotify or double that for Tidal for a better stream. I pretty much only listen to jazz myself. I get Downbeat and they identified their top recordings of... | |
| Analogue-free system kalali,You are exactly right about this being a hobby for some. For others, the gear is only a means with which to enjoy the music and having to fool around with TT "care and feeding" detracts from the enjoyment of the musical listening experienc... | |
| Analogue-free system Raul,Your 5th paragraph describes endless hassles that I will never face again. No more oppty's for my cat to jump on my TT and break a $1K stylus, etc. I think the next quantum leap in sources will be the decision to "rent" music, i.e. Spotify/... | |
| Analogue-free system andysf,Are you by any chance in San Francisco? I live in Sacramento. Let me know.Kalili,Regarding my Oppo, I have some thoughts. My pal has a $4000 Modwright-upgraded Oppo CD player in a $30K system and I think it sounds as good as his TOTL VPI... | |
| Analogue-free system Gents,I sure don't mean to fan the fire of digital vs. analogue as the audio tent is a big one and we all can pick our our sources. They are all great. My original post was really more of an ode to my decades long relationship with my analogue s... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! A pal of mine who makes IC's, as well as Don Sachs, the guy who made my preamp, both are big fans of Dueland wire. Don now uses it for the internal wiring in his preamp and rewired his speakers with Dueland wire, a definite improvement from his ... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! Fair enough, lads, we call them as we see (or hear them.) Yping, your post above poses an excellent subjective question, but rather nonsensically. Your caveat "if money is no object" pushes aside the whole issue of quality/performance vs. value... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! Steve,It is all good, my friend. REL suggests a high level connection for my T7 subs so that is the way I have been running it, connected to my amp. I have used AQ BFA speaker connectors, but the metal male jacks are suffering from metal fatigue ... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! Steve,Fair enough, I know you and other audiophiles find sonic joy in their connectors so I don't wish to diminish your zeal for them. Your ears, and your pocketbooks, will be your guide. I would be keen to see an A/B comparison of the KLE conne... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! Steve,Sorry to speak ill of connectors you fancy. I bought these connectors to pig back the wires from my sub to my 2-channel amp: https://kleinnovations.com/kleiclassic-harmony-banana-by-ss/ They cost $135 and were shipped from AUS. After re... | |
| Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!! I bought a variant of these from KLE was absolutely aghast their awful quality of construction and workmanship. They were of worse quality than some of Chinese connectors that sell for a couple of dollars. I understand KLE makes some fine connec... | |
| Chance To UpGrade:Spatial Audio vs Reference 3A As a poster described above, they are two different sorts of speakers. I have had the M4Ts for a couple of years and just upgraded to their Triode Master version. Clayton Shaw's speakers create an open and airy sound that box speakers, in my exp... |