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| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? If they would still be “the most fun” why have something else? Good question, and I have thought about this many times. There is an argument to be made that the most fun speaker is the one you should keep. I think for many responses includi... | |
| Stereophile, Pass Integrated and personal taste I think Nelson's listening room is awesome and I would trade gear with him in a heartbeat. | |
| Help me understand John Coltrane .... seriously. Erik,Might help to mention what jazz you DO like.For a Trane newbie, I'd suggest Ascension. I'm joking.I'd try these in order:Lush Life (Prestige)Coltrane Plays The Blues (Atlantic)My Favorite Things (Atlantic)Bags And Trane (Atlantic)"My Favori... | |
| Zu Speakers with Clarity Cap upgrade vs standard Yes I’ve done it. Easy to do and although I’m hesitant to say significant, the difference was noticeable. Well worth the cost. | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? I'll second Omen Dirty Weekends. Easily the most fun speakers I owned. Big tone, great dynamics. Even though I still own other Zu models there are days I wish I hadn't sold mine. | |
| What's up with TMR Audio? I placed an order with TMR this last Sunday and it shipped Monday. My guess is that my item had factory packaging to ship in. If they have to create custom packaging for the OP it could cause a slight delay in shipment. | |
| Cartridge loading I just read this review and thought of Ralph's comments:http://www.10audio.com/aurorasound_VIDA_Prima.htmJust being curious, I unloaded the Madake by switching the loading to 47k Ohms. WOW! The upper frequencies opened up and became noticeably cle... | |
| Props to Black Cat Cables I love Black Cat cables too, but doesn't Cardas also do this? http://www.cardas.com/chassis_wire.php | |
| Cartridge loading @atmasphere Is there a measurement on Stereophile or whatever that will show if a phono stage has resistance to RFI and/or good internal stability? Otherwise the only way to know is to compare the sound of a LOMC at say 300 ohms vs 47k, right? | |
| Cartridge loading Again: loading has no effect on the sound of a **low output** cartridge- it has everything to do with the stability of the phono preamp. I don't understand this comment... a Manley Steelhead is unstable? The Steelhead lets you switch loading o... | |
| Cartridge loading The Zu Denon is very much a "salt to taste" kind of cartridge when it comes to loading. When I used one it could indeed sound quite different when using 100/200/300/500/1000 ohms. And Zu will tell you there is no wrong answer here, just use what... | |
| Black Cat Cable's/Coppertone wires are amazing good! The reason I said I would go with Coppertone if starting over is that the first Black Cat cables I bought from Chris was the Redlevel Couer speaker cables, which was his entry level speaker cable at the time. Those cables are still in a system th... | |
| Mattresses, not stereos is where the money is If two mattresses measure the same, will they also sleep the same? | |
| Vinyl / Digital / and can you have too much information. A good solid state DAC has a signal to noise ratio of about 120db. A good tube phono stage has a SNR of about 90db. Similar ratios exist when you compare solid state amps to tube amps. Yet lots of people swear by tubes and vinyl. Short answer ... | |
| First Watt J2 or F7 for my Omens Your preamp might be a bigger factor than the pairing with the Omens. J2 has a much higher input impedance than F7, so if you are using a tube pre with high output impedance, J2 might be a better bet.Edit, I see you are using AR LS3... their websi... |