williewonka
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| Quality power question #2 +1 for what @audphile1 says. Save your money for a much better phono stage - like those from Simaudio they do repsond nicely to an upgraded power supply if you think you need one, but out of the box they are just much better across the board ... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @oldrooney - I would start with speaker, then interconnect, then power. Starting with the speaker cables allows you to hear the fine details provided the other cables For Interconnects, build the source to pre amp first, you should hear a signif... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? If you are into DIY, try these cables Helix DIY Cables The provide exceptional performance for the price of the build They are a little more complex than conventional cables but they are high performance If you want to see what others th... | |
| From whence does Sound Stage come? @oldrooney - I achieved "the icing on the cake" by getting excellent cables. Of course speaker position and acoustic treatment are important, but good cables allow the signals to be conveyed as recorded which recreates the venue perfectly. Regar... | |
| Furetech power cable and shielding Why the wall side only? This is refered to s a "Floating Shield" it will "wick away" any EM/RFI noise to the ground pin - to earth connecting it a both ends may allow EM/RFI into the components circuitry - not good This is a common techniqu... | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @lemonhaze - good stuff indeed 👍 Glad is oanned out Regards - Steve | |
| Audio-Technica VM750SH or Goldring 1042 Just to claify my statement about the setup of the more advanced contact line cartridges... many people will use a paper based protractor to setup their cartridge, but this is not accurate enough for very fine stylus profiles like those on cont... | |
| Audio-Technica VM750SH or Goldring 1042 A couple of things to consider Goldring 1042 - Contact Line stylus this would require a very detailed setup to achieve the best performance it would produce very detailed playback some might consider this stylus type as too analytical ... | |
| Poll: Most impactful component @tee_dee - Cables, without a doubt I sent my nephew interconnect cables and a speaker cables he could not believe the transformation of his very entry level system he now has an idea what the audiophile hobby is all about My "modest" syste... | |
| What sonic qualities connects to you deeply and emotionally? Venue acoustics - those little background echoes and reverberations they add the reality otherwise missing they provide the "height" of the venue Regards - Steve | |
| Duelund conversion to DIY Helix Geometry Cabling @norco74 - nevr tried it, but I would think that the Helix would be an improvement over a more conventiona speaker cable because it does not colour the sound but it really depends on your hearing. I play bass guitar so my ears are accustomed to... | |
| The weirdness of it all @celtic66 and @brunomarcs I started with Furutech bulk cables/connctors and have graduated to making my own DIY cables from scratch. http://www.image99.net/blog/files/be8de0c383c5434907610d6b55049e69-75.html But if you are not into DIY, the b... | |
| Pro-ject Tube Box DS - power supply Getting the right tubes to suit your musical taste is a key factor with this little box - tubes can make the difference between a very musical presentation, or being too analytical Unfortunately My days using tubes are not even in the rear view m... | |
| Rega planar 3 (50th Anniversary) The two upgrades that made the signle biggest difference to my Rega TT was replacing the Rega arm with an Audiomods Arm. It was a very simple "exchange" - no additional twaking - simply remove the rega arm and replace it sith the Audiomods... | |
| Rega P3 vs SOTA Comet III +1 for the SOTA, but I would change the Rega arm to an Audomods arm, with a one piece harness and KLE Innovations RCA plugs I’ve had the older Series III with the Micometer VTA Adjustment for about 12 years and never looked back its one of the... |