williewonka
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| Turntables My preference for entry level gear is - Music Hall.These come setup with a cartridge and perofrm very wellhttps://www.needledoctor.com/Music-Hall-MMF-5-3-Turntablehttps://www.needledoctor.com/Music-Hall-MMF-2-3-TurntableAnd a phono stage like thi... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @elizabeth …Also I may try to make a cord like williewonka suggests.. a spiral.. For a source to start.Agreed, my sources benefitted the most from good power cordsFYI - I have a Node 2 streamer and a Moon LP5.3 phono stage. - of the two, I origina... | |
| Your first component that was "special" My cables! If I used most of todays commercial offerings my system would sound mediocre.Regards. | |
| The awakening... @ami - since you seem to be into DIY - perhaps one last project...These cables will make your new system really soar to new levels of performancehttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound A couple of previous posts have mentioned geometry - i.e. how the actual cable is made.Adapting conductor geometry has been around for a long time - think Kimber Kable - they use a complex braided geometry.Cardas has been using a complex geometry ... | |
| Speakers for a small room Pro-Ac has some nice models.But if you are after a speaker best suited to a smaller room take a look at KudosThey have down-firing bass ports - so corner related bass issues of a smaller room are minimized.For dealers see...http://kudosaudio.com/i... | |
| Brand new desk and PC with atrocious cable mess with an utter lack of cable competence Something like this should helphttps://www.screwfix.com/c/electrical-lighting/cable-management/cat1150038Try NOT to put power cables in the same conduit/trunk as low power cablesSimply use 2 sided tape to stick it under or to the back of your des... | |
| Speakers for a small room Why do you require small speakers?I had my Gershman Acoustics Sonogram floor standers in a 12 x 15 x 8 room and they were great.If it's a size issue then the Neat Motive line has some great small floor standing models.The Gershman Acoustics Avant ... | |
| Need Advice on Amp Audition at a Dealers @tuberist - the advice offered above covers most of the related concerns with taking your amp with you, but I do believe it is worthwhile.What you didn’t provide are any details as to your current amp and the amps you are thinking of auditioning.T... | |
| Reasonable RCA Connectors? @grannyring - Parts Connecxion is one of the distributors that continue to post mis-information about KLEI products on their siteKLEI has asked them (and others) to correct their information many times, but for some reason they will not comply@Max... | |
| Reasonable RCA Connectors? KLE Innovations RCA connectors are the best on the market right now in my opinion.Even their Copper Harmony model outperforms most other brands and at $115 AUD (around $80US) for a set of four their price is what I consider reasonable. I have comp... | |
| Amazing audio file at only 16/44 This guy obviously put’s an extraordinary effort into - capturing the venue acoustics- capturing the timbre of the instruments- the equipment selected for the recording/mastering process.- attention to detailHave you tried any music from the Tacet... | |
| Questions to ask as I shop for a tonearm? @tochsii - Some options...If you are looking at rega arm, then take a look at the Audiomods arms...http://www.audiomods.co.uk/Jeff at Audiomods, will take note of your turntable/cartridge and make an arm that matches.He uses a rega arm tube, but ... | |
| RMS Power? Umm, it’s “lose”, not “loose”. Uggghhhh!@sleepwalker65 - sorry about that.Simply "typo" that I missed - it can happen to anyone - at some pointHappy Listening :-) | |
| So I have a DAC; now what Player should I look at? A transport is the last thing I would personally invest in in todays world simply because it does not handle all the same digital file resolutions that a good streamer is (generally) designed to handle.A Node 2 is a very good steamer, with a prett... |