williewonka

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Poll: Naim owners, what cabling are you using? DIN? RCA? NACA5? Other?
@jsbach1685 - I’m a naim lover :-) At least I love their amps!- some of their other source components are a little pricey for my budget.Unfortunately, I have found that posting on the NAIM forum got me the typical "NAIM Follower" responce - i.e. "... 
Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment
@cleeds  - That is mistaken. Anti-skate is used to compensate for a force that an offset pickup arm exerts that gives it a tendency to "skate" towards the spindle.  Thanks for  the correction - That was what I was attempting to say in my rather ... 
Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment
Seems you might be missing the same part the thread below identifies a similar issue....http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/grace-tone-arm-anti-skate-set-up-question.356558/Anti-skate is reqired to counter the effect of the "drag" the s... 
Looking for a 2.1 setup for music and home theater
I switched to a 2.1 system for my A/V setup when we moved - I wanted something simpler that my wife could operate...- Blusesound Powernode2- B & W sub-woofer- Tannoy Fusion 4 speakersMy room size is 25 x 26 with a cathedral ceiling 15ft highI ... 
Turntable background noise
I think you will be happier with another brand of cartridge. Most of you problems should be solved.I would suggest a similar cartridge from Sumico, Ortofon, or Audio Technica - they seem to have a pretty good reputation and level of perofrmance.Ho... 
Turntable background noise
Are there cartridges that are more suseptable to this type of interferance? Yes - Grado is one brand I had tried and found it was prone to noise.I had one on my Rega and the hum got louder as the cartridge got closer to the center of the platter -... 
Bluesound Node 2i Question
@tbevan - since you are not using ethernet...To see your various settings try the following...Click on the icon that looks like three small horizontal bars at the top left of the Bluesound player screengo to "Settings" menu item (at the bottom) an... 
Vinyl***What If***
To the OP - Here’s the my view on this...you have no legacy vinyl, so no real need to invest in a vinyl rigyou are not "inclined" to invest time and effort involved in setting up, maintaining and eveolving a vinyl based system any "low end" vinyl ... 
Best return for the money, system upgrade suggestions please.
@grm - I've owned the Dacmagic and I think it is probably the place I would start the upgrade process.I have also owned a Schiit Bifrost, and the latest version of this DAC is much better than the one I had and the latest multi-bit option is only ... 
What is your experience with the law of diminishing returns ?
I'm with Rich - it really is subjectiveRegards - Steve 
Anyone's DIY Bested Brand-Name High End Speaker or Power Cables?
@tomask6 - Take a look at these...http://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-power-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-speaker-cable.htmlPersonall... 
Help with phono amp upgrade
Why not try another canadian product ? - Simaudio MoonI have the LP5.3 RS phono stage and it will probably be the last one I buy- silent operation- nice balanced sound- very detailed- exceptional dynamic performance- very configurableThe more rece... 
Need help solving a system problem
@polkalover - What kind of woofer vibration?...- does it pulse evenly? e,g, at a partucular frequency (which freq)- is it spiradic? e.g. only happens when you walk around it- are all the pulses of equal amplitude or do they vary?Since this only oc... 
Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables?
@captbeaver - the Helix cables take three skills, other than cutting and stripping wires and using a screw driver...1. use of a variable speed drill - i.e. at different speeds2. solder a reasonable joint (but that is only mandatory  for the Interc... 
Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables?
@captbeaver - Try these - hopefully the last cables you will make/buyhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-power-cable.htmlAnd also Interconnects and speaker cableshttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.html...