willy-t
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CD's or Vinyl? I play both formats and they are very close sound wise I will say though that I find more cds with loud brick walled mastering or very harsh loud dynamics and don’t find nearly any records with those characteristics My point is that vinyl seem... | |
Cartridge and/or phono stage upgrades You have a good phono pre and would get way more out of a top quality cart I went through your plight recently and got a Lyra Kleos SL Ciuld not be happier | |
Suggestions for cartridges for Rega P8 Any of the Lyra carts are medium compliance I believe i I got a Kleos SL open box and it has blown my mind mi still have the Delos I replaced with approximately 300 hours on it and it’s great too | |
A Low Cost Pleasant Sounding Used CD Player? Luxman D-N150 you should be able to snag one for under $1500 used. I’ve owned my which I bought used for about 3 years now Also it rivals a Luxman PD -150 table with Lyra Kleos SL analog front end. All made in Japan so should be pretty reli... | |
Should I upgrade from REL/510 subwoofer to REL/812 subwoofer? I have a reel S812 in 12.5X13 sized room and the S812 is incredible. I have it set so good that I never get room overload or a flabby bass in have considered getting 2 S510s but 2 subs in a small room would be harder to accommodate. Put one S... | |
My Favorite Tweaks, What is yours? Symposium Ultra platforms under all my components Hexmat Eclipse is my latest tweak Cleared up my vinyl playback tremendously | |
Interim SS Amp - Likely Candidates? A21+ just look at US Audio Mart They rarely come up for sale used Thats because people who own them keep them Good luck | |
How much do I need to spend to make vinyl sound better than digital? In this game it’s all dependent on your budget As you know the sky is the limit but your budget probably isnt I would say $3k table $1500 cart $2k phono pre would get you in a pretty good place Then you can begin to get into cables and iso... | |
What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Lyra haters? Kleos SL under $5k micro detail / transients machine | |
What artists can you not get enough of? My own kids who’s band name is ”New Hopes Jet Stream” Counting Crows Steely Dan Bob Dylan | |
New to Turntables Get the most expensive one you can afford Otherwise you will always second think it | |
Speakers sound too bright. You need to treat your room. Absorbers for high frequency preferrably behind them. Will help a ton good luck | |
Vinyl sounds better (shots fired) I purchase vinyl so I have something tangible to sell during my retirement years to supplement my fixed income Try doing that with a high res digital download of your favorite album. Also a choice few records will be handed down to my childre... | |
Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? I dicked around with a bunch of cartridges over my journey until I enter the Lyra line of carts. Went through 2 Delos then found a Kleos SL open box and was completely dumbfounded Once you go to this level and sound you will never go back yo... | |
Things we cannot be bothered by anymore Oh yea it’s not the elected leaders Its the $36 trillion of debt that will end us |