willy-t
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| Cable Enthusiasts. When it comes to cables it’s about quality and matching. THOUGHTS? Once you get to a price point they are all good. then you begin to split hairs . you really have get use to your system sounding the way it does with those cables. It’s hard to milk every ounce of performance with cables because there are t... | |
| ??? Where Does "High End" Start ??? I think freedrivers figures are accurate Until I hit $3k to $6k per component that’s where I found my sweet spot Mid fi for sure Also I became very satisfied at that price point and it was all I could afford Tweaks came after that and n... | |
| antiskate disc Agreed | |
| antiskate disc Here’s what I do and have learned play any music track and listen carefully at the last 10 seconds Just before it becomes inaudible you will hear the last bits of sound from the left speaker Now adjust your anti skate higher until you hear t... | |
| 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 |