wlutke
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| PD-Creative I should have clarified that the MHDT Orchid is an external DAC. My experience with the internal DAC vs the Orchid (unmodified Node2i) is that with Spotify or Tunein the difference is slight. Just a little less glare. With the Creative board insta... | |
| PD-Creative O.K. Here I am with a new (2021) Bluesound Node in the mix. Never mind that it took almost two hours for it to play ball and be recognized by the Bluesound app. It did and I’m happy as Hell. So pardon me if I’m partying at the moment. I live ... | |
| I don't have sibilance problems, are my speakers dull? I saw that thread too, assuming it’s the recent one about Men at Work’s “Down Under”. I have the vinyl and have played it on the Cadenza Bronze cartridge and never noticed any sibilance, which I relate to a distorted “s” sound. I brought it out ... | |
| PD-Creative I ordered the Creative board and budget power supply combo and it took just a few days to arrive. I Installed it last night and gave it a listen for a good hour today running through an MHDT Orchid. Even in a doubtful, hyper critical frame of min... | |
| HiFi News Test Record Azimuth lewm,Exactly. That was the lesson. | |
| HiFi News Test Record Azimuth I recently set up azimuth on a new cartridge with a VTA/Azimuth block - output was unbalanced. Then used a Fozgometer and got equal output but no magic. Then an o-scope and found 75/150 mv crosstalk. Adjusted it to 65/80 mv. Slightly unbalanced ou... | |
| Do You Ever Find Yourself Unable to Listen To Your System? When I lose interest in life I give caffeine the boot. Over time restless sleep slowly runs me down. Exercise chases the depression away too. Some people get more than their fair share in life. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. Hang in there. | |
| Replacement capacitors exploding I had a similar problem at work. The caps would just open. They looked to be electrolytic, just physically much smaller. When I opened one up, it was hollow with a tiny chip inside! | |
| Any audiophiles into motorcycles Currently riding a Honda ST1300 and a Suzuki Vstrom 650. Both great bikes and perfect for old knees. Riding since '66. | |
| Lack of Female Representation When we figure out why we fat, balding, horny old coots want exceptional stereo we’ll know why they don’t. Oh. Never mind. | |
| Considering Audio Sensibility (AS) Statement Phono cables on VPI Prime I have a HW-19/4 table with the original JMW 10 arm. It originally had Discovery, and with Nordost Frey 2 phono cable (silver over copper wire) it was a very good match. After rewiring the arm with Nordost at VPI, that combination was a bit steril... | |
| Do you have ways to ease use of vinyl? Now age 67 I have a rack that puts the platter just below my chin where I can easily see the stylus, a lift that gently lowers the stylus, tables that shim for VTA and no fiddly unipivot tonearm. I set it and forget it for a year at a time now. ... | |
| Pro-ject 2xperience Square Drive Belt Needed Is this it?https://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=LG&Product_Code=PROJ020... | |
| Worst Concerts You Have Attended ?? Patti Smith. She laid on the stage with a bottle of booze and slurred out what words she could remember. Second place Focus. One hit wonder - they opened and closed with Hocus Pocus - yay! Sleepy ballads in between. | |
| Artists you feel you can rely on, buy any new album unheard. The Beatles. You had to be there. |