wlutke
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| The ”sweetspot” in the Nordost line of cables I’ve had Heimdall, Frey 2 and Tyr 2. The series 1 has a well deserved reputation for weak bass (brightness). The series 2 fixed that and is a nicely balanced cable. My opinion of the three: The Heimdall was just ok. The Frey 2 was pretty good... | |
| Anyone know where the Virtual Systems went? @phusis Thank you! | |
| Anyone know where the Virtual Systems went? Mine stopped working last week. | |
| Digital is far better than vinyl Not that long ago the best analog was king but that isn’t responsible for the current popularity of vinyl. It’s the budget systems. Cheap digital hurts your ears. Cheap vinyl doesn’t and, assuming the table is set up competently, sounds way bet... | |
| From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions new old Larger images are in the virtual system view. True color is satin aluminum, inbetween my flash blue and the stock photo sepia. | |
| From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions About 25 hours now and it's a keeper. The only downer is the stock knobs are frumpy. I added guitar amp knobs. They're beautiful. View my virtual system for a peek. | |
| Rossini Internet Radio I followed their link to the Apple store and downloaded the dcs Mosaic Control app. It wanted to search for dcs gear and, had I any, I could have selected internet radio or other internet streaming sources from my iPad. Pretty standard for streami... | |
| From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions My further impressions another 4 hours in: Delicate signals have location, articulation and body. I can easily follow backstage instruments and vocals to the micro level. Nothing etched or exaggerated. Natural. Treble is sweet. Not rolled off... | |
| Diagnosing inadequate bass in an audio system. For starters, check if speakers are wired in phase. Does the amp have plenty of power or just the bare minimum per the speaker manufacturer? Are the speakers known for leanness/ fullness/neutral bass? Speaker position. Too far into room or fa... | |
| From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions @decooney I use Wireworld Starlight 8 coax, never tried the other formats. Still new at this. Been into analog forever. | |
| From an MHDT to an Audio Mirror, quick impressions I'm holding on to the Orchid for now. I still like it, will go in the garage system. Future comparison, though possible, is so past "just different" not likely. Newly engineered DAC IV. | |
| BluSound Node and Node 2 baylinor, I’m keeping mine for now. I just downloaded the upgrade and it went well. A prior upgrade bricked my player. The fix was to load the upgrade from a usb stick. Your post gave me courage. Haven’t tried it for sound yet. Multi use room. | |
| Cartridge Alignment On Rega RP8 That’s a very unusual result - just not possible if you are using the protractor correctly. I’m guessing you have the stylus on the example with the check mark next to it. You should be using the blank parallel lines above the example. | |
| VPI VTA Base question My original (1995) jmw 10 has the arm pushed into the bell housing for a friction fit. It can be less than seated and feel secure. The Fatboy looks similar. Maybe get half a mm? | |
| VPI VTA Base question I see you replaced an “original” jmw 10” arm. If you are using the vpi jig for that arm it’s for a p2s of 250 mm and a true 10” arm. The fatboy 10” is actually 10.5”. Could that explain your situation? |