wturkey
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| Dusting gear and turntable @mbmi Nice. Lol | |
| Are Headphones Fit for Serious Music Listening? Headphones, to me, are a last resort. I appreciate all that they offer but no thanks. Although I am glad the option exists. | |
| «40% Of Audiophiles Are Dying And No One Is Doing Anything About It!» High quality audio should always be in demand. Will always be to me anyway…. | |
| Klimo type phono stage from China Thank you for the insight. For now the Klimo idea is shelved as the trigger was pulled on the new tube phono unit from Schiit. Hopefully the STJARNA has a good tone. Will see soon enough. | |
| Schiit STJARNA tube phono preamp. Indeed they do. Tried the Skoll but was left underwhelmed. Didn’t dislike it, just kinda blah to my ears. Currently using an Elac Alchemy PPA-2 in this setup. It is a very good unit for the price. Will see if the Schiit unit will usurp the Elac. | |
| Need help with basic electrical stuff Not sure if this helps but when checking the Hafler amps, one of the checks is DC offset at the speaker outputs. Put the positive meter lead on positive, negative on the negative meter on millivolt or volt settings. Usually the desired number is l... | |
| I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest “I often notice that people who have open reel decks and/or tube equipment are nicest” Indeed vs the angry streamer crowd….. | |
| Klimo type phono stage from China Duly noted. | |
| LoFi Give it a while. The ears will begin to burn from the degradation in sound quality. | |
| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? If driving that many miles, perhaps high mileage tires are needed as opposed to racing tires. Car references aside… The Grado Prestige Gold is a very good cartridge. The stylus is user replaceable. It’s probably not as good as the mega buc... | |
| Best Used Tube Based Preamp $2k Or Under? If a remote is needed for volume control only, The Tubes4HiFi units are quite nice indeed. | |
| Removing stylus from Shure V15 Type III Hopefully someone didn’t glue the stylus to the cartridge to eliminate “resonances.” | |
| Preamp with separate volume control for each channel? Agreed with the Audible Illusions units. | |
| HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER? How much is too much? No idea. It seems never ending…. | |
| I find myself "tuning out" anymore.....is the magic fading? Even roller coaster rides get boring… Or nauseating… |