yeti42
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| Playing CDs sounds better than Qobuz — dammit In my system sits a fairly high end streamer which connects to my router via wifi. Also connected to my router, this time via a Cat5e cable (I’ve tried several and a Cat6a) is a CD ripper with an SSD in it. Comparing ripped CDs to Qobuz I mostly e... | |
| Static electricity affecting sound reproduction. Please help!! Lose the mains conditioner and does the problem go away? | |
| Replicant 100 stylus Well I hope there are still a few Gyger S styli about as I’ve just had one fitted in place of a worn out Ogura PA. Framer, in a recent review seemed to think the Replicant stylus was Swiss sourced. I only have experience of the Replicant i... | |
| Why are there so few BNC cables to choose from A Belden 4794R SDI 12G from Blue Jeans cables did a fine job in my system, better some HiFi aimed digital interconnects I tried and it’s not too pricy. Pay attention to the minimum bend radius though and it’s quite stiff. They’ve since added some ... | |
| Cartridge alignment, WallyTractor, SmartTractor, oscilloscope and Analogmaigk. I have a Feickert and a Smartractor and have numerous printed and cardboard protractors. It’s the Smartractor that gets used, along with a cheap perspex azimuth/VTA gauge. This latter is a starting point for final adjustment by ear. Bias is set in... | |
| Ortofon SPU Cartridges Oh and if using a SUT pay attention to the cartridge impedance, not all SPUs are the same. The Royal want’s no more than a 1:20 but only has 0.2mV, that would be a bit quiet into my MM phonostage which has only 35dB of gain so I use an active MC s... | |
| Ortofon SPU Cartridges I run a Royal N, which has the Replicant stylus but is without the headshell so can be used on a one piece arm. I use a Schröder Reference and the SPU replaced a Transfiguration Proteus, initially as a stopgap to satisfy my curiosity while I got t... | |
| Gyrodec Best Tonearm Michell supply armboards weighted for a specific tonearm. There was a chap who worked Saturdays at my local dealership, let’s call him Frank, in real life he was in IT so the hifi was a labour of love, alas he was lost to cancer a few years ago. H... | |
| More expensive = better? It’s not a linear scale of better to worse, there’s a manifold to explore and potential to get lost in it. | |
| Anybody have both Herbie's Cone/Spike Pucks and isoacoustics gaia's I bought some Herbie’s gliders a few years back as I was setting up a system in a third floor apartment and wanted to minimise impact on the flat below, I was using some Thiels at the time and laid them on their sides to fit the outriggers at the ... | |
| Our the special release CDs that offer you several bonus tracts For music originally released on vinyl the running time is going to be less than can fit on a CD, by quite a lot unless it was a double album. Filling that extra space with a few live versions or tracks that didn't make it onto the original releas... | |
| Radio frequencies picked up by phono stage. I had radio pickup when I installed a Naim superline phonostage in place of a Michell iso, a known susceptibility of the superline, cartridge was a Dynavector 17D2 The obvious answer of just using the iso wasn't on as the superline was so much bet... | |
| New cartridge selection: help wanted If you’re worried about a lean sound consider an SPU Royal N for something full bodied. The arm looks to have options with a high enough effective mass. The cartridge is a natural for classical music but can rock if care is taken in setting it up,... | |
| Recommendations for Speakers that can be used close to the rear wall. Are you lucky enough to have a solid wall to place the speakers against or is it plasterboard? There were several UK designs from a few years back. Just about an Naim speaker before the Ovators, the best being DBLs, but these have bass drivers wit... | |
| Classical, Rock, Jazz etc. are your tastes evolving with time? Seems to be a wider range these days, I can even enjoy Dylan and Mozart which I never used to be able to. Even serialism gets a look in sometimes. Most forms of rap are still a closed book and I think I’m content to leave it that way. |