yoyoyaya
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| Is the seated-centered solo listening to music a dated tech? The absence of punctuation in the OP caused me reading fatigue:)) Aside from that, if the music in question is pretty much any genre outside of acoustic music, recorded since the 1970's, what we are listening to is, in fact "the sound field as it... | |
| Audio Research - should I replace the valves? OP. As you are in the UK, Watford Valves have a good stock of 6550s for your power amp. It looks like Tubeamp doctor in Germany has 6H30s - for your pre and driver valves in your power amps. The latter are not massively common and are Russian, s... | |
| Pass labs upgrade path I think an XP22 is the best upgrade option. You will need to go to an XP32 to better it. Depending on how much power you need, it's worth listening to the XA power amps before you upgrade your existing power amp. | |
| Speaker placement in a room with the best performance if it is close to a wall? OP. What constitutes not a large distance from the wall? Specifically, what are the dimensions of the room length and width wise? For absolute clarity - what is the distance from the front wall - location of your speakers to the back wall - situat... | |
| Pass Then vs. Pass Now I don't have experience of the Gibbon but have experience of the O96 with Passlabs amps. The .8 series are superb power amps. As per a previous poster, I would certainly look at selling the Rogue in favour of an XP12 pre. That is a very nice sound... | |
| Tube preamp options If you want depth, a Jadis JP80MC will deliver. There's a slim chance you would find one secondhand for your budget, but you potentially could also eliminate your phono stage as the Jadis phono stage is superb. | |
| Ultrasonic record cleaners The Degritter is an absolutely superb machine - both functionally and in its overall design. I've found it to make a phenomenal improvement to the sound of my records - not just in terms of removing surface noise. My records have always been very ... | |
| Things I don‘t know On Clocks Very few DAC manufacturers e.g. Esoteric and DCS, make their own clocks and most manufacturers don’t want you going off and buying someone else’s product. That’s aside from the fact that digital designers do differ in their views of the... | |
| What is the Best Sounding Stand Mount Speaker in the world? Wilson Maxx - but you need a big stand. On a more serious note, the Borresen 01 is the best sounding stand mount speaker I have listened to. | |
| The Beatles Revolver Looking afresh at any recording doesn't detract from the original. Aside from the technology involved here any album mix that involves multitracking of any kind (even four track) is representative of a set of views at a point in time. Other perspe... | |
| Don’t over power condition! It is easy to get carried away with power conditioning devices on the basis that more is better. More is not always better especially if devices from different manufacturers are used. | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? @juanmanuelfangioli. For clarity, I was suggesting that it is convenient for manufacturers if that approach is promoted. I did not say by whom. See below (after the next para) for two quotes from Hi Fi Plus reviews of Nordost cables. I recall tha... | |
| Does creating a loom in cables in a system make a significant difference? The "loom" theory is very convenient for manufacturers to promote sales of their own cables. To the extent that cables impact on sound quality there is no more logic in suggesting that the same make of cables throughout a system has an exponential... | |
| Install A Dedicated AC Line at home @mikempls - If I read the conversion chart correctly 10 gauge is equivalent to 2.5sq twin and earth european cable. That being the case, the electrician is just being lazy in wanting to mix in a smaller gauge cable because 10 gauge is not especial... | |
| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear Jonathan Richman's Jonathan Goes County - the best country album by a non country artist - and with absolutely hilarious cover art! |