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| VTF Question for dummies Did you see the link I gave you in your other post? The guy being interviewed is one of the best TT setup people you'll find. In the article he shows you what order to do things, and explains why. | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 I didn't realize you didn't have the Wadia in your house. I was just going by this:"Last night I did a final test by listening again to digital sources from a Wadia 381i CD player connected to line stage of the CAT SL1. To my surprise, the same di... | |
| Turntable Upgrade: What Sonic areas will improve? Looking at what you have now, and what you are considering upgrading to, you should get better sound quality in every area. A nice option would be a VPI turntable and a DV 10x5. Its a high output MC, so it will work very well on your phono pre's M... | |
| Isolation disc for speaker spikes on wood floors. Try The Cable Co. They're a lot bigger and more knowledgeable. And much better to deal with. They'll send you all those cones first so that you can try them in your system. There's no better way to do it. | |
| Pass x250.8 vs Boulder 850 vs Spectral DMA250 "@Zd542: I partially agree with you about the possible degrading of SQ using different solutions due to a couple of facts I experimented in these days: the C2500 sound quality is very high compared to some friend's SS preamps and it is (suprisingl... | |
| Absolute Mystery "I read "the music lovers" and it was poor writing IMO!""I read most of his books many years ago,long before I had any inkling of any audiophilia connection.Perhaps it was a review of "The music lovers" that raised my curiosity.I liked his writing... | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 Thanks for the response Al. Your explanation was very good.Martykl,Did you happen to connect the Wadia directly to your amp? Doing so will allow you to get a feel for how well your ARC can drive the speakers. I suspect that once you get is set up ... | |
| Absolute Mystery The article upset you that much? lol. | |
| VTF setting, before or After setting anti-skate? Go to this web site.http://brooksberdanltd.com/turntable-setup-by-richard-hardesty | |
| Shunyata venom digital power cord I borrowed some of those from a friend. Its a decent cable. If you are willing to look at something else, try a JPS Labs Digital AC-X. Its a much better cable. | |
| Distortion with ARC Ref 150 and Maggie 3.7 "It's funny, because this thread is starting to feel like it will spin off much like the old thread I referenced above. Several people posting that a power amp cannot be forced to produce less output because it receives a single ended signal rathe... | |
| Pass x250.8 vs Boulder 850 vs Spectral DMA250 "It never gave me the emotion I want in music!!"I thought you want 3D? No more? Now you want emotion? You keep changing. | |
| Best Option To Liquidate CD Collection Onhwy61,You don't like capitalism, do what do you care? If everyone gets free music, then the system is fair, no? | |
| Preferences for which Integrated Amp? I forgot to mention that the Ayre is clean enough to use on very efficient speakers. The only thing you need to be careful of is your source because of its passive ls. If you use it with a source like and CX-7 (or something similar), you will be OK. | |
| Why is streaming sounding better than my DAC?? Ayre makes very detailed equipment. Are you sure its not just being unforgiving on poor recordings? Also, if you are using an after market PC, try the original one. Another thing you can try is to unplug any components that are not in use when usi... |