antigrunge2

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Innuos owners. Chime in
Innuos is deliberately designed with a low power, low noise CPU. Roon however puts heavy demands on the CPU through DSP and other features, so it fundamentally follows a different design philosophy. Hence the better sound from Sense on Innuos equi... 
Bybee Technologies Crystal Series Plug-in Speaker Bullets.
I am sure he cut open a $3000 item just to prove it was a fraud. What a hero! Thank you Mahgister for putting him right!  
Bybee Technologies Crystal Series Plug-in Speaker Bullets.
Totally agree. I run Golden Goddess speaker bullets on my Duevel Bella Lunas. And on tube amps, complementing them with SteinMusic Harmonisers works a treat  
Richard Strauss Recordings
There are  ONLY VERY FEW Strauss recordings by Celibidache, notably with the Munich Philharmonic and Radio Stuttgart. They are well,worth searching for. Especially Munich has an obvious connectivity.  
Moving on a sailboat - bookshelf speakers?
Headphones and seasickness tablets?  
Vibration isolation or absorption?
Welcome back Mahgister! It‘s a great pleasure to have your comments again. I trust you are well.  
Why 432hz Tuning?
This is nothing but a silly wheeze. If the instruments had been tuned to 432hz, the resulting overtones would have been part of the recording. Simply electronically transposing the recording cannot reproduce something that isn’t there. The whole t... 
Vibration isolation or absorption?
This is a very complex but important subject. As others have pointed out, whether to absorb or transmit vibration depends on the floor, the equipment and personal preferences. After thirty years of experiments these are my findings: On speakers.... 
Classical Aficionados: Please Suggest Debussy Solo Piano recordings
Ravel, and Satie, Messiaen and possibly Prokoviev  
300b lovers
@atmasphere @donsachs Thanks for highlighting the dependence of power tubes on driver tubes as well as on power supplies and transformers. My Wavac EC300B depending on whether I use EAT300bs with their preferred Tungsols 6L6 Coke bottles or Taka... 
300b lovers
Don and Ralf,   both classy members of the community contributing their know how. Stay around to educate us!  
What would cause noise (ground noise?) when touching the volume control and tone controls?
Sounds like a ground loop. Try connecting to ground separately or a grounding box. Does this happen only on phono or also higher voltage inputs?  
Which USB Re Clocker
@jorjlien  nuttin‘ tickin‘ in your setup  
Scheu Turntable Importer in US?
Scheu tables are superbly built. I own a ‘Das Laufwer2’ with a slate base. It benefitted majorly from switching the motor for a Teres Verus rimdrive  
Classical Aficionados: Please Suggest Debussy Solo Piano recordings
There are two reference recordings of the Etudes: Krystian Zimmerman and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Both are marvelous but quite different.