audioguy85
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| If you don't have a wide sweet spot, are you really an audiophile? I listen by myself! No one else even cares in this household...they think I’m nuts! Any how, all I need is my one and only sweet spot on my comfy sectional leather couch with many many throws and toss pillows etc. I’m fine with this. Its the same ... | |
| Magic returns in seldom used bookshelves? I own tannoy legacy eatons ($5500), and formerly used wharfedale diamond 225’s bookshelves/standmounts (still own them, 2 pairs, $449). I’ve often thought of putting them back into the system, they are that good! Believe it or not, they tended to ... | |
| Some interesting stats from Discogs Physical media, lp’s and cd’s are better than streaming any day of the week. You at least own the music, it is all yours forever. Plus, imo, it plain sounds better. Please show me the tubey magic contained in a stream! I’ve listened, its NOT there... | |
| CD or Streaming... am I missing out? Mglik, get your self a new Grace Digital Link internet radio off Amazon for $159. I just got one last week and it is fantastic for a cheap but good streamer. It does hi-res as well if you ever need or want it. It has a coax digital out so it hooks... | |
| Searching for a new CD player The Marantz hd cd-1 is a beautiful player. It is compact and has faux wood side panels, rather unique. No longer made, discontinued but may be available used. Plays just about all I’ve thrown at it. I use mine as transport running into the also ex... | |
| Would This Amp Be Worth The Cost? Musical fidelity is not the same musical fidelity, as the company was sold. Despite this, they still put out decent products. I own quite a few of their "small box" products, such as the v90 dac...good stuff...-The respected British hi-fi manufact... | |
| Vinyl cleaning - Ultrasonic vs. Walker products A cheap record doctor works well for me. When I'm a bit lazy, a UK product called "vinyl revival" works well. I mostly buy old nos sealed records any how...I deep clean my thrift store finds. | |
| The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound The end result of Every recording ever produced was based on someone’s subjective view on how it "should" sound. Therefore, there are no recordings that will ever sound like the real thing. So why fight it? Go after the sound that "sounds" good to... | |
| Cart adjustment, that moment when you nail it! I find that a deck of cards is useful in adjusting the vta. On my particular tonearm I have a cueing lever collar at base of tonearm. There is a gap there between the plinth and the collar. I take a base measurement of that space with numerous sta... | |
| Full circle and thinking about speakers You eliminate lots and lots of wonderful speakers by sticking to some arbitrary made up sensitivity numbers....my wharfedale 225’s are only 87db, my tannoy legacy eatons, only 89db. They both sound wonderful. Amps are the Marantz pm14s1 @ 90 watts... | |
| Cartridge suggestions for... The cartridge compliance matters or else you will deal with unwanted resonance. You need to know the effective mass of the tonearm. You must also know the mass of the cartridge plus the hardware, as well as the compliance value. Plug these numbers... | |
| The grace digital link internet radio Tomstruck, it’s a great product for not a lot of money. I think Mine may have the same alarm feature as well (have not had time to play with that yet), but I generally bought it because of the digital out feature. I have it connected to my hifi vi... | |
| Just how many outlets do you need for your stereo? Keeping it at one dedicated receptacle avoids a ground loop issue. I suppose if you need more than 20 amps (I doubt it) you could always go with 10/2 cabling and a 30 amp breaker and 30 amp rated receptacle. To me it sounds like over kill. | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! "Tubey Magic" is groovy man... | |
| A question of loading... My hana el sounds its best at the recommended load of 400 ohms or close to that. Its currently hooked up to the Jensen sut which presents a 430 ohm load. Also perfect for my denon 103. My other sut is a rothwell with an effective load of 100 ohms,... |