audioguy85
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| AC outlets Audioquest Edison grips like a gorilla. | |
| The indisputable benefit of fiber for music I think I will prefer to not worry about either...instead, I will just put on a record and drop the stylus, or press play on my cd player, or insert a cassette into my 3 head tape deck. All the above will sound better, at least to my ears. | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! Digitizing vinyl? Ugh...it defeats the whole purpose of buying vinyl.Lol, upgrading equipment before looking to upgrade vinyl? Nope! A bad sounding pressing is a bad sounding pressing, no matter what you play it on! Get a pressing that sounds righ... | |
| My list of tweaks and the verdict You forgot the tinfoil hat, cuts down on both RFI and EMF...i don’t always listen to my stereo, but when I do, I wear my tinfoil hat. I saved money and made it myself. Don’t knock it unless you’ve tried it! 😉 Oh, almost forgot, my wife had some ex... | |
| Open Letter To REL, SVS, Hsu, etc., et al Dialing in a sub? All I do, after what I believe is the proper placement, is turn volume to 1/2, turn the crossover to maximum ( because the crossover is handed by the AVR. Also, I’m sure to set the phase to zero if sub is in front, Done! Never ha... | |
| Upgrading phono stage Not sure about the advice about separates.....you do not need to have a separate power amp and preamp to enjoy the benefit of an outboard phono preamp, I have never before heard that kind of advice. If I were you, I’d keep your Rogue v2, its very ... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? I'll keep it short, yup! | |
| What 50wpc or higher amps have a totally different sound from Pass Labs, in a good way? Sugden (tired of saying it lol) class A seems to get it right. They have only been doing it for over 50 years. Loving mine driving my Tannoys....only 30 watts! Sounds like more to me. Seldom raise the volume over 10 AM. They (sugden) were the firs... | |
| New cartridge $500 range Just to add, another terrific cartridge IMO is the Ortofon 2m bronze. It sounds fantastic running through a tubed phono stage. $440. The tubes tame some of the dry analytical qualities and add warmth... I got one on my music hall mmf-7.3 ( one of ... | |
| Bookshelf speakers for small room The newer Martin Logan 15’s have great reviews. Crutchfield had a pair in black on sale for $498. They are $800 speakers. | |
| Question on VTF (What should i adjust it to?) Just set the tracking force to the middle of the range and forget it. So if it specifies between say 1.75 and 2.0 grams, set it at 1.9. Use a good quality digital scale, not the cheap crap off eBay. Also, make certain you balanced your tonearm fir... | |
| Better Records White Hot Stampers: Now the Story Can Be Told! Better Records is a terrific resource! Bought many records from Tom over the years. There is indeed a difference heard between Tom's hot stampers and your average copy. If you want the best, you gotta pay, no two ways about it. Unless you want to ... | |
| Optimizing HT setup for Analog: Where to begin? Get a dedicated 2 channel only integrated. You are wasting your time trying to make a HT amp sound good for 2 channel audio. They are purpose built multi channel devices and should remain in that realm. | |
| New speaker suggestion You are a lucky man if you have that kind of cash to throw at a speaker...good luck. | |
| Marantz - the holy grail for SACD The Marantz reference sa8005 was no slouch either. Still have mine and it works flawlessly. Marantz knows a thing or two about how to build great sacd and cd players. |