audioman58
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| top loading cd players MBL make top quality CD players , Ayon possibly too have not seen theirs lately though. | |
| Those that upgraded from Tekton I know both speakers well the Xover parts which I know very well ,and the Xover is the ♥️ of the speaker ,the Xover quality in both are 💩 that isthe truth , rebuild with quality parts it transforms both speakers. | |
| Did Audiogon get sold to the Chinese or Russian Govt? if you pay for the ad and fees for whatever you are selling they cannot be cheated ,and this should be the buyers space imo, you used to be able to Add a hyperlink for say a review for what you are trying to sell this too has been removed. Th... | |
| Choosing a network player/streamer Bricasti makes several excellent dac- streamers ,the M3 can be bought for just under $6 k and is a excellent buy. | |
| Duelund Tinned Copper Bypass Caps vs Duelund CAST, Jupiter Copper Foil, VCap CuTF The only down side is space , just think around 2 inch long x2 inches wide and very dense maybe over a pound each , if you do have the room just run longer leads and a tinned copper awg 16 ,Jupiter makes excellent cotter tinned copper I am usi... | |
| Duelund Tinned Copper Bypass Caps vs Duelund CAST, Jupiter Copper Foil, VCap CuTF The tinned copper Duelunds are exceptional ,a bit more top end then just copper foil, and their oiled paper in a deep vacuum and same resin as the cast . i have in my coda CSIB integrated amp a 1UF coupling cap , I tried a .022 vhaudio Cutf grea... | |
| Large room with low budget for speakers Look at Spatial audio labs with upgraded Xover around $10 k and open baffle perfect for your setup ,don’t underestimate these. | |
| What's a good amount of time to have my preamp unplugged before I swap out tubes? A lot comes down to the capacitors and how big they are before discharging maybe 5- 10 minutes I wanted to be safe , no set rule though . | |
| How do you make a final decision on a DAC Your budget will determine what dac is on your shortlist . my rule of thumb is $5-6k is for most a reference quality dac such as the new Denafrips Terminstor-2, or Rockna , or Holo Springs KTE msy dac or Bricasti 3 dac streamer , that being s... | |
| My endgame system I think I am always upgrading especially every few years as digital progresses , I mod my own Loudspeaker Xovers which the vast majority from the factory are average quality at best ,which can dramatically improve your Loudspeakers And this too applies ... | |
| My endgame system I think This past weekend I went over a Audio members house,I thought my audiosystem was pretty decent His Burmeister system with Estalon Speakers $250k+ Was better then exceptional ,I feel very lacking compared , you can spend $1million and then what ... | |
| everything sounded great until the upgrade You didnot say what amp, and more importantly how many hours on it. for breakin | |
| Go Ahead and Laugh at Me You want to see the number 115 v if in North America that being said if you put on 230 v it just would not work the dual voltage windings are looking for 230 v in reverse if you were in Europe and plugged in at 115 v you may fry a board for ... | |
| Axpona 2022 what impressed you? Having been to many shows and setting up systems when I was a dealer ,to be fair to all ,they should all have to bring a spl meter and all rooms should be max under 88db.which is fairly loud For several reasons. In smaller rooms too many hard re... | |
| This cable game is making my head spin A solid choiceWire World Eclipse, uses silver copper connectors far better then gold brass in sonics as well as much lower resistance , patented lowest dielectric lower then Teflon, And the highest 6-9s Copper ,in a flat Litz independent conducto... |