brad1138
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| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables Thanks, I went ahead and ordered a 3m pair from Bassmin Audio Store. With the Black Friday discounts, $156 USD tot. They were less $ than the others by a bit and they have the wood ends (FWTW). I have been using Supra Quadrax, I'll be interested i... | |
| Revisiting Chinese Knockoff Cables @shawnwes Any update? I was about to order a pair of Valhalla 2 from Ali, then I noticed they were not the same ones from RM Digital that most are referencing in here. Anyone have any thoughts on these? https://www.aliexpress.us/item/32568057895... | |
| Stereophile review of the $30,000 tekton speakers I didn't read all the replies, and this must be in there somewhere, but the Moabs with full Be upgrade, full X-over upgrade and grills come in at $18945. Where do they get $30,000? FWIW, proud Moab with single Be tweeter upgrade owner. | |
| Quicksilver Preamps? @oddiofyl Where did you find your Mullard NOS 6201s? I can’t find them stocked anywhere. I just got a QS Line Stage (non remote) in yesterday. I currently run Odyssey Candela -> Odyssey Kismet -> Tekton Moabs. I love the Odyssey combo, but ... | |
| Mark Levinson Amps startup & shutdown operation. Specifically 532H but really any ML amp I have moved on and am in therapy to forget about the whole fiasco (JK). I sent it in for repair, after being told by ML that they would cover it under wtty, then they changed their mind. They literally had to replace every cap in it and a large n... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? I use the same RS dB meter, set for "A" weighted. "C" weighted would probably read 5-10 dB higher. I use "A" weighted because that is what is used when they refer to loudness & hearing damage. "They" say listening at over 85-90 dB (A weighted)... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? You have a noisy house... My house is about 35dB with everything turned off. I think you might be surprised how common that is. People listening (generally) under 60 dB isn’t uncommon. I did a poll in an audiophile group once and got a lot of res... | |
| Pro-Ject Debut Carbon DC with Ortofon 2M Red Cartridge vs.Pro-Ject - Debut Carbon Esprit S @klimt So what did you end up doing? I know this is fairly old and you have probably moved on from the Project, but in case not. The Project Debut Carbon is a solid TT in it's $ range & yes I would recommend the acrylic platter. I have the D... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? Good, thanks. I can't hear above about 10-14KHz anyway... I'll try 470 again also, but 100 is sounding great. I also listen at ~60-70 dB with 95 dB efficient spks, so gain is not an issue. | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? Reviving this again... I was thinking of revisiting the other resistance settings again (Moon 310LP), so I opened the OM and I noticed this: "Finally, it is strongly recommended that you never use the 47kΩ resistive load setting for moving coil... | |
| KLE RCA plugs are the real deal!! Just bought some Copper Harmony connectors. I was just thinking though, all the models look exactly the same.... How would you know if you bought a higher end model and got a lesser one? | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? The more time I spend with it at 47k the more I REALLY like it. Not feeling much need to go back to 1k. | |
| Issues with Tube Rolling an Odyssey Candela I know this post is old, but I have tube noise in my stock tubes with my Candela. Not bad, just barely audible from the listening position (my speakers are 95 db efficient). I have (had) come to the conclusion all tube preamps have noise, after au... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? @lewm OK, I finally got around to trying 47k. It brought the vocals and instruments, (everything really) much more forward and "present". More like my ProJect w/2M Blue in that aspect. It is very nice, but I will need to go back and forth to deci... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? @lewm Thanks, I do not own a SUT. My phono stage is a Moon 310lp with 320s PS, and it has 10, 100, 470, 1k & 47k ohm options, also 40, 54, 60 & 66 dB gain settings. The gain at +66 dB for either 470 or 1k was just right. I Googled it and s... |