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| Looking for suggestions on best small footprint speaker under $4K I highly recommend Dynaudio Contour 20's. It's a bit understated in terms of its looks but the esotar 2 tweeter once broken in is nothing short of amazing (to my ears). | |
| Has anyone added a small subwoofer to 2 channel and been thrilled with the result? +1 on REL. The best decision I made was to add a REL T5i sub to my system (room size 12x16 feet). I was on the verge of upgrading my Dynaudio Contour 20 bookies to the bigger Contour 30 floorstanders due to a slight lack of bass (noticeable with j... | |
| How good is the Technics 1200 Mk2 with all the KAb upgrades? Chakster,Thank you for your comments on the PSU and for bringing up those points. Echoing what @sbank said, that's a great deal for a SP10mk2!I also reached out to Kevin of KAB and this is his reply re external PSU: You should place the needle in... | |
| How good is the Technics 1200 Mk2 with all the KAb upgrades? Chakster,Thanks for the input. A knowledgeable friend set up my rega 251 on my 1200 with the feickert protractor so I’m pretty sure that it’s set up properly as my clumsy attempt was way off upon his inspection. Good point re the jelco arm cost. M... | |
| Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In? Out of curiosity I swapped out my interconnects to a warmer kind (van den hul) and all of a sudden everything clicked. My phono stage with HFT supreme sounds great now, the highs are more tame and it sounds "right". | |
| How good is the Technics 1200 Mk2 with all the KAb upgrades? Vegasears,Is the Jelco 750 a better arm for the 1200 compared to the Rega 251? I have the latter and while it sounds great, changing of cartridge is a pain as well as lack of VTA adjustment makes me wonder if I'm fully utilizing my cartridge. | |
| Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In? Thanks for the tips. Will try to experiment, who would’ve thought that this tiny fuse change would result in an exercise in patience. | |
| Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In? Thanks for the response and suggestion on the SR blue fuse David. I have quite some time to go then as my guesstimation is that I have about 25 hours on it only. I’ve switched the fuse direction 4x and I’m pretty sure it’s in the right orientation... | |
| Hi Fi Tuning Supreme fuse-Burn In? Question to the OP. Given some "break in" time has passed, has the sound opened up or become more smooth? I have just put in a hifi tuning supreme fuse into my tube phono preamp a couple of days ago and I'm experiencing the same observations. Soun... | |
| Can this be good first tube amplifier? My first integrated tube amp was a Yaqin MC-30L, it never gave me reliability issues (had it for 4 years) except it was difficult to bias since I was a noob and there was no bias meter. I had to bring it to my technician every time I tube rolled t... | |
| best interconnect at decent price Worth checking out is Transparent's the link RCA, entry level IC but I love how it made my system sound. I was happily using anticables as my speaker cable but also switched to transparent the wave speaker cable after auditioning it. For some reas... | |
| Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range Mofojo,I don't listen to any metal so that isn't an issue for me. An argument could be made that it's a neutral speaker because if you play a well recorded album, you will hear it. Conversely, if a sub-standard recorded album is played you will kn... | |
| What separate tube phono stage do you use ? Eastern Electric Minimax Phono Stage is worth checking out. | |
| Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range Mofojo,Congratulations on getting the C20. Glad that you’re enjoying, it does take some time for it to break-in. I have the same issue with the volume, I’m currently using a Cayin 80wpc KT88 tube integrated. I asked a friend to bring over his 250w... | |
| Dynaudio C20 vs other monitors in the 4-7k range Mofojo,Welcome! My floorstander was a Dali Ikon 6, it served me well for 9 years. The Dyns are in a completely different league imaging and resolution wise thanks to the esotar tweeter, granted my Ikon 6 was quite old already. Since I was missing ... |