decooney
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| First Tube amp suggestions @tritube Thank you everyone for such great information. I spoke with the kind folks at Black Ice yesterday and they were very helpful and patient. I think I will be going that route (I am now deciding on the fx10 or pushing my budget to the f11) ... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @doyle3433 It sounds more focused and tighter, no loss on the sweetness of tube highs and mids. SS rectifier to thank for this? Different new production stock tubes, yes ss vs. tube rectification, different coupling caps, hexfred upgrade, al... | |
| Crossing Left and Right Speakers Left speaker to Right shoulder. Right speaker to Left shoulder. That's all. My local AudioNote dealer does this with a few systems setup there. In some ways it works, and other ways imo it can be confusing how it sounds. Try it and see. | |
| First Tube amp suggestions @perkadin "The R8 is a perfect choice if you are ok with "Chi-Fi". " Self trouble-shooting skills -or- a willing local repair technician with replacement parts may be required. For awareness, quote "Bias board issues, channel issues, loud cr... | |
| Cary SLI-80HS modifications @pehare "kitchen sink upgrades from Cary ..." Do you happen to know which capacitors were listed as upgrades on your invoice/receipt ? | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Look for a used Dennis Had Inspire KT88 Firebottle on audiomart sites. He hasn’t built many, but for $2k you get the performance of a $10k SET amp. He built me one last summer, it blows away my Willsenton R800i and Oldchen EL34 for texture, tone ... | |
| First Tube amp suggestions It's more of a short-cut to decide if you are keeping or replacing your current Triangle speakers before you go down the tube amp path. Also highly recommend going to YouTube and looking for videos of techs tearing some of the low cost amps apar... | |
| UPS Driver Literally Drops Package with New Hana Umami Red Pack well, double-wrap, double-box, insure it, and always expect they will throw and drop it. We record it with cameras, and rarely do they ever set it down gently. Any merchant or shipper who is not aware of this by now will hopefully learn in t... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing @vinylvalet Was not to be my primary dac long term, already had something in the works, and it caught me off guard. I have a 2nd system I was thinking of putting together and thought I’d use it there - making any reasons to try and keep it..., unf... | |
| To Raise or Not to Raise Heresy IV's It’s not an entirely uncommon practice for people to raise them. Trust your ears. | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing @jjss49 decooney i did not... long long story with my efforts over the decades trying to find a high efficiency speaker i can truly live with long term ...but despite my efforts, i continue to strike out after so so many at bats... just too much ... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing One dac to mention for the $, value, and somewhat in the neutral-clarity camp is the new Schiit Bifrost 2/64, R2R chip (non-tube) with non-oversampling / MegaComboBurrito filter switch. Internally runs two Texas Instruments dac processors chips. ... | |
| Tuneful Cables by High-End Audio "@rlb61 I second the Audio Envy cables. They blew my Cardas GR out of the water." This could be helpful information to others - with a few more supporting details. Audio Envy is on Generation 10 of the Studio Prestige interconnect cable now... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing Yep! I think all the questions show interest and great admiration of someone truly having a passion for self-learning and validation in ones own system(s) versus taking anyone’s word for it. Just gotta love it. If you can do it, it’s the only way ... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing @jjss49 I had a similar type of question about the testing process used. It's helpful to learn about the additional cone driver speakers referenced. Thanks for sharing that information. Those are some really nice speakers to test with and compare... |