dentdog
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| Suspended cables I likely won't be spending thousands on cabling, but to say there are no differences, no improvements to be had is in my opinion not very open minded. I can A-B compare a set of power cables with another that I have on hand and tell 100% of the ti... | |
| Chemically Altered Audio Since it's along these lines does anyone think these coatings are similar to the PPT products? I don't really know how commercially successful those products were but if they were, the field is wide open. | |
| Frustrated with Vinly I will say from experience that the right phono preamp and cartridge has reduced clicks and pops significantly. I switched to a slightly higher output cart and somewhat lower gain from the phono pre. I wasn't really looking for the quieter result ... | |
| Help in putting together my system with used equipment on Audiogon and eBay. You may as well forget the 8K budget. Go ahead and double that and you MIGHT be able to stay under. Good sound leads to a thirst for great sound. Six years ago I got in at 15K used, but vinyl was a must.To save money without sacrificing sound qual... | |
| Who else here is frugal? I comb these pages and the auction sites/classifieds for equipment I may want while attempting to make good choices. Have neither the time or inclination for diy. Many times I've waited for long periods to see a bargain for what I'm interested in.... | |
| Inner groove distortion solved! Funny you should mention. Big Terry and Hans fan here. Live and Let Live with Terry and Bobby King has Ry playing throughout. Great Album. | |
| Advantages of owning equipment from major audio brands vs. boutique shops? I have always picked equipment that has a reputation of great service to go along with a great product. You will hear stories here that are both glowing and much less so. So far for me the boutique route has led to service over and above. Zu, Audi... | |
| More questions about dedicated lines I jumped from the main panel to an Equi+Tech wall unit. From there to dedicated lines, but bought the panel used from Oak Ridge. Sounds pretty good. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Marcus,Having purchased the Allnic H7000 a few months back I can certainly vouch for it's presentation. Had I known about the Cortese I would have gone in that direction primarily for the savings. Of all my components the Allnic disappears to t... | |
| Why no “Break in” period? I have some ribbon power cords that had a dramatic break in process. Won't bore anyone with the details but initially my system had the flu. There isn't a person on this forum that could listen to it for more than 15 minutes. Checked my stylus fo... | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really Early eighties with a pair of MCIntosh 275s, JBL 250 Pyramids and a Theta tube pre, Win Strain Guage cart. CDs came out and I went for the format. No noise, how cool! When my interest waned just figured I had outgrown sitting around listening to... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread I think it’s a bit early for me to give the wide range evals that you are looking for but will try to shed some light as far as possible. Bear in mind that I’m just a listener, not a golden eared evaluator.So far I’ve tried Sylvania 1952 Bad Boys-... | |
| How Good Can My Vinyl Get? Not to be discouraging but it can be pretty expensive. Probably the best way is to go with an Atmosphere preamp with phono. Two birds, one stone. Then it's Cart/TT. Step up TT or go whole hog, maybe 5K? After that start swapping in cartridges. Bew... | |
| Everything a crossover has to do ... Do without. | |
| Toroidal Isolation Power Conditioner Also have BPT and second your thoughts. Bought an Equi=Tech to put by the fuse box. Hi efficiency speakers really benefit. Best value is the BPT to run your front end. I was lucky to find a used BPT3.5 Sig Plus and yes 80lbs. They come up from tim... |