dorkwad
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| Holy Holostages!! I have a very good sounding setup in a dedicated room I built myself with some idea help from experts. My speakers are VMPS RM40 BCSE w/ al the best upgrades except the OXO. I have a heavily modified TRL DUDE preamp, the 2 best upgrades to the N... | |
| Power cord upgrade Having a couple audio buddies that you share the hobby with is a really excellent way of hearing just what a different cable in YOUR system will sound like. You can try it in several different components. Be careful not to judge too quickly. I ... | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade Look for a Oppo 2005 Modwright modded player or a Sony 5400 Modwright either with the Signature Truth mods. It would have to be a used one now as Dan Wright is no longer doing the CD player mods. He is still fixing any of his modded players if n... | |
| To use Auric Illuminate or not. Update on Auric Illuminator II: I have now treated over 850 discs with just one kit, plus needing to buy an extra pack of 10 Staedtler chisel tip black markers. The pack of ten markers cost $17 including shipping. Each kit comes with only one of t... | |
| VMPS speakers--Who has had great success in bringing their VMPS speakers to new heights? Krissy called the E-boxes holostages and the newer ones are very effective. I still have one on the top front of the speakers in the middle L-R and about 1" back from the front edge of the VMPS RM40 BCSE speakers. This made the speaker sound like ... | |
| Best speaker brands for transient response If you're willing to buy used, the VMPS RM30, VMPS RM40 with most of the upgrades are extremely dynamic, transparent, and electrostatic like in their sound, with their ribbon mids and tweeters. They also have multiple cone woofers with passive ra... | |
| Speaker Cables For $300 I have a used pair of Cerious Technology Graphene Extreme 8 ft. speaker cables that are in very good shape that I’d sell to you. I now have a pair of Clarity Cable Organic SCs that were considerably more expensive which replaced the CTGE cables se... | |
| Your greatest high end audio purchase!!! I have a well broken in TJN Lenco Reference MkII turntable going very soon. It will have been refinished by Jean Nantais with a couple of additions on it. Looks wise, it is spectacular with a mostly natural finish with a couple coats of lacquer on... | |
| Need some treble I'll second Philip's post for Amadi. Have had several pairs of Amadi Maddie Signature ICs and they show very well in the highs because of the silver wire used. They are also excellent at all frequencies so you would be lacking nothing. They are ... | |
| What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days? @rc22 It is easily removed with 90% alcohol. Q45T | |
| What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days? @vinylvalet No we have not. We have read many comments from those who've used it and other enhancers and have been more impressed with both Total Contact and especially the Q45T. I have about 245 individual contacts to treat if you count each p... | |
| What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days? My audio friends and I have used the Q45T for the past several years. Yes, it is expensive, but it is the finest sounding of all the contact enhancers including Total Contact, Quicksilver Gold, that we have tried. Apply once and probably the only ... | |
| Full loom of the same cable brand vs mixing and matching. Early on I had closer to a single loom from one manufacturer. As I heard more stuff and made more mistakes, but learned from it, I started and have continued getting the best sounding cable I felt like paying for and now have a very good sounding ... | |
| TRL DUDE preamp Hey Brian, The volume control thing did last a long time, but that was the only issue during the 8 years I've owned it. The sound was always glorious, but now that the volume can go up where the control knob is sometimes at halfway, it sounds ev... | |
| Low profile CC speaker that is good sounding The Anthem's lights all went out so its is impossible to tell what is being used or where levels are at. Had to return to my trusty Yamaha HT receiver. It somehow works with each component in the system and basically automatically goes to that c... |