drmuso
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| If you HAD to purchase a used (over 4 years old) DAC, what would it be? I'm pleased enough with my Denafrips Venus 15 that I'd go for a Denafrips Terminator 12 or Terminator Plus, whichever of those were made 4 yrs. ago. | |
| Who positions their speakers straight ahead (zero tow in) and why. I have three pairs of speakers in different rooms, and none are toed-in. One pair is my Apogee Duetta IIs, which I don't think anyone toes in. The others are conventional floor-standing box speakers, mid-level models by Paradigm and PSB that I u... | |
| ARE SUPER EXPENSIVE STREAMERS REALLY WORTH IT I’m using a blue sound node 130 with an upgraded LPS going into a Denafrips Hermes DDC and the new Denafrips Venus 15 DAC. I have not heard other streamers, but I think this combination sounds great. Hi-Rez files from Qobuz can sound better than ... | |
| Location of compoments. @whart Hey... another Audiogoner with a Marshall half-stack in his listening room! I also go with the short speaker cables from monoblocks and long interconnects to my racks that are on the right side of the room. Galen Carol, a TX audiophile ... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @lewm You raise good questions. Hopefully, some grad student somewhere will research the answers. I have my beliefs/worries, but it's all speculative. | |
| Which company manufactures this Ethernet switch for the other? @richardbrand This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FFTdt51kzA also contends that there is no issue with jitter at the ethernet part of the system, but that there may be noise issues an ethernet switch could address. Another way to do th... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers Having seen how dust accumulates on a de-staticized LP even with a dust cover on, I would never play a record with the dust cover off. I have a HEPA air filter in the room with the turntable, and I don’t think that completely eliminates accumulati... | |
| What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds? Hardly any mention of AC cable. It makes a difference, and it's something users can often change, unlike most of the other components. | |
| What is the first thing you do when you unwrap a new vinyl record? I zap it with my Zerostat then clean it on my Nitty Gritty RCM--first using the MoFi Super Deep Cleaner and then their regular record wash. I apply the cleaners by placing the LP on a rubber record mat in its shipping box, so there is a solid sur... | |
| Enough is Enough @ricred1 I agree with others that that one dealer sounds like a jerk. I've not run into that with the dealers I've talked with (mostly West Coast), but I've mostly been buying online for a long time. From what I've heard from several YouTube r... | |
| DAC shopping - Trying to sift through the Hype. Can I trust the reviews these days ?? @kairosman My Venus 15th is being shipped from Denafrips. Will post after I've had time to burn it in and evaluate it. Should be a terrific upgrade from my Ares II. | |
| PayPal Friends & Family listings. Why is this becoming so common? @lalitk BTW, PayPal protection is worthless! I never relied on them to do right by seller or buyer. Maybe this is true sometimes. I sold an LP on Discogs.com, and the buyer returned a different copy as if it were the one I sold him. I marshall... | |
| Bluesound mode not really cutting it I have the Node 130. I added a Teddy Pardo linear power supply to it, and that obviously improved its sound. If you like the Bluesound app and want to stream wi-fi, adding a LPS is a cost-effective way to improve the Node. Teddy Pardo claims it... | |
| ??? How Much Would You Spend ??? I don't think a cost percentage is the best way to approach building a system. As others have said above, you do need to match the amp to the speakers, so it may be more or less than 50% of their cost, especially if you buy used. My amps' new va... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear In the guitar world, a 30-year-old guitar is now considered vintage. If 30 years is considered vintage for audio gear, then most of my analog system is vintage, and I suspect it is comparable in sound quality to most modern gear, and probably mor... |