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| Reasonably priced preamplifier Right now, PS Audio is selling their flagship preamplifier, the BHK Signature, at a closeout rate - half price. It's normally $7000. I assume this means they are about to introduce the revamped version sometime soon. I've had it for a few years ... | |
| Phono Stage advice for Mono listening Mono listening, with a mono cartridge, has proven to be essential to my enjoyment of music. I started with a tonearm with detachable headshells, and would just switch the cartridges when I wanted to hear mono. I had done all the set up work in adv... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital Again, I agree with the point that you could construct a system that would make one or the other medium sound best. My streaming set up is pretty good, my vinyl set up is better. I enjoy both, and I am grateful for that, as I have access to way mo... | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? I was a Linn/Naim devotee in the early 80's when my interest in home audio started. My dealer espoused the Linn/Naim credo: Source-first hierarchy, Garbage in/garbage out, single speaker listening rooms, "testing" components by toe tapping and hum... | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones Thank you to others who have added since I last checked in. When you mention a headphone, I look it up, and read about them. From the humble Pioneer (found on ebay for $100) to the Hifiman, Meze, Dan Clark, etc etc, which are, well, more than that... | |
| Physically Comfortable Headphones Thank you all for your headphone-comfort thoughts. It is funny - to a certain extent, I would compromise sound quality just to be able to wear the things without discomfort. It would be really nice if I didn't have to compromise too much. I tend... | |
| The Museum vs. Galleries As I've aged (late sixties now), I find I can finally now generate the same interest in investigating new music that once required a partner. When I was very young, my brother (who was eight years older), led me to the new rock and roll music of h... | |
| Adding tube sound to my SS system This is not very High End Audio of me, but let me offer another solution that is cheap and fun: The Joilda (Fosgate-designed) Foz SSX. I bought one for use with headphones when I had a job that would take me away from home for two months every yea... | |
| Looking at these specific preamps give me your opinions I have, and really enjoy the PS Audio BHK preamp. It has five inputs, and each input has both balanced and RCA connections. You could actually hook up 10 devices at the same time, so long as you only played one (either the balanced or RCA) at a ti... | |
| Amp for Vintage Heresy I have what I think of as Klipsch-cousins (Volti Razz). I was also looking for a new amp earlier this summer, though my goal was to have a low-powered/low heat alternative to my larger Class A tube amp. One of my solutions was a used Coincident Au... | |
| I know this an old topic...but Tonearm for Garrard 301 :) I have been using a Pete Riggle 12" SPU tonearm on my Thorens 124. for the last five years, I use it with three different SPU cartridges, and I really love what it gives me. A rich, full platform, superior when compared to both an old SME and a ne... | |
| Replacing My Maggie 3.6R I had 3.6's for 12 years, and loved a lot about them, but also always felt that there was this thing missing - slam.maybe, or midbass power, or a certain "thickness" that I want my music to have. I moved to baffle-less speakers - dynamic speakers... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 Thank you to the second wave of contributors. I wish the D.BOB did output USB! Oh well... I think that a used Codec could be an interesting approach. I seem to like the Ayre house sound. I've always understood (like it was a given) that Toslink w... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 Thank you all for your insights and suggestions. I appreciate that I now have a list of potential DACs, along with sound characteristics, on which to do some research. I also appreciate the insights on support and cabling. I can try the support ... | |
| A DAC for the Oppo 105 Fair question. For this occasional enjoyment, I was hoping that $1000 or so could do the job. I bet Qobuz would have maybe 75 - 80% of my CD's. And that's pretty darn good. But a substantial part of my CD enjoyment comes from the "mix tapes" on ... |