fsonicsmith
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| Aurender Conductor App Do you have a large house? I had similar problems once. It turned out that my ethernet cable connected to my Aurender needed to have a slaved router in my basement and that router had died. My main router, upsstairs, simply was not "talking" to th... | |
| Warm Tube Amp(s) to Tame Hyper-Accurate Speakers? jwpstayman nailed my first thought exactly. What SC’s are you using? I bought D7.2’s soon after they came out replacing the former D7’s and in my well treated dedicated listening room with all tubed gear they have never sounded bright per se to... | |
| Why are people paying these stupid tube prices? facten 2,141 posts 05-25-2022 at 08:45am TubeDepot isn’t presently selling the TS KT150 - look at the specific page I may be wrong but I don’t think Psvane or Linlai make KT150s The New Sensor factory owned by fuzz-pedal inventor and ma... | |
| Why are people paying these stupid tube prices? I had a great conversation with John at Tube Store today and bought two KT150's at $139 each after my back-up stash of eight KT 150's purchased three years ago from another source turned out to contain one cracked tube (lesson learned-open the box... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons A provisional update :-), the Ref 80S is sounding fine. Very fine. I am at 65 hours so I have a ways to go and the route was fairly choppy along the way. Never terrible but often just so-so and primarily lacking in bass snap. Today, Steely Dan's "... | |
| How important is spending time with your gear? I agree that on first blush the post seemed silly and yet it grows upon one with further thought. Anyone who reads my posts would notice that for some weird reason I am hung up on the divergent personalities that make up the staff of Stereophile. ... | |
| Balanced versus single ended I humbly submit that it really depends on the design of the preamp and amp. But that is just from my own experience and without any engineering background. It always surprises me that so many reviewers claim that SE is just as good, and how many r... | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat @atmasphere Ralph, the two or three times I have disagreed with you, you have been so freaking nice! I vow to not disagree with you any more. If you were to declare the Earth flat I would let it go. Seriously. If I disagree with you again I will... | |
| Pigskin or jico leather mat To do this, the platter pad has to have the same durometer as the vinyl itself. Just not true. This again is where intuitive/rational/objective/measurement based talk diverges from something called "listening". A platter pad with the same durom... | |
| Just got started on Qobuz. Can anyone recommend an album or song? @daledeee1 I like your system and your taste in music (minus Fleetwood Mac). I think if you had a different streamer and DAC you would hear a difference. | |
| Too Much Power I believe the answer is it all depends. Btw, the answer that a "too powerful amp" endangers the loudspeakers posted above is completely false. I would even go so far as to say that an insufficiently powerful amp is more dangerous to loudspeakers t... | |
| Audio Research REF 80S Reviews/Comparisons Here is what I wrote in the "Devore" thread (Speakers) that I think also, even if partly, answers your question; I don't want to give things away before the final vote tally is in, but the O/93's simply sing holistically, organically, and full of... | |
| Contemplating DEVORE SPEAKERS (and others)....LONG audition report of many speakers I don't want to give things away before the final vote tally is in, but the O/93's simply sing holistically, organically, and full of joie de vivre with my ARC Ref 6 and 80S fed to them with Cardas Clear SC's. Previously with my Ref 150 SE in the ... | |
| Is it good to upgrade the crossovers in your speakers? Ten years ago I had my vintage (1978) Large Advents and B&W 805 Matrixes (1997 or so) upgraded by John Van Leishout of Van L Speakerworks in Chicago. I pretty much gave him carte blanche within reason to upgrade everything. I know the caps, in... | |
| Is a Garrard 401 or 301 "accurate"?? My advice is to buy a table that is built to last and that is easy to set up (the latter applying primarily to the arm) because your biggest obstacle to accuracy is your cartridge, the cartridge set-up, and the spotty quality of pressings. So back... |