joeycastillo
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| Allnic OTL/OCL Phono vs Allnic DHT I am interested too. never heard the sound of OTL phono amps. | |
| Would You Rather Own A Good SET Amp, Or A Great Push Pull Amp? OP maybe i am biased but i owned SET. my audiophile friend has a great push pull amp well matched with his speakers. sounds very very good, but i still like mine (call it biased) but there is a something i hear on my gear that simply was missing ... | |
| Walk-in soundstage I speculate that this can be possible if speakers/amp and Room are in great synergy to create such an illusion. A well powered Maggie or ML or better still a MBL Radialstrahler in a room that is acoustically treated well to reproduce such an illus... | |
| Recommendations for speakers in a much smaller listening room. Hello @backwash your room is something close to mine (13x23). If you are willing to listen near Field, then i highly recommend the Falcon Gold Badge. LS3/5a and supplement it with sub. This is my reference setup, powered by Pass Labs Xa-25 OR my... | |
| Room Treatment Help Hello @keeferdog try to call ATS ( Acoustic Panels by ATS Acoustics ) They help me a lot. I used REW to determine what my room was doing and used that information to help ATS tech support better understand my situation, If you do NOT have... | |
| Streamer upgrade advice. Hey OP I highly recommend that you look into Eversolo (which ever fits your budget) you said you only wanted apple music. then here it is " Eversolo Streamers Apple Music User Guide – eversolo " | |
| 20 Vintage Amps That Prove They Really Don’t Make Them Like They Used To +1 on @bigtwin well said | |
| Seeking to upgrade from Weiss Dac 204 A lot of good suggestions. what comes to mind is the Lampizator TRP it uses tubes in a DHP (pentode) fashion. audition it first. Let us know if you decide upon this DAC. | |
| EAR Phonobox = HORRIBLE Good to know that you found the fix. we all make mistakes. | |
| Top DYI Speaker Options A lot of great suggestions. mine is just to Not to forget to use REW in measuring whatever changes or designs you use so you can Quantify what you are doing. In the end, it still your ears that will define the end result. but quantify it to be abl... | |
| "I Trust My Ears" ghdprentice said it well. I for one started this journey just at the start of covid and all I relied on was reviews and forums. I have always wondered, back then, was I hearing good enough. yeah, wallet say so, but was it good enough?? As covid s... | |
| DIY Speaker Kits, a good idea? OP DIY speakers? why Not. you get to choose the parts and design of the speaker you want. that's good reason and you get to save money and importantly, it will sound as good as you can get I have done DIY speakers when i was younger as I did ... | |
| Downsize from C2200/MC275 to integrated SS OP just my 02 cents for an integrated (SS) 1) if you got the budget, listen to Gryphon diablo 333 integrated 2) my second choice is the Pass Lab int-60 of if you need more, int-250 paired with the right speaker, they sound very good. I think... | |
| antiskate disc +1 macg19 too. the wally tool is something that one must take a serious look at. I have not used it nor do I own one. but people who used it to setup people TT say it is a very good tool to have. | |
| Speakers "Too Big" for room A very interesting set of speakers. It looks like a closed baffle with a large front face with extra external speakers. As one of the posters said above, just add more acoustical treatment. and find the spot it will sound best. good luck |