mattw73
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| As An Experiment I Stuck A Few Things Under My Pre-Amp And Am Now On A Quest When I was younger I tried cheap isolation devices and never really noticed any difference outside of using various budget options underneath turntables. I bought some eastern world garbage off Amazon later in life when aesthetics started to mean ... | |
| 10 gauge power cord. Too much power for tube amp? Sounds like some kind of in rush current problem. I don't know anything about your amp but I'd guess it's something in the rectification (wrong tube type?) or voltage regulators. You ever measure what's coming out of your wall socket just for cu... | |
| Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker. Thank you @mahgister , I appreciate the kind Welcome. | |
| Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker. I think it's different for everyone, as everyone is different. One thing I don't think is discussed enough or often is how the "hobby" or journey can basically just be an addiction for many. An unhealthy one that consumes way too much time, energ... | |
| looking for an integrated amp in the $1500 range Higher sensitivity speakers. Will make the biggest difference, especially if your looking for a $1500 integrated to fix your problem. Your 400's are rated at 87db, which means they are probably along the lines of 85db. I've never heard your 400's ... | |
| So many YouTube clips to evaluate sound quality. Why??? "Don't you want a little taste of the glory??...See what it taste like!!" - Nacho Libre (Audiophile) | |
| What is the proper loudness for listening? Huh...what??...speak up | |
| Warmer class D amps for magnepan? Elac Alchemy DPA-2 is a Class D amp I have held onto. You should see the size of this thing lol. Balanced and single ended, has 2 gain settings switchable by a button. Class A input stage, based on the UcD Hypex modules...no change in frequency re... | |
| UPS. Friend Or Foe? Just last week the brown truck guy comes to my door and he's carrying an old tube amp I purchased. The box has Fragile written on it, arrows pointing this way up. He's not carrying it the way the arrows would like him to, as I open the door he ... | |
| Tube-Curious/Pre-amp I saw someone mentioned a Dared. If you can find a used Dared SL2000a I'd say it is a great true tube preamp if you are wanting to get your feet wet. They are sensitive to tube rolling so you can get a few different flavors out of it. Runs off a 5... | |
| Has the ASR review/hatchet job on the Musetec MH-DA005 Changed Anyone's Mind? Moderator was offended by something I said? | |
| Powered speakers show audiophiles are confused @kota1 that made me laugh lol | |
| 2.1 Stereo System for TV Listening I, like others in this thread have "down-graded" to a 2.1 stereo system that I use for TV as well as living room music streaming. I was using my old Lexicon MC-8 AVP for 5.1 surround for movies and TV and recently thought it was time to consolidat... | |
| Recommendations for good sounding streamer As far as cheap streamers go I've had or have the Node, Cambridge CXN2, Ifi Zen Stream, WiiM Mini, and Arcam SA30. If Digital really isn't your "thing" and you mostly will be using Spotify, along with wanting the Streamer to be family friendly (Bl... | |
| Book Shelf Speaker advice - Formerly Book Shelf Dilemma I would suggest looking at used speakers but going that route with speakers you haven't listened to in your environment can be risky..no returns. About a year or so ago I was in a similar situation as you in terms of budget. After auditioning the... |