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| Experiences With Costly Balanced XLR Interconnects Above $3,000 I am waiting on Jeff Smith of Silversmith Cables for his new XLR cables. They should be out in a few weeks. I have had great success with his Fidelium speaker cables. Very reasonably priced at about $1200 for an 8’ pair. They absolutely creamed m... | |
| Phono Stage, Tonearm, Cartridge Question - Which is the most important? I have recently, after many months with no TT, upgraded to a much better table. I had a really good Woodsong Garrard 301. And am using a super nice Triplanar arm, Grado Epoch 3 cartridge and great full function Atma-Sphere MP-1 preamp. But after... | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? Ralph, I have to believe that musicality, immersion, involvement and, ultimately, suspension of disbelief has much to do with an amp designer’s taste and ear than simply harmonics and distortion. I would say that your sensibilities as a musician ... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation I am quite surprised that no one has suggested, to me, the slam dunk answer-Silversmith Fideliums ($1295 for an 8’ pair). They replaced a $6K set I had. Those are now, relatively, junk. After the introduction of Fideliums I was sure there would ... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier I use what I consider to be not just a preamp with a phono stage but a “vinyl playback machine” the Atma-Sphere MP-1. A tube device, it has 6 tubes for the preamp line stage and 10 tubes for the phono. However, currently a fully loaded MP-1 sells... | |
| Looking for Turntable Reccomendations Can’t post the link but there is an Artisan Fidelity Lenco for $2999 on Usaudiomart This is an amazing TT for a steal. It is Pearl white if you don’t mind that. Lenco has been mentioned. I own a very similar TT. It is the best I have ever owne... | |
| New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade That is, Ralph’s statement on tube amps being on life support. | |
| New Generation Class D - AGD Audion Mkiii upgrade @ghdprentice Was using my AGD Audion MKIIs. Actually, I now have ARC Ref 80S. Very similar to George’s Ref 160S. And between the AGDs and the ARC I thoroughly enjoyed Ralph’s Class Ds. The AGDs are beautiful sounding and very musical. However... | |
| The most natural sound in the world. Grounding is the issue at hand. TriPoint makes very pricey devices. I am considering the new Shunyata Altiara which is reasonably priced. Only concerned about how to connect it to my components. Only my TT has a dedicated ground post. For my... | |
| Affordable SS that sound like Tubes Tube smoothness and musicality with SS detail and impact: Atma-Sphere Class D. $5400 Killer! | |
| Toslink I am limited by my smart tv to only output Toslink. To my DAC. TV sound suffers. There was a Digital conversion box suggested. But inputting Toslink and outputting coax will still limit quality to Toslink. Is that not correct? | |
| What new gear have you just bought? Darzeel CTH 8550 MK3 dCS Lina DAC dCS Lina Clock Artisan Fidelity Lenco L75 | |
| Speaker that are 'KEEPERS" for the long haul!!! My listening habits lean heavily toward voices. I lived most of the ‘90s with Quad 57s. Not exclusively, but greatly with voices, their transparency and tone is beyond compare. It just sounds “right”. When I found a pair of Electrostatic Soluti... | |
| What speaker could safely be ordered without hearing it first? Quad 57 from Electrostatic Solutions. Think they are now $6K. I have owned Tannoy Westminster Royals, ATC Anniversary 50, etc. Once you hear the tone and transparency of 57s there is no going back. | |
| MM or MI Cartridge? I feel privileged and fortunate to have a Grado Epoch3 MI cartridge. It instantly replaced my, highly regarded, Lyra Atlas SL. By that I mean it did not “cream” the Lyra, but it greatly surpassed it in, the always vital and central, musicality. ... |