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| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters I want to repeat myself a little though. Tweeters don’t matter. They are the sprinkles on top of the doughnut. Midranges matter. I’m saying this a little funny, tongue in cheek, but honestly we pay far too much attention to a device that may no... | |
| Am I alone in the world using a 1997 high end pro sampler as a DAC? It will surely measure terribly compared to state-of-the-art current DACs, but certainly I’ve found some of the older stuff is simply musical and enjoyable. I have an ancient Meridian 566.24 DAC I quite enjoy (the DAC portion of the famous 508 CD ... | |
| soft dome versus hard dome tweeters Yes, implementation matters a great deal. It's impossible to "perfectly" isolate all other variables to do a "fair" comparison to these 2 tweeter types. I do have one experience that sticks out - I've heard all the Acora spekears at my local deale... | |
| Pass INT-25, split decision and maybe option? I may have discovered why this INT-25 is not working well... to get to a volume that’s about conversational, I need to turn the volume up to 50 (the volume goes to 63). I borrowed a new INT-25 from my local dealer (their tech is out, otherwise he... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster Tonearm Upgrade The fact that re-tippers confirm MOST stylus tips are un-evenly worn PROVES that the dials, even sophisticated ones cannot be relied upon, see anti-skate happen/correct with the blank side method. IIRC the important observation from this (Sound... | |
| Technics SL-1200 vs. Scoutmaster I commented on your other post. Agree with @tooblue the Scountmaster is a nice table, but shoe-horning a different brand of arm onto it can get messy. I’m also fond of VPI’s metal unipivots, but its later versions / incarnations are much better - ... | |
| 3k budget for Turntable and Phono Noob- do I need external power supplies? NO I wouldn’t waste my money on S-Boosters, or similar premium PSUs. I actually have two: a 24V DC unit for very high end Clearaudio Master Innovation (which shockingly ships with a very cheap wall wart SMPS) and a 24V AC unit for a Benz PP-1 phon... | |
| VPI Scoutmaster Tonearm Upgrade IIRC Scountmasters don't use "armboards" like (most) Aries models. VPI arms are surface-mount. Many non-VPI arms route the cable down through the plinth and need a much larger hole drilled there, which could get messy on a Scoutmaster (MDF / vinyl... | |
| Removable headshells I wouldn’t count the Moonstone as a low-compliance cartridge. It’s made in Japan, and thus spec’d at 100Hz rather than 10Hz (Euro). Its compliance is really more akin to 18 - 22 (@ 10Hz), which is into high-medium compliance territory. I certainly... | |
| Be aware of a scam! Yep - the false escrow thing is an older scam, but essential to continue building awareness of. Lately Facebook’s audio-themed groups have been hit hard. These scams are relatively lazy, but they work by spamming volume - a certain percentage, how... | |
| How do you A/B amps in your system? Yes - quite simply I reconnect the sets of cables (input ICs & out SCs) between 2 amps. Move the amps themselves, if space requires. You swap in an amp, and then listen AS NORMAL to your preferred music material, for a duration. Rinse, repeat.... | |
| Looking for advise regarding Rogue M180’s Nice, factory packing for $60 each is well worth it! Many audio companies charge HUNDREDS for the same quality of packing. Example: boxes for my Clearaudio Master Innovation table cost almost $900, ugh. This is a key advantage of Rogue - they won’... | |
| 6SN7GT VT231 TUBES I have a pair of Sylvania VT 231. 6SN7GT on my OPPO 105 Modwright and when I open the drawer on the player I can hear the noise of the opening on my speakers Are these normal?? @zorro That’s very normal for vintage 6SN7GT in "upstream" slots... | |
| got my PayPal 1099 /// what now? Does bitcoin send out 1099? If you traded through a major exchange (Binance, Coinbase etc) they should, though they did not always in the past. You’re still supposed to report and pay taxes on any trades for profit that you’ve done, regardless ... | |
| got my PayPal 1099 /// what now? I’m definitely getting hit by this becasue I’m well over the $5K threshold. I should go check PayPal for the forms. Playing with crypto in 2020 was kind of a nightmare for taxes - LOTS of transactions, short term vs long term gains etc. I learned... |