oberoniaomnia
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| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? No. ASR has tested a bunch of them, and there is zero improvement. Additionally, many third party cables are not UL/CE listed, so if something goes wrong (fire), you are out of luck with insurance. Buyer beware, literally. | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Went to a Napalm Death show in The Whiskey in LA, around 1997/98. Was curious about death metal. Opening was no-name, before first record band called System of a Down ... The rest is history. They were light years better than the main act on which... | |
| Should speakers be upgraded before preamp and amplifiers? What do you want from your system? What is missing right now? You have new speakers and vintage electronics. Do you want to stay with vintage? Room sounding ok? Otherwise this is where you get the biggest difference. You seem to be a vinyl perso... | |
| Voigt Pipe speakers still a thing? I am using a PearlAcoustics Sibelius, and am very happy with it. Don't know about driver, but cabinet is 1.5" solid oak. Love those speakers, not even thinking about changing them. | |
| Phono preamp upgrade price/performance Separate PS can definitely improve sound. I would suggest that a reasonable price point is around same as cart, so ~$200 with the 2M Blue. Doubling that to $500-ish may still get you a bit more refinement, thereafter it becomes a question of what ... | |
| Network DAC suggestions? Wiim Pro? ... @lanx0003 LOL! Thanks for the clarification of your intent and my mis-reading! For near-field listening room correction is certainly irrelevant. | |
| Network DAC suggestions? Wiim Pro? ... @lanx0003 The Cambridge MXN10 looks interesting. Balanced out as on CXN100 is not justifiable, and box is too big. Remote control or PEQ is not necessary at all. The OG Topping D50 was something I had sitting around. @grinnell Thanks for secon... | |
| Speakers better without subwoofers? Crossover and synchronization issues? What do you do When I first tried to set up my sub (REL T9), the result was a hot timing mess, so I let it gather dust. Main speakers are PearlAcoustics Sibelis SG. A year later I gave it another go, and got it to work where the sub is not audible directly, but ... | |
| Record Store Day 2025 List @mofimadness even worse! | |
| Record Store Day 2025 List As usual, not one title of interest. I am looking forward in excitement for the VV and the Void "Elevator to the Unknown" finally out on vinyl! A dreamwave gem! Got it as a digital-only release in 2021 so really excited for the vinyl version! And... | |
| How often to you clean vinyl and the needle? Record with brush before every play. Stylus as needed = rarely. | |
| Class A bias, speaker sensitivity, watts...? Re current capabilities, is there a measurement, or some type of spec number? I would imagine that the µ/m-Farad value of the caps would be an indicator, but then there is also the maximum discharge speed F/s (= slew rate???) playing a role. Capa... | |
| Rega p10 vs SME 12A TT choice depends a lot of whether you are a gear fiddler or a music lover. I had a VPI with VTA on the fly with SoundSmith Zephyr cart. I could not hear any difference in VTA setting by just playing the record. I had to play the same record on T... | |
| USA Distributor List Sort of interesting. I was not aware that plywood of the body is considered "solid wood". Better than MDF, but I would not call it that. The front plate appears to be solid. I also thought that tweeters should be at ear level, but with the short f... | |
| Sound quality Au contraire: a great performance can be moving even if the recording is suboptimal. A bad performance is bad regardless of recording or even live experience. I remember a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performance in the Baroque series, where a f... |