oberoniaomnia
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| Enough is Enough In my experience, dealers are useless. I'd love to give a brick and mortar store my business, but so far it's been mostly disappointing. - when looking for a TT upgrade, shop said LP-12 or bust. Said I don't like the LP12, never got a reply, so ... | |
| VPI Prime Upgrade I had a VPI super prime scout and traded it for a Rega Naia package. I bought the VPI for unipivot arm and VTA on the fly. However, since then learned that unipivots also move in undesirable axes, and after much fussing with VTA, I cannot hear a d... | |
| Phono preamp or SUT for low output moving coil I recently got a Zesto SUT for a Rega Aphelion 2 cart going into EAT Eglow petite hybrid-tube PS. I can either go directly to PS with high gain and get a bit of tube hiss. Or I can add the SUT and get a bit of transformer hum. Both at very low lev... | |
| Do you have a perfect digital marriage? MacMini with Roon (lifetime) -> USB -> HoloAudio May DAC L2. For FLAC files only, I don't stream. No complaints, but have not been listening to many DACs. Just got a decent one so that I won't have to wonder anymore. This is just for the oc... | |
| Why does USB feature so much in discussions about DACs when the newer HDMI seems better? @2psyop "USB was for data not audio." Sending audio DATA over USB *is* sending data, zero and ones. Digital data transmission does not depend on what type of data it is. Data is data from a transmission perspective. | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. @suartk Re Upscale, I tried to set up a demo with plenty of lead time for some TTs when I had something else going in LA. They flat out would/could not do it. So in-store demo is a pipe dream. It is not possible anymore if you have something speci... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? @oldaudiophile @davetheoilguy P.S. Re bare wire and gauge, I use ~AWG 4-5 (so VERY thick) bare wires. Took a bit of fiddling to get them in neat, but works fine both amp (Pass XA25) and speaker (PearlAcoustics Sibelius) side. And no, they don't ge... | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? +1 bare wire. | |
| How do you pick your gear? Tips and insights are welcome. First, it takes a long time, say a year or two. YouTube reviews, assorted Bulletin Boards, on-line reviews, manufacturer inquiries. I am looking for reviewers who cut through nonsense. Eventually, it is a product that gets frequently recommended, ... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh @williesaid glad I am not the only one who finds the Mac design an eyesore. The combination of ostentatious and ugly is a punch 1-2. Fortunately, there are plenty of alternatives. | |
| Increasing a Low output MM Consider a step-up-transformer. Come in various flavors, some even adjustable (Zesto). I have the latter, and gives fuller sound, though introduces a bit of transformer hum. So I have to chose between tube hiss from EAT eglow petite PS, or transfo... | |
| What are your top 10 records There are no "must have" records. The only records you need to have are the ones YOU like. I have a weird taste; one of my top album will be considered beyond bad by most: The Ex: Blueprints for a Back Out. It is experimental jazzy punk. I like t... | |
| Drinking Songs playlest... What am I missing? Daily Terror - Kleine Biere [small beers] Die Toten Hosen - Bommerlunder The Silence Cries - Another beer Rites of Spring - Drink Deep | |
| Looking for more advice on purchasing a new turntable. If you have a PL PS, I assume you have a current TT. What is it? Anything you like/dislike about it? That could help narrowing down the discussion. Given that you have all PL, I assume you are an upscale customer, and you get some loyalty discount... | |
| Any audiophile use computer (MacBook) as your audio streaming source? For all those who used computers and say that streamers are better, what DAC did you use in conjunction with computer? Could it be that the DAC in the streamer is better than what you used when using a computer as file source? So what you are hear... |