rmdmoore
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| Feel free to talk me off the ledge For me, the speakers are the heart of the system. They are what produces the actual sound that your ears hear. They need to be right and a fair amount of time should be spent choosing. When I got my first pair of speakers I drove all over the NY t... | |
| which turntable for the future? I spent a ton of time thinking about this last year. I emailed Mike Fremer and Michael Trei and got a lot of opinions. In the end, I was down to the Kuzma Stabi R with a 4pt arm or a Brinkmann Bardo. I ultimately found a demo model Bardo with the ... | |
| Thinking of taking the plunge. Also agree with bluesound node. I got one and was surprised at how good it sounded. The interface is amazing. My wife uses it sometimes and enjoys it. I later added a Schiit Ygdrassil and that really opened it up. You already have a nice external ... | |
| looking for separate tube phono stage for use with VAC Avatar SE integrated amp I have a rogers high Fidelity PA-2. The thing is fantastic. It can do MM or MC and what's nice about the MC is that it uses a built in SUT. The thing is built like a tank and the tube swapping options are extremely interesting. Being a tube phono ... | |
| Which Preamp with JC5? Rogue Audio RP-9 or Parasound JC2 I disagree with avanti1960. I have an RP-7 and I find it to be very detailed, dead quiet, great imaging and spaciousness, but lacking in tube warmth. I called Nick at Rogue and had a very frank discussion with him asking directly about if I should... | |
| Rouge Audio RP-7 I've had 3 different Rogue preamps over the years; a sixty six, an Rp-1, and currently an RP-7. The sixty six sounded like a tube preamp but the phono stage was pretty poor. The RP-1 was a moderate step up but the sound got kore solid state. I can... | |
| Share albums where EVERY SINGLE song is good Wilco - Yankee hotel foxtrot David bowie - hunky dory The Hold Steady - boys and girls in america Also agree with some of the ones above but wanted to add some novel titles | |
| What'd You Get For Xmas? Richard Gray 600 power conditioner and holy crap! Absolutely changed my system's sound for thr better. Bass got deeper and cleaner. Highs opened up and detail improved. And all I plugged in was my power amps and speakers (they have integrated powe... | |
| Help with Cartridge choice Musical surroundings, the distributor for Hana, has an upgrade program. Inagree that requires ML is likely too much cartridge for your table. I'd suggest you try the Hana SL for $750. When its time to upgrade the table, you can also upgrade the ca... | |
| speaker choice for new 20x30 audio room If you're not opposed to buying used, see if you can find a pair of vandersteen Quatro Woods. I got mine as a demo pair for under 10k. They're versatile and have built in room tunable subwoofers in each speaker which will be a huge asset to you wi... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other I agree with adding brinkmann. I looked a a lot of turntables this past year and ended up with a Brinkmann Bardo. It's direct drive but with a magnetic system that is incredibly smooth. The bearing is amazing. The platter which is definitely massi... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Big upgrade year for me on multiple counts: Went from Rogue RP-1 to and RP-7. The level of quiet this piece is and the musicality when it's making sound are incredible. Have changed to some NOS tubes that have made it even better too, currently ... | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 I had the musical surroundings nova 3 with the linear power supply. That runs just about 2200. I wanted to go tube so I moved to a Rogers PA-2 which I'm very happy with but is much more expensive. The Nova 3 sounds ded way better that the Pro-ject... | |
| Preamp Opinion For me tubes sound better. Also, as others have said, there is really very little maintenance for a tube pre, the tubues should last you 10k+ hours. Also, if you wanna try a different sound, you don't need to drop $$$ on a new preamp. You can repl... | |
| Looking for new speakers for large audio room I second the vandersteen Kentos. They have built in powered sub and I think your Pass is enough to drive them. It could be though that you have a twofold problem. Even with the high efficiency system you have, the room may just be too big. You mig... |