soix
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| Example of a piece o’ crap, useless review Sadly, many here are not even grounded in basic grammar, like the difference between their and there. Or base and bass, manufacture and manufacturer, Schiit and… | |
| Those rare albums that are great on first listen. Just thought of a couple more from Joe Sample and Oscar Peterson. Great music throughout and all well recorded… https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDzuMUMRugCqrpQSxMVGfoSjo5vXS0zaj&si=Y3zx5ErXma_s2qO_ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7... | |
| How many monthly kilowatt hours, including hi-fi, do you use? So all blue states are a lot pricier than any of red states factually. @czarivey No, not all blue states in terms of math. I’m not gonna post the numbers here because it’s not the place, but there are several rural blue states that are comparab... | |
| Audioquest or Nordost for speaker cable Big +1 @ghdprentice Knowing what other equipment you have and what improvements/sound characteristics you’re looking for are pretty critical here. | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords I listened for awhile & I do like the sound so I'll keep it like this for awhile & play some records. Time will tell. Looks like toe in is about the same, and since the speakers are closer together you might try a little less toe in es... | |
| How many monthly kilowatt hours, including hi-fi, do you use? blue states are always more pricey. I figured I either need to "run for office" or become homeless, because being working taxpayer in blue states is definitely the worst. @czarivey Not to sideline or make this political, but that’s not complete... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords Plus yours are too in line with the equipment cabinet between them which causes sound placement interference. @baylinor makes a great point here that I neglected to mention, and I agree the speakers can probably use at least another foot out fr... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords My apologies — I initially said decrease toe in when pulling speakers out further and should’ve said increase, but obviously you’d decrease toe in as necessary when moving the speakers closer together that I think you should also play with. My ba... | |
| Verity Audio Parsifal Ovation with Plinius Hautonga Great! Love to hear your thoughts on the McCormack. I’ve got the same amp but frustratingly haven’t been able to listen to it since the mods due to equipment/personal issues but hope to soon. Absolutely love your speakers BTW and really sad Verit... | |
| ABX testing with AQ Dragon power cords I know it’s your room and tastes, but I agree with @zuesman that those speakers look like they’re begging to be another 6” - 12” or so into the room and maybe a little closer together as well (obviously you’d increase toe in a bit as well when pul... | |
| Tale of two turntables I know I could just move the Apheta over to the Lenco, but I kind of want a nice cart on both turntables so I can hear them both at their best side to side. Why wouldn’t you just switch both cartridges and see what happens? Sheesh. | |
| What did a good 10 MHz clock do for your Gustard R26? After having issues with the second unit if it was me I’d absolutely cut bait and move on as there are so many other excellent DACs out there. The Denafrips Pontus jumps to mind, and adding their Iris DDC at some point will give you the ability t... | |
| Need a modern Class A monoblock, preferably half or compact chassis You should read reviews of some of the newer GaN amps if you haven’t already and specifically Atmasphere and AGD for your price range. Many people have let go of their prized Class A or A/B and even tube amps for these and several have termed the... | |
| Full loom of the same cable brand vs mixing and matching. I wound up with a full loom of Acoustic Zen cables just because every time I added another the sound kept getting better. That said, I’m firmly in the “whatever works best” camp and if something comes around that sounds better I wouldn’t hesitate... | |
| Tube amps under $7500 What sound characteristics are you looking for, which model Legacy do you have, and are you looking for new or used? |