twoleftears
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| Classical Music for Aficionados Listening to Dohnanyi's Symphony no. 1 on the much loved and lamented Telarc label. Leon Botstein (not Leonard Bernstein!) conducting the LPO. Lovely music, and the soundstage here is arrayed from speaker to speaker. This tells me my system is ... | |
| Fuse Direction for Pass Labs Amp and Preamp Clearly the orange fuses combine the best qualities of the red fuses and the yellow fuses, while the purple fuses combine those of the red and the blue. | |
| Peachtree GaN 1 Beta The electronics inside the Peachtree GaN400 are supposed to be very similar, if not identical, to those inside the LSA Voyager. Don't know about this new Peachtree, but be prepared not to hear much of a difference. | |
| recommended speaker cables and interconnects +1 for Audio Envy. You can't go wrong there, with trial period and return if necessary (unlikely). | |
| New and improved Diamond Back Oil!!! You could get one of these with the $500 you saved. | |
| “House” Character of Popular $20-$30k Speakers If you ventured off the well-trodden path a bit, you might find something you liked even better. QLN, Rosso Fiorentino, Gershman, Audiovector, and many more. | |
| Installing dedicated 10 gauge lines If your breaker box has no empty slots, then aren't you also going to have to put in a new bigger one of those, and wire everything into it? | |
| New and improved Diamond Back Oil!!! @ebm https://www.ebay.com/itm/154936890468?hash=item2412f55464:g:DMsAAOSwZ4ViTnT8 | |
| CD Tweaks: An Update I've seen Novus 1-2-3 recommended in the past, particularly the cleaner or the fine scratch remover. | |
| "Too much gain"? (Cary SLP05 question) There are two issues here, does the volume pot have an optimal operation range (typically around half way between min and max), and does the way the volume pot operates at the moment give you enough fine adjustability to hit exactly the volume tha... | |
| How do I get the best soundstage? It's all about the room itself, the position and angling of the speakers, and acoustic room treatment. Spend the $ on Advil and start moving stuff around. | |
| High quality CDs But there are loads of used CDs on Amazon and other sites, and among those CDs plenty of Telarc. And, strange to tell, owners of classical CDs tend to be gentler on their discs, so most are still in very good condition. | |
| First CD player help! The Denon is $430 on Amazon. There's also a decent Cambridge model. https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Audio-AXC35-Stereo-Player/dp/B07SN6BQJ3#customerReviews | |
| Your thoughts on my quest for new speakers Go and listen to some Bache speakers. He's in Brooklyn. https://bacheaudio.com/ | |
| Differences the Project RS2 Transport and the (newest) Jay's Audio CD2 Mk 3 Let the Phillips vs. Stream Unlimited debate begin! |