vinylshadow
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| Will a high quality preamp really make a difference in sound?? Also speaker cable Skip a preamp. It's an expensive volume control and most likely yes, it will color t the sound. But a good DAC with a quality analog volume control and you're set. Audio Analog, Meitner and Playback Designs make such DAC's. | |
| Help me build up a jazz album collection. Can you suggest a must have album? Kenny Burrell Midnight Blue | |
| One box solution I hear ya.I guess you gotta do the get up cost/benefit equation! | |
| One box solution Mark Levinson Maria. | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? Dohmann Helix One is likely the best turntable out there. Unless you want to spend $350k on a Wilson Benesch. Origin Live Voyager S could be up there as well. But I'd go with a Dohmann before any others myself. | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? @invalid It's where the component has isolated inputs and outputs. There is some great information on the interweb about it. | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? If your equipment is True Balanced then XLR. Otherwise I'd go unbalanced RCA. | |
| Streamer, no DAC please? Audio Analogue is your best option. $5k. Move up? Playback Designs MPS-X. | |
| Dusting gear and turntable How's about getting an air purifier near the equipment rack. | |
| An IEC with grip I've tried Teflon tape and if it migrates, You have to be careful as it conducts electricity and you'll hear a crackle. I stopped using it. I've stacked things to prop up the connector but will try those inserts. | |
| LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE ACOUSTICS OF MY LISTENING ROOM If you send room pictures to GIK Acoustics, they can make suggestions. | |
| The best opening act you've ever seen & heard? Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath in 1980 or 81. They destroyed Sabbath. | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? If you have a DAC like Audio Analogue's that has an analog volume control, you don't need a preamp. I have a vinyl rig and send the signal from my phono preamp to my DAC and out to my amps. No preamp. Preamps are merely expensive volume control... | |
| New analog rig(t.t.,tonearm,phono drive) @mdbrown When I was corresponding with Alex about my refilling my empty Basis 2001 pods, it was suggested that if I did not want to send the pods back to have them recalibrated, to buy 1 of the Basis 4oz bottles of silicone for $160 and add 1oz ... | |
| Anyone replace the springs of a Nobsound footer? Live Vibe brass decoupler sets are better than any springs out there. Springs lose their tension. |