yoyoyaya
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| Value of a preamp? @Tonnesen - good article which correlates well with my own listening. In my own case, running analogue and digital sources necessitates a preamp anyway. | |
| Value of a preamp? @tonnesen - I only saw your comment now. Very nice system BTW. The Playback Designs player is unusual in using an analogue volume control, thus achieving volume reduction without throwing bits away. How it compares to a preamp of commensurate qual... | |
| Amp — Leave on or turn off My Pass XA 60.8 power amps take an hour to warm up and the sound quality improves slghtly over the next hour. There are no further gains to be made from leaving the amplifiers on when not being used from listening - except for warming up the room,... | |
| Value of a preamp? @OP - Well, impedance matching and volume control are two fairly critical functions. For the preamp naysayers, the reality is that any source component that can drive a power amp effectively has a preamp in it. So it depends on how good a preamp y... | |
| How does bi-wiring work? Even if biwiring has audible benefits, it creates a whole load of unneeded complexity. It also means that the speaker cable budget has to be split across two sets of cables rather than using one better cable for the same budget and more than likel... | |
| Magico A5 vs SF Amati vs Raidho D3 - Help me decide! I would not pair Magicos with Nordost cables. A change of cables might work as an alternative to changing the speakers. | |
| Upgrade My Turntable - How Much Do I Need to Spend? @OP. Issues with turntable setup/maintenance are frequently overstated. Non- suspended subchassis turntables need close to zero maintenance apart from an occasional belt change and, possibly, a drop or two of bearing lubricant. Similarly, a cartri... | |
| New Falcon ls3/5a Silvers in the house A medium powered tube integrated (25-50 watts) is a good pairing with LS3/5a's. There is almost infinite choice but Prima Luna, Jadis and Copland are some decent names that come to mind. | |
| Best Covers Inger Marie Gundersen's cover of Dock of the Bay Mary Black's cover of I Say a Little Prayer | |
| Clock vs Streamer advice @OP. Melco's app is not great either. As you have a quality DAC, and I'm working on the premise that it is USB equipped, you do have the potential to run Roon straight into that DAC. However, you need a purpose built computer to get the best resul... | |
| Where to go next with the turntable @OP, the Linn LP12 epitomises bass warmth - but you've had a couple of those. Given that and the fact that you've had VPIs, take a listen to a Technics SL1200G and the latest Regas to see if either floats your boat. The Technics has really excelle... | |
| 3-4 dB dip at crossover region: what should I listen for to hear it? The ASR measurements suggest that the midrange dip is less pronounced in-room. Using a 12in driver in a two way design is always going to be compromised. Dips in frequency response are not always interpreted by the brain as dullness - a drop in th... | |
| What happens when the stylus tip wears out on a $12,000 cartridge? Van den Hul retip/rebuild all their cartridges for very reasonable prices. The $12,000 cartridge hypothesis distorts the picture because $4-6K is a more representative price range for high end cartridges. | |
| Favorite Obscure Rock Song Paradise Skies by Max Webster | |
| Time, Wear, and Technological Evolution @OP Ed - very glad the speakers LS 50s worked out well. The manual is correct in that theoretically you shouldn't need the port plugs if the speakers are well away from the walls. However every room is different so if your ears tell you you need ... |