don_c55
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| Need power conditioner advice. In reference to Furman/Tice/PS Audio/Richard Gray. I have found the Chang Lightspeed CLS 709 power line filter works wonders in my system!Very clear, detailed, 3D, sonic improvement.No coils with time lag. Delivers current instantly. Protects equipment from power surges and lightning hits. Beat my... | |
| What are the weak points of Pass amps and pre-amps ? I owned the Pass XA30.5 and it put out very little heat into the room going 24/7.I now have a pair of XA60.5 going 24/7, and do not notice a rise in room temp. I have the amps on 2 Inch maple boards. Electric bill is up about $30 per mo. when on 2... | |
| Where would you sell your vinyl collection? The problem with selling one LP at a time is getting shipping containers, time spent communicating with buyers, and traveling to send into the mail.The record has to be worth more than $30 or $40 to make it worthwhile to sell IMO.Very few records... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" Power amps with bright meters!I do not want the distraction of useless information, or lights, when listening in the dark. | |
| MQA is Legit! MQA is not a sound quality improvement over CD IMO.Just different mastering!SACD can be an improvement over CD, but many SACDs are just CD conversions to DSD, so buyer beware! | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? ARC power amps blow resistors and bias circuits frequently when a tube fails, causing a return to the factory.I had a D125 power amp burst into flames with the bias circuit board ruined one time.Very costly repair.......sold the ARC and never went... | |
| Clean Power without the drawbacks of Conditioning Filtering. Advice? Chang Lightspeed CLS 709!No current limiting, improves detail, more 3D, clearer sound quality, dead quiet noise level!Much better than any AC regenerator with no warm up period due to internal amplifier in regenerator. | |
| Where are the blind streaming quality tests? Anyone that can not hear sonic differences between 320 Kbs and CD lossless sound has a crap audio system, or only listens to ear buds and Bose Wave radios!Perhaps these listeners are typical, broke, Millennials that have no taste in music? | |
| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Davy Post this same rant on the What's Best Forum, AudioShark, and Audio Nirvana sites, that you regularly visit, and see if you get a different response?I doubt you will! | |
| Caps and Tubes Wonder Caps were used in some stock ARC preamps in late 80’s early 90’s.They are not replacements but original. | |
| What amps should I audition? Reno Hi Fi will allow in home trials of Pass equipment for 10 days.If your decide to return after trial, then you pay the shipping both ways.They have good deals on demos, with free shipping, and no tax. | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? What if the Nazi’s won World War Two? | |
| I need your help. I have an ARC Ref 3, ARC 110, Vandersteen 5As, but no turntable. If you have no Lp's now, why go into analog, the learning curve is very slow.IMO just stick with digital. | |
| Which Nakamichi to choose? I have heard most of the pre Dragon Nak’s and prefer the Nak 600 MK II.Simple "focused field" head design that can not be beat. Response to 20kHz.The most warm and realistic Nak cassette deck IMO. | |
| AC Regenerator All AC regenerators have an amp inside that needs time to warm up before sounding great.I hate warm up sonic changes, and use Chang LightSpeed line filters, and never went back to a AC regenerator.The Chang sounds great with no coil voltage lag, o... |