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| New Rega Planer 8 (P8) Turntable - Apheta 2 Cartridge Combo - Thoughts Frank,3 strikes but you are not out.The comments suggesting a wall shelf are a good idea. Once I solved similar issue by reinforcing the floor by putting a couple of 2x4 lengths of wood (cheap pine will do) in the basement or crawl space as jois... | |
| Ripping to FLAC - Lumin D2 users @spoutmouzert I use Yate to edit metadata and add art. It's about $20 but worth it. Much art will be added when ripping, but Yate also does auto searches and/or manual searches according to your criteria. The way I use Lumin app, AlbumArtist needs... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? Haven't seen a similar thread where a category has so many enthusiast responses for so many brands. Is that telling us something about tube amps? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Which area of components to spend the most $ on? Boy I was wrong all my life! @ivan_nosnibor Great post! It never ceases to amaze how we all prioritize and react differently to the same gear in the same room! That's why we all have to listen to as many different rigs, rooms etc. with music that you know well to overcome the... | |
| Looking for thoughts/opinions on tube seller's response to my question... Others more knowledgeable about this, perhaps @mechans , could chime in here, but I recall something about 6SN7GTA vs 6SN7GTB compatibility being an issue on some circuits, but not others. Are you sure that the B is recommended on that piece of ge... | |
| ***Going Insane***End Game Speakers***Harbeth Verity or Living Voice*** "End Game" and "can't audition" don't belong in the post, especially if your are tied to a 15w amp. If you change the equation to "best guess" and "for a while or longer" then you are in a different situation. If you can't audition, buy used so yo... | |
| Highest BUILD quality tube amps? There's a number of them that are very high quality and low maintenance.VAC, Atma-Sphere, BAT, Lamm, Music Reference, Herron, VTL, Rogue all qualify IMHO. Audio Research is one of the biggest brands, but while they certainly have a large number of... | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? What's the rest of your system? What have you listened to(analog and digital) that moved you and made you want to listen more? Cheers,Spencer | |
| $1000 should be spent for a NOS DAC or a turntable? Do you have a record collection? Cheers,Spencer | |
| New Rega Planer 8 (P8) Turntable - Apheta 2 Cartridge Combo - Thoughts @fsmithjack Frank, @mulveling makes many good points. I would agree that the Verdier is a solid table, the Herron would beat the Chinook and that the Hana might not be all that.Somebody just listed a Sota Cosmos IV for $4k, that is a fine option. ... | |
| Mac Mini as a music server Sure, but when you turn automatic updates off, security updates aren't installed. If streaming or internet radio are part of why you use the Mac, you become more vulnerable to attack every day. You get annoying prompts daily suggesting updating. M... | |
| Mac Mini as a music server @wtf +1I used a Mac Mini with all the mentioned software too. Audirvana+ was my fav, but between the Apple updates you already explained and A+ trouble with library files getting periodically corrupted, it was frequently not allowing me to just si... | |
| Vinyl heresy-overhang induced distortion is not that important @lewm The null points for Löfgren "A" (identical to Baerwald) are at 66.0mm and 120.9mm.You've got your A's mixed with your B's. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Using a lap top cd drive instead of highend cd player Well, not disagreeing that it will sound better than many CD players, but if you change the question to how do I get best sound out of my computer as a digital source then you need to consider:- linear power supplies vs. typical wall warts- type o... | |
| Try before you buy? You want free? Join a local audio club and borrow from your friends. It really works. As a side benefit you get guys to listen over your shoulder and tell you that your opinion is wrong ;-) Cheers,Spencer |