williewonka
Responses from williewonka
| Looking for speakers with soundstage depth @timrhu - I'm with a couple of other posters - best improvements to imaging have been gained by introducing good cables throughtout the system. Also adding quality cone feet under components was the icing on the cakeMy cables removed noise from my... | |
| Poll: Naim owners, what cabling are you using? DIN? RCA? NACA5? Other? @chayro - here’s a link from the NAIM community forumhttps://community.naimaudio.com/t/speaker-cable-for-naim-power-amplifiers/87So the lack of Inductance in the outtput stage of NAIM amps requires a certain inductance to be present in the cables ... | |
| Poll: Naim owners, what cabling are you using? DIN? RCA? NACA5? Other? @jsbach1685 - I’m a naim lover :-) At least I love their amps!- some of their other source components are a little pricey for my budget.Unfortunately, I have found that posting on the NAIM forum got me the typical "NAIM Follower" responce - i.e. "... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment @cleeds - That is mistaken. Anti-skate is used to compensate for a force that an offset pickup arm exerts that gives it a tendency to "skate" towards the spindle. Thanks for the correction - That was what I was attempting to say in my rather ... | |
| Tonearms with no anti-skate adjustment Seems you might be missing the same part the thread below identifies a similar issue....http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/grace-tone-arm-anti-skate-set-up-question.356558/Anti-skate is reqired to counter the effect of the "drag" the s... | |
| Looking for a 2.1 setup for music and home theater I switched to a 2.1 system for my A/V setup when we moved - I wanted something simpler that my wife could operate...- Blusesound Powernode2- B & W sub-woofer- Tannoy Fusion 4 speakersMy room size is 25 x 26 with a cathedral ceiling 15ft highI ... | |
| Turntable background noise I think you will be happier with another brand of cartridge. Most of you problems should be solved.I would suggest a similar cartridge from Sumico, Ortofon, or Audio Technica - they seem to have a pretty good reputation and level of perofrmance.Ho... | |
| Turntable background noise Are there cartridges that are more suseptable to this type of interferance? Yes - Grado is one brand I had tried and found it was prone to noise.I had one on my Rega and the hum got louder as the cartridge got closer to the center of the platter -... | |
| Bluesound Node 2i Question @tbevan - since you are not using ethernet...To see your various settings try the following...Click on the icon that looks like three small horizontal bars at the top left of the Bluesound player screengo to "Settings" menu item (at the bottom) an... | |
| Vinyl***What If*** To the OP - Here’s the my view on this...you have no legacy vinyl, so no real need to invest in a vinyl rigyou are not "inclined" to invest time and effort involved in setting up, maintaining and eveolving a vinyl based system any "low end" vinyl ... | |
| Best return for the money, system upgrade suggestions please. @grm - I've owned the Dacmagic and I think it is probably the place I would start the upgrade process.I have also owned a Schiit Bifrost, and the latest version of this DAC is much better than the one I had and the latest multi-bit option is only ... | |
| What is your experience with the law of diminishing returns ? I'm with Rich - it really is subjectiveRegards - Steve | |
| Anyone's DIY Bested Brand-Name High End Speaker or Power Cables? @tomask6 - Take a look at these...http://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-power-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-interconnect-cable.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/category-002ahelix-speaker-cable.htmlPersonall... | |
| Help with phono amp upgrade Why not try another canadian product ? - Simaudio MoonI have the LP5.3 RS phono stage and it will probably be the last one I buy- silent operation- nice balanced sound- very detailed- exceptional dynamic performance- very configurableThe more rece... | |
| Any avantgarde acoustic owners? I do not own the Avantgarde Duo's, but I would love to :-) I have listened in detail to TOTL models from Focal and Sonus Faber and to my ears the Avangarde's Duo's topped them both - not by a small margine either.Now maybe it's my ears, but the ... |