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| Magnepan Owners Probably won't make that much of a difference compared with completely rewiring the speakers with various gauges of OFC cryoed copper wire, using copper binding posts, bypassing the fuses, upgrading the stands buying Mye's, and then building an en... | |
| Question for TW Acustic Owners ...and good luck not smashing your fingers if you own the 45 lb heavy copper platter. | |
| TT mats Here’s an interesting thin, coated, aluminum mat I’m using on my TW Acustic Anniversary, the SPEC Analog Disc Sheet AP-UDI, and a related TT mat comparo at Part-time audiophile:https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2017/02/15/five-turntable-mats-an-audio... | |
| Bi-amping Luvrockin Maybe you’re still thinking about it? Here’s an excerpt from Nelson Pass in the Intro of the Pass Labs XVR-1 product manual. It’s the bible (literally at 20+ pages) on active crossovers basics, theory, and how to set them up. Have at it.... | |
| Bi-amping Some of the info above is not accurate. Anyway, I’m not sure it would be worth it and this is coming from someone who’s bi and tri-amped for 40 years. Your B&Ws are a relatively easy-to-drive load averaging around 6 ohms with a complementary m... | |
| Speaker suggestions – Possible Magnepan 3.6R or Dunlavy SC-IV Can’t go wrong with either and you’ve got the space. I almost bought the IVs at one point so understand why you like them. Personally, moving the Dunlavy’s around would be a chore, and it doesn’t sound like your wife will volunteer to help! Anothe... | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? When I run out of money.... | |
| Who do you like for equipment mods? Frank Van Alstine modded my old Dynaco FM-5 tuner about 30 years ago. It sounded much, much better than my Magnum Dynalab Etude tuner which I ended up selling. Still have the Dynaco. Thanks, didn't know he still did mods. | |
| Fozgometer/Adjust + Exchange This sounds a little strange to me if you can adjust the gain on your phono preamp. What do you see on the screen when you play the test record? Do you mean the output of the cartridge/phono section is too high and there’s clipping/overloading the... | |
| Audio Research Factory Tour It's interesting to me what people expect in a 20 minute video. If you know the company's history and have owned and listened to many of their classic designs the video is a nice supplement to all that. I don't need to hear a soliloquy on circuit ... | |
| Is Jim Smith's Book"Get Better Sound"Best Book ? One of the best audio reference books ever with a lifetime of ideas to improve your system and setup. Almost everything will sound familiar until you pay attention to the details and realize how many hidden gems there are. There were at least 3 id... | |
| Tri-Planar & Customer Service Excellence lewm: As to upgrading the arm to a VII from the IV, this was done back in 2009 so there are likely new offerings. Tri rebuilt the arm with new tighter-tolerance bearings, changed the wiring harness to Discovery cable if I recollect, and added the ... | |
| Tri-Planar & Customer Service Excellence Some years ago Tri Mai upgraded my IV to a VII for a very fair price with quick turnaround too. Oh, if you can find someone with a cable cooker you can burn in the tonearm wires much faster. The signal level is so low otherwise they never get comp... | |
| Best Jazz pianist Maybe not the best, but a huge influence and way up there -- big Earl Hines and Eubie Blake fan. | |
| Capitol Audio Fest This is a show that has gotten better and better over the past 3 years I've attended and is well worth the trip. The overall sound quality of the systems/rooms has improved every year. The big VAC / Von Schweikert room was truly amazing if you he... |