folkfreak
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| The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses .... @imgoodwithtools quick question -- which tuning bullets do you prefer with your Galileo LE speaker cables? If you are running the grey bullets the blacks will probably be a better match as the grey's have less sparkle and HF extension, the combina... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation @lewm I’ve owned a Lyra Dorian Mono and heard many other mono Lyra’s. They give great sound in the Lyra house style but to my mind miss the soul, the energy, the brio that the Miyajima’s bring. I also obviously can play a mono disc using my stereo... | |
| MONO cartridge recommendation How about the Miyajima Spirit Mono HI, I love my Zero and judging by this review the Spirit brings the same feeling at its price point https://www.stereophile.com/content/gramophone-dreams-1-page-2 | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain So accepting that my caveats with high gain may all be down to shortcomings in the ARC design (although no reviewer of this model line has ever said that) the main point I was trying to make was regarding my experience adding 14dB in my preferred ... | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain @almarg thanks. One minor correction. I neglected to note that the MFA also has adjustable load so I have maintained the 200ohms seen by the cartridge. The step up needs to see 47k to work so that is how the phono stage is set@lewm thanks for your... | |
| Dealers hijacking the discussions There’s a very blurry line between manufacturer, distributor, dealer, reviewer and hobbyist and an attempt to rule on who is and is not allowed to contribute is doomed to in the long run just further damp down the site. We should welcome as many v... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC @agriculturist the adhesive is a huge no-no. You want to avoid anything that will introduce another interface between your footer and the amp. Some sort of squishy gluey stuff will just reduce the effectiveness of the coupling amp to footer. Many ... | |
| Magico S5 Speaker - SET UP ADVICE PLEASE - Tow-In - Etc. That Magicos need big solid state amps is a canard. They will work really well with powerful tube amps. Unfortunately I suspect that 150W may not do it. It’s nothing to do with playing loud but all about having the headroom for the dynamic range t... | |
| Isolation feet/cones for PS Audio NuWave DSD DAC @agriculturist to get this to work you need to know how the weight is distributed in your amp. Given the heavy transformers at the back of your amp this is where most of the weight is. In this case you need to place two cones under the rear, and o... | |
| The new Synergistic Research BLUE fuses .... @dbarger the effect is completely independent of prior power conditioning. I use a Torus WM 75 BAL with SR QT Romex in wall into Synergistic 12UEF conditioners into a mix of SR and AQ power cords and the introduction of one fuse at any step in the... | |
| SOTA Turn Table set up for 5K - more or less? I’d say you are better off forgetting it. In addition to the table, arm, cartridge, phono stage and cables you also need to budget for a record cleaner (ideally ultrasonic) and of course loads of LPs as well. Finally setting up a system takes lots... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? @aberyclark I could just as well say "nothing will bring out the virtues of badly recorded content as much as a great system"One of the benefits of the sorts of improvements I was talking about is hearing the qualities of recordings you'd previous... | |
| Has anyone made the jump to $uper High end and were disappointed? Frankly I find that 9 out of 10 of the six figure systems I hear (mostly at shows) make me turn tail and walk straight out of the room. And I haven't heard a system at a dealer that I rated more than "Meh" (and i work with some of the most highly ... | |
| Clearaudio Innovation Wood or shoot for the stars Techdas AF 3 @lewm I think you may have it upside down. Leaving aside damaged LPs (including groove damage from mistracking that may only be evident on playing) my experience is that it is the LPs you’d given up on as “harsh”, “boring” or just plain bad that b... | |
| Speaker cable length with monoblock amps? @inna $15k a set speaker cables and $22.5k a pair amps, your point being? Yes I could have them (SR) make me up a set of short cables for $10k but who wants to pay this much for jumpers? As another poster suggested one option to a “free” set of ca... |