fsonicsmith
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| Balanced cables Is this the same Stingreen who knows all about VPI gear, turntable set-up, and Quicksilver gear, the same Stingreen who years ago gave me specific advice as to how to upgrade the coupling caps on my ARC VS110? :-)I was a bit surprised to see that ... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning Well, I have no way to know who is right and who is wrong, but I am certain that I made the right move for me. I was on the verge of buying the AD and was ready to hit the button for PayPal to well-known dealer in PA when I happened to read that t... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I have several opinions from different friends of course who claim the ref 10 is probably superior in every way simply because it is a newer design. Actually, the Ref 6 is the newer design. But that means nothing. The Ref 6 borrows far more from t... | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! If you go to the What’s Best audio forum and go to the Audio Research forum, you will find a great thread on the audible differences between the Ref 6 and Ref 10. The quick answer is that one was not clearly better than the other and instead, prim... | |
| Low-heat-output amp for Devore O/96 Ladok, I apologize for my snarky and somewhat arrogant post. A few years ago our A/C had gone out of service and while my wife and I were waiting for our HVAC system to be replaced, I tried listening. At that time my amp was an ARC VS110 which is ... | |
| Low-heat-output amp for Devore O/96 Forgive me for saying so, but if you have O/96's and you fall asleep, you have bigger problems than too much heat. I have O/93's and they are so engaging, even at low volume, that I never nod off. I know that syndrome, I am no stranger to it. I us... | |
| What do you think of your Soundsmith Cartridge I've owned a Zephyr and a Zephyr MIMC (and still do) and I like them but have never fallen in love with then. I have a VPI Prime and a Manley Steelhead. I would describe the sound as up-front and lively, but they don't do soundstage and depth and ... | |
| Cardas Clear Beyond Interconnects ? I tried many different XLR IC's between my ARC Ref6 and ARC Ref150se in all different price ranges. Mogami Gold, Morrow MA-6, Sommovigo Airwave, Harmonic Technology (model unknown-dealer lent them to me), and then Clear Beyond. The Clear Beyond ar... | |
| Morrow IC's To the OP. for all I know you are a shill for Morrow with an intent to throw out the subject of Morrow as further marketing for Morrow. I commented as to the quality. Meh. The MA-6 phono cable version does a good job but in my system, the MA-6 as ... | |
| Morrow IC's His biggest effort at pure unabashed P.T. Barnum-huxterism is to think that advertising a $10,000 speaker cable will imbue his product with the image of being a true worthy competitor to the established big boys on the block. Go to this forum's sa... | |
| Morrow IC's IMHO, and only mho, Mike Morrow is a salesman first and foremost, a business manager second, and he is not one iota of an innovator. The thing that really angers me is his thrusting his 60 day satisfaction guarantee and his "you gotta break these ... | |
| Magnepan 20.7's & Tube Amp I have zero quarrel with Ralph and I always read his posts with nothing but respect. The short speaker cable with monoblocks suggestion is also one touted by Mike Sanders of Quicksilver, and Mike Sanders gets widespread respect from all on both si... | |
| Strange buzzing from turntable https://www.sound-smith.com/hum-problems | |
| Amp away for 20 year upgrade...back-up amp to the rescue Interesting. Congrats on the move-I know the feeling of excitement that comes with having Steve upgrade his amps-I had a DNA.5 upgraded to A+ and a DNA-1 upgraded to B+ right around the same time you did. I am tempted, but both my SMc amps sit aro... | |
| Aurender N100h owners I have the N100H. What possible function do the VU meters have anyway? It is as silly as McIntosh sticking a VU meters on their turntablehttp://www.mcintoshlabs.com/us/Products/pages/ProductDetails.aspx?CatId=turntables&ProductId=MT1...If McIn... |