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| Removing spikes... Now my speakers sing Generally, it's best to follow the directions of the speaker mfg with regard to whether use spikes or other footers based on type of floor. You especially don't want to mess with speakers that already account for a certain resonance with their ca... | |
| McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold or what? @hifiman5 Gratz on the recent upgrade.I know exactly what you're talking about. I recently had a Rev A Platinum updated with similar experience. I even had him use a smaller version of the Bocchino IEC that he uses on his $20k power distributor.I... | |
| McCormack DNA 0.5 Gold or what? I know a lot about these amps. It's an awesome route to take because you will never have to buy another amp again... Just send it to Steve for whatever next level upgrade you can afford or he crafts.That being said, you should actually just buy a... | |
| Preamp dillema for McCormack Ultra Platinum It's hard to go wrong with either a CJ or ARC preamp in your budget. Both brands have remotes and retain their value when you buy them used. There are other brands of course, but those two have quite a legacy and performance standard that make t... | |
| Preamp dillema for McCormack Ultra Platinum I have several of Steve's upgraded amps. In fact, I just got back a modded DNA125 with some new stuff he hasn't done before. It's phenomenal. I also have legacy DNA.5 Platinum stereo amps and a single monoblock that I use for center channel. I... | |
| How to re-terminate Valhalla How long does it take you to get bocchinos? I hear there is a lengthy wait and sometimes issues with consistency. In terms of performance though, I understand it's hard to beat. | |
| Shunyata or Synergistic for power conditioning? When you see Synergistic Research in any reviewer or audiophile's system, it's a huge red flag of either the person being tone deaf, on the take from SR, or just gullible beyond belief.The guy is a total joke and has zero qualifications for anythi... | |
| Gryphon vs. D'Agostino Based on the recent review in Stereophile, I wouldn't touch a D'Agostino at that price point (or maybe any price point TBH). It took 2 samples before they found one that wasn't broken in some way and, as usual for Stereophile, the clueless review... | |
| Opinions on Various McCormack amps I have an amp with Steve now getting modded. I have several of his modified amps... Including monoblock conversion, balanced inputs, etc.One of mine is a Rev A Platinum, but he really doesn't categorize mods like that anymore. It's more customized... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... It's even worse than I thought with this thread. The OP is a guy with 78 year old ears claiming to have Xman level hearing and talking about how Ted of Synergistic Research deserves a Nobel Prize.Do you have any clue how big a fool you're making... | |
| Synergistic Red Fuse ... Great thread for identifying all the things I look for on my checklist of who to ignore:1. Constantly posts on forums instead of listening to their system.2. Uses any product by Synergistic Research (Have any of you seen what happens when you op... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Thanks for the response Mattnshilp. I trusted you (and others) would find the questions reasonable.As a CPA, I can fully appreciate how a cash crunch and timing can often make decision making seem illogical. I was looking at it strictly from a S... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I'm confused Mattnshilp. You just paid full retail for a Plasmatron and it supposedly delivers "an incredible sense of air and presence as well as opening up the soundstage"...yet you're selling it to buy new power cords?Couple questions...1. Wh... | |
| Audio Research discontinuing lower lines components? You guys are bashing the wrong brand and looking at it all wrong.First of all, there are plenty of budget audiophile brands that offer good performance for the money (Parasound, NAD, Emotiva, Prima Luna, etc.). Most budget-minded audiophiles don'... | |
| Would like your tube amp recommendation If you have 20.1, the no-brainer answer for tubes is ARC.I use auto-formers with Maggies so it makes them easier to drive, but the big ARC amps will have no problem.Frankly, to get what you want, I would go full ARC with the preamp and DAC too. G... |