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| Need advice on a good Phono preamp Try your best, maybe add something that you've allocated but go with Benz PP1. They will work like Bonny and Clyde:-)The cheaper version but very well designed is Michell ISO(designed by Tom Evans) which sells used ~$300. The only inconvenience wi... | |
| Best Carver stereo solid state amplifier design My SRA is from late 90's early 2000. It has logic circuit that switches between the classes of amp operation so making it partially digital.I believe that Wyred4sound is valuable and inexpensive upgrade to my current model. | |
| Do I need to amplify all of my channels? If you want to 'wake up' bass in your speakers I suggest to look to power them up in 500w/ch amplification range.I've got my itchy hands to upgrade to Wyred4sound SX500 monos from BCarver Sunfire SRA(250W/ch) which I also can recommend to you.BTW ... | |
| AntiSkate-crooked Cantilever correlation? AntiSkate is only convenience for user to prevent sliding down and damaging the first track. I don't use antiskate and place needle as close as possible to the first grove and slowly land. | |
| Anyone with a cable cooker in CT? CableCookingBurning101 | |
| Total spent on music vs equipment? I enjoy the music with lots of different ways:Home audio: including analogue rig and headphone setup $6k Music and musical instruments: Guitars, amps, pedals $2k Records $20k CD's $2k (always varies since they're being bought and sold on ebay)Dowl... | |
| Best Carver stereo solid state amplifier design I own single Sunfire SRA 250/500 8/4Ohms driving Totem Forrest speakers. It has a large number of advanteges over the higher priced high-end components:1. No Heat2. Plenty of clean and linear power3. Power rated over the whole audiable freequency ... | |
| Cary 306 SACD and laptop Only if the resolution of files you're playing is compatible with DAC.If the DAC is only designed to read 16/44.1 resolution than the same resolution they should be obviously neither lower or higher. | |
| Setup vs. Amp/Preamp choice? It's like in business buy low, sell high.Amp-PreLow output impedance drives high input impedance. The higher the difference the less sonic losses in the signal path. If for some reason you can't neglect an output impedance than it's in the circuit... | |
| Which power cord more important? Rlg, That's why I prefer a good quality components that work best with stock PC.I also can do upgrades to tame the PS noise in any audio/video components which takes me to near 10x less spending on good quality semiconductors and passives vs. high... | |
| Beak -- an analogue tweak. Beak is about 8 Oz. I tried to place it over the original Michell clamp but found it better to be just alone on top.The original michell clamp doesn't have any o-ring and it simply ties around the spindle. If the Beak is the key than I'll probably... | |
| Beak -- an analogue tweak. In my System link Michell Gyro SE.It's available for the upgrade to a heavier Orbe platter for almost a kilobuck worth?Not sure of suspension upgrades, but I feel like experimenting with hydrolic suspension instead of springs. | |
| You might be an audiophile if... Artizen, How about selling the rest except 10 of the best sonics for a better player or separates? | |
| Recall of Krell Amplifiers Yup just keep'em on 24/7 for its best sparkling performance | |
| Tube Amp Noise with Klipsch Cornwall II Magfan,Adjusting a gain very often is a feature of amplifier without any kind of re-dedign. It's rather 'adding' to an existing functionality and making the unit less-depended on tube quality. Most-likely, if higher quality tubes are purchased at ... |