shadorne
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| I wish I had a device that would delay lowering my TT arm I have a manual TT. It is well calibrated and serviced - it takes almost 10 seconds for the arm to descend. Change your damping fluid on the arm control lever to something thicker. | |
| $35K to spend, how will you build a system? If I could start over again, I would buy great sounding interconnects, a box of directional fuses and the best speaker cables I could find. Of course 35K would not nearly be enough - so I definitely wouldn’t waste money on electronics or speakers ... | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? 1st speaker Energy Pro 22 ca. 1983 (still own today)2nd speaker Bose Acoustimass (for rental condo while overseas as expat)3rd ATC SCM 20 ca. 19954th ATC SCM 100 ca. 20055th ATC EL150ASL 2015Apart from the Bose and my studio gear (Genelec and JBLs... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent AWB - great stuff. I have been a fan of Steve Ferrone for over 40 years. | |
| Mark Knopfler's Guitar Collection In his studiohttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3_zCdvVDZbYhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3TbYEtB0wxo | |
| Does anyone remember the phone call listening room inmprovement scam? I tried it but when I picked up the phone someone with heavy breathing asked if I had checked on the children? | |
| Fuses fuses fuses @bdp24 Totally agree. They refuse to defuse but choose to infuse an effusive obfuscation instead. Obfusely everyone knows a fuse when flipped around is an esuf which sounds different. Now you can't argue that | |
| Warm, rich sounding interconnects? If you want a warm rich sound then you simply need to apply a little butter or cream to the jacket of your interconnects. It works wonders! If you find it too warm or smooth then try a sprinkle of pepper and that usually will spice up the sound. S... | |
| Mac "mini toslink" headphone jack Yes. Just be aware that there are some issues with settings in the MAC. The MAC has a utility called Audio Midi where you control the sample rate and bit depth output of the MAC. This utility does a poor job of sample rate conversion. When you sta... | |
| Mark Knopfler's Guitar Collection Thx Eric I enjoyed that. He collects ATC speakers too. | |
| I need a new DAC! Advice/Recommendations? @audiodoggy Glad to see from your Cambridge experience you are aware of the pitfalls of buying stuff on anecdotes rather than performance. So why not use that experience in your next purchase? | |
| I need a new DAC! Advice/Recommendations? Benchmark DAC | |
| Suggestions on Better Server Setup than Mac Mini I am not familiar with ultra Fi but you could switch to a more reputed DACChord, Benchmark, Bryston, NAD, Schiit or Holospringthere is s nothing badly wrong with the Mac mini and iTunes - like most computers you get crashes from time to time. Chro... | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? @rja i quite agree - if only people would stop posting then it would stop this outa control thread /ooops I just noticed I made the thread even longer and more pointless. | |
| Most "Accurate/Realistic" Sounding Speakers? Wind rustling and blowing tumbleweed through dusty streets in a long abandoned town... lol ! It seems like too many threads are like this lately |