swampwalker
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| Whats in your second system? 2nd system Streaming from my desktop computer (nothing special) HRT Musicstreamer 2+ DAC NHT PVC passive attenuator NHT Pro M00 active monitors (near field) NHT S00 subAll bought purposely to assemble this for my de... | |
| hooked up TT and preamp to receiver sound fades out after 4-5 seconds Seems like you have an issue with the set-up of the AVR. I would do a hard re-set and work from scratch. | |
| Why is it so easy to tell the difference between live and recorded music? I posted about this a while ago. To my ears, there is very rarely a doubt. Sight unseen, approaching an area where music is being played, without prior knowledge, I can very reliably tell if "it's live or if it's Memorex";-) | |
| We need DAC's with tone controls and EQ And then there is DEQX which adds in an active crossover and more. | |
| Room set up You need software and hardware to do this. You to have some kind of unit in between the source and the amp to accomplish this. Usually that is an HT receiver. Audissey is an integrated software/hardware package built into some receivers with dig... | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? OP- If you are really serious, then the answer is that in most cases, a $1K table and a $500 phono stage will not get the most out of a $2K cart. And it certainly will not be plug-n-play. Unless you have a dealer with good analog set-up skills (... | |
| Genalex GL GZ-34 Rectifier...Did I just get a bad one? Five months seems @artemus_5 - Not to step on Ralph/s toes, but fake tubes are re-labelled modern production. Wipe off the printing on the tube and you can label it anything you want. Put it in a plain white box and voila...NOS goodness. Also pulls sold as NOS. ... | |
| What is your favorite budget audio component? If the rest of your system is a good match and you only have 1 source, the Lightspeed passive LDR pre-amp is "stupid-good" at about 1/2 kilo-buck! Not quite as good as my 20X price actives, but surely a bargain of the century. Used Vandersteen 2... | |
| Power Wedge 116 Some people have used Humbusters for that kind of problem, but they will only work if the hum is a result of "dirty" AC power. Folks report variable results. | |
| Cartridges: Complete Scam? OP- you got a lot of sarcastic responses to your original post, which many interpreted as trolling. Assuming that is not the case, then the answer is "It depends". It depends on the resolution of the rest of your system and how carefully it is set... | |
| What happened to the New Today box on Audiogon. Just bookmark it. | |
| Opinions on Various McCormack amps +1 hifiman- Steve is very approachable and you can count on him to give you accurate recommendations if you give him specific information. @nickwin- The .5 and 1 w A level revisions from SMc Audio are substantial improvements over the 125/225 sto... | |
| Opinions on Various McCormack amps I believe the DNA .5 and 1 were the original two amps which also came in deluxe editions which may have had two sets of binding posts and better jacks. Many people thought the lower powered 0.5 was better than 1.0. The DNA 125 and 225 are successo... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Charlesldad and atmasphere among others provide good advice. My advice comes from a more pragmatic (and perhaps devious) point of view. Start with a tube pre-amp. The tubes are typically longer lasting and less expensive, for the most part. Onc... | |
| On Step Ups and the Importance of Managing Gain @robd2- Here is the gain calculator and a good explanation of how the parameters interact: https://www.kabusa.com/pregain.htm.As far as how phono stage manufacturers handle the issue of SUT:cart matching, they basically don't. Some have a choice ... |