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| Venus Records & CD Releases I know I'm responding to an old post but I'm absolutely smitten by Eddie Higgins output on Venus Jazz. I have a couple of Venus vinyl records but I mostly collect their SACDs. Man, do I love the sound, it is forward and full. I also like that that... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Matthew Halsall - When the World Was OneJohn Coltrane - Coltrane’s Sound | |
| Primaluna EVO 300/400 Preamplifier owners - let's hear from you Hifi Buys in Buckhead carries Primaluna and Audio Research. Evolution Home Theater right across the street carries McIntosh, Sonus Faber and Gryphon. There are few more dealers in the metro area. | |
| Help my analog sound as good as my streaming The ratio of funds needed to be spent on analog to match digital quality is significant (at least 2x or more). A $1K streaming DAC will easily outclass a $1K (TT, cartridge, phono combo). Disregard any talk about vinyl being better than digital, t... | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration @dover The PS Audio came and I have been listening to it for a few hours. From out of the box it was better than the Adagio. It has a more muscular presentation and I'm getting more punch out of the cartridge Using higher loading options(750 ohms... | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration The adagio is very good and I can live with it but I just want some more body to the sound; for example my schiit yggdrasil definitely sounds fuller than my analog front end. Also honestly while the adagio looks OK, it still has that DIY look that... | |
| External DAC for Cambridge CXN (V2) and Sony XA 5400 ES You will be surprised at how competitive the Cambridge sounds especially if you are routing everything through a vintage tube pre. I have compared the CXN to a schiit Iggy running them both into a Primaluna tube preamp and the difference between t... | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration Gotta agree the 834P isn't cheap even used. For now, I'm going to wait on the PS Audio, maybe it will get me what I'm looking for if it at least gives me a fuller body to the sound. Other options are JC3+ and Gold Note but both these are described... | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration @millercarbon nailed what I'm looking for by describing warm woody tone. My research is that most current audiophile phono stages are generally voiced to be neutral; I'm looking for a brand/model that is not shy of creating a noticeable house sound. | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration Dealer came to my house and professionally installed Soundsmith; he also used shims to adjust VTA. I have always run cartridge at 400 ohms (and going up to 500 doesn't make much of a difference). I think the setup and installation is well done. I'... | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration I missed your comment regarding SUT for the Decware. I will look into this. Thanks. | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration The Decware looks beautiful but the gain is too low. The gain on the Adagio is 64db but I wish it was a little higher. I like to run my poweramp slightly attenuated and drive more of the gain from my preamp (for whatever reason I find my system so... | |
| Turntable and amp combination For a really good affordable hybrid of Tube and SS integrated. Look at the Rogue Audio Sphinx. It is US made and customer service is excellent. With tube input you get a very natural sound with great sound stage and then the SS amplificationsectio... | |
| Turntable and amp combination Regas are not hard to set up but marrduk is right that direct drive is even easier to set and you don't lose on sound quality when you get a quality deck like an upper tier technics. With respect to ss vs tube, both are good (just depends on perso... | |
| Turntable and amp combination I think looscannon nailed it. I would add that Rega's are extremely easy to set up, (usually under 10 mins, once you know what you are doing). You can great deals on parasound gear. I would also add Rogue Audio integrateds as a recommendation as w... |