bpoletti
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| What about all those Chinese DACs? Some sound good others don't. Some can be modded (by those who know what they're doing) to create a very nice DAC. I have two Chinese DACs that were modded by a manufacturer in VERY limited quantities for friends. They are quite nice but not ... | |
| "A Remarkable Amplifier—A Class B Amplifier for Audiophiles" The old Dynakit Stereo 70 and Mark III were A/B amps. A user could purchase the amps as simple kits and produce a very good sounding amp. Building one was relatively easy | |
| Stylus cleaners Magic Erasure can leave fibers in the stylus where it connects to the cantilever. Some "wet" cleaners may attack the bond between the cantilever and stylus (I don't want to experiment). Like sksos1, I use Bluestick (BlutTak or similar) pressed f... | |
| Maybe Leaving SET for Solid State because I want bass Go nearfield on the main speakers and let them naturally roll off on the bass. Add a solid state crossover, amp and subwoofer to reinforce the lower range. Personally, I don't like the "tube sound" and consider it distortion. I also don't lik... | |
| Boron vs aluminum for cantilever on DL301 Mk2 retip? The question is whether you want to hear the effects of aluminum or whether you want the transparency of boron. Changing a Lyra Clavis da Capo cantilever to boron from the Cerralloy cantilever made a world of positive difference. Cerralloy is ... | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? @mylogic I think of it a little more like an exorcism although I do like your musical reference. | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? @thecarpathian I've reported him with a request to ban him. He seems to be the stereotype reason why social has a bad reputation. If Audiogon moderators are smart, they would give him one chance to fix his comments or be relegated to the nea... | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? @faustuss What a hateful comment. You know nothing abut me or my system, and that the way I want it. Music is the ONLY reason for a system. If that's too hard to understand, then your horizons are limited. | |
| Is this about music or equipment? Am I crazy or am I such a wise man lol.? The music. Nothing else matters. | |
| If Warmth Is a Distortion, Why Do So Many Audiophiles Still Defend It? Warmth and "tube sound" is a much as a distortion as dry and "solid state sound." Any deviation from absolutely flat is a distortion. | |
| Sum Total Cost Of All Cables In Your Rig? Maybe $350 or so. Be careful to match low level signal cables. | |
| End Game(ish) Speakers - Help Deciding Just turn loose of a little extra $$ and pick up a pair of Wilson Sasha's. Get used certified and be done with it, never look back. As you age and start to lose some hearing, the last thing to go with the dynamics. Wilson's excel in dynamics. | |
| Why some preamps weigh 50+ lbs? Marketing. | |
| Who here continues to regularly use a CD player? I use a CD as a transport a DAC. Bits are bits. | |
| Do you own gear from defunct brands? All my gear is from "defunked" brands except my phono cartridge, CD "transport," one of my amps (ML9) and some of the components' tubes. The "defunked" brand of most of my components is Herron Audio. |