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| Looking For A New Tube Integrated Amp With Very Specific Features glennewdick ... To be fully balanced you are adding twice the tubes and circuit ... That is not accurate, but it’s a common misconception. For example, differentially balanced amplifiers are fully balanced, such as Atma-Sphere’s "Balanced Diff... | |
| Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived? I was disappointed with the sound of CD when it was first released so I just kept buying LPs. The sound of digital eventually caught up, but the best version of some recordings is still the LP, so I’ve maintained all of my LP playback gear and rec... | |
| Are you a keeper or a flipper? For the most part, I’m a keeper. VPI turntable and SME arm date to ’94. Infinity IRS Beta, Bryston and CJ amplifiers, McIntosh tuner are all older than that. Enjoyed my ARC Ref 5SE for 11 years after literally decades with an ARC SP-11 - recently ... | |
| Rough Trade Records - Beware Before Ordering If you're in the US and you the product hasn't shipped within 30 days, you can cancel and owe nothing. (Of course, custom orders and a few other exceptions can apply.) FTC rules. Dispute any fee with your CC. | |
| Replacing tonearm cable - Dual 604 I agree that checking ground and making sure all connections are clean and tight are the first steps to take. This doesn't sound like a short. To test the pickup arm wiring you can reverse the connections at the cartridge pins. | |
| Is anyone still using a CD Player audphile1 In many instances original CDs will sound better than the remastered version on streaming ... +1. The remastered streaming versions are almost always dynamically compressed compared to the originals, sometimes severely so. So even if... | |
| late to streaming, recommendations? argonsteele ... the predominance of remasters on spotify, specially of classic 60's, 70's, and 80's rock drives me nuts. Why is this necessary?? who is asking for this?? It's not just a Spotify issue, Qobuz has the same problem. The stream... | |
| late to streaming, recommendations? audioisnobiggie Welcome to streaming, you now have subscription access to a library full of everything, in their best original versions ... There's a fair amount of music that isn't available streaming, and what is available on streaming is of... | |
| Frank009 is stalking my profile page. I'm sorry this happened to you @gkelly. It's completely uncalled for, and one of the reasons I've never posted my system pics to Audiogon. I'm sure the moderators will resolve this for you. | |
| Wilsons new flagship audioman58 you can paint any car a beautiful Pearl for under $20 k That's crazy! Who would pay $20,000 to paint a car? | |
| Wilsons new flagship Why should I care about how others spend their money? People spend all kinds of money on all kinds of things. | |
| LG vs. Sony 65” OLED llg98ljk Sony has the latest NTSC over the air tuner if you choose to use an over the air antenna ... That is only of consequence if you have local HD/4K broadcasts in your area. You probably mean it has an ATSC tuner. The NTSC analog stan... | |
| Your turntable history Garrard SL72B Sony PS-X5 Denon DP-6000 Denon DP-80 Oracle Delphi III VPI TNT III, which I'm still using, although it's had a few mods along the way. | |
| Do Audiophiles Hear Real Differences, or Are They Justifying Expensive Purchases? Your question surely spares no words. | |
| Where do classical vinyl records get their rumble from? goofyfoot No there are true mono designs made today that play in both right in left channels. Of course. But if it has vertical compliance consistent with the Westrex 45/45 system, it's not a "true mono" cartridge. It's that lack of vertical c... |