dougthebiker
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| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl My speakers are very revealing GR-Research NX-Oticas with sub. TT is Well Tempered Reference with rebuilt Lyra Clavis. Schiit Freya pre with monoblock Aegirs. Currently building an Elekit TU-9600S 300B tube amp. Gryphon silver cables. Transpare... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl I appreciate everyone’s thoughts on this. This leads to a related question. Given that the age of the vinyl stamper impacts the SQ of a given copy of an LP significantly, wouldn’t it be true that if you stick with a single digital source, e.g., ... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl I ask because I‘ve got a $5k TT with a $2k cartridge on it and am trying to figure out whether it’s worth investing in a really good phono preamp or not. Based on responses so far, I’m thinking maybe not. | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl The Madman included on Qobuz Tumbleweed Connection Deluxe Edition is a totally different performance and much better engineered recording than the one on the Madman Across the Water album on Qubuz. If you’ve never listened to it, you’re in for a ... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl Michael Fremer is always insisting vinyl is better, but he’s got $50k rigs with $25k+ phono preamps. Especially with lacquers. But I’m wondering whether there’s a large population of commonly available vinyls that have superior SQ when compared ... | |
| Madman! Digital vs Vinyl Michael Fremer is always insisting vinyl is better, but he’s got $50k rigs with $25k+ phono preamps. Especially with lacquers. But I’m wondering whether there’s a large population of commonly available vinyls that have superior SQ when compared ... | |
| DH labs versus audio quest, HDMI Since many places e.g. The Cable Company, let you try several brands and only keep the one you like best, why risk your money on what someone else says -which is really specific to their system? | |
| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? I have a Schiit Freya with 6SN7’s, NOS Sylvanias from Brent Jesse, They are quieter and create a wider sound stage - 3 feet beyond the speakers on each side. Never got that from the original Tung Sols or J&Js. BTW, my TT cartridge cost 4X the... | |
| Suggestions for a streamer only (I have a great DAC) +3 for Innuos.Zenith MkIII. And use Roon with Qobuz, not Tidal or you’ll be wasting your money. | |
| Berkeley CA audiophile is desperate need of help My Innuos server stops working about once a month. I unplug it for 10 seconds and let it reboot and so far that has fixed all problems. | |
| 聖HIJIRI Users thread Everything in your system affects the SQ. The only way to know whether a cable improves your SQ is to try it. Don’t buy a cable you can’t return. Everybody else’s advice is pretty useless, they’re describing the synergy of the cable in their... | |
| What a pile of Schiit I’ve got two Aegirs, a Freya and an Yggy. I don’t think you can get better SQ for the money. HOWEVER, their customer service is pretty bad. Either there’s no high level person in charge of customer service, they don’t train their people, or the... | |
| Why spend more than $25 per piece of equipment on vibration reduction? I’d have to agree with @millercarbon that, if you’re not going to get into the really big bucks, Nobsound springs (found on Amazon) are the way to go. I’ve got them under my 90lb speakers and under my subs. They definitely improve speaker imagin... | |
| Clocking: again! Thanks for the info! | |
| Clocking: again! So I have the Etherregen and love it. Precisely which 10Mhz Master clock is recommended with it and whose cables? |