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| My first tube integrated: which one to get? Tsakiridis Aoelos Ultra i love mine to power my Nola Boxer 2s. Uses k150s, mundolf caps. | |
| Suggestions: Interesting small speakers with flexible placement I really enjoy my Nola Boxer 3. I enjoy the musicality a lot. check them out if you can. | |
| NFL Playoffs Starts - What are u listening to? Fair enough... I just like watching them pound each other to good soundtrack! | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment Built my first hifi rig in 2021…before that it was big box store crap. this year brought me closer to the musical experience than I’ve ever been (except of course live shows). My first system (while not complete): Nola Boxer 3 speakers... | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? Spend $150 on each the TT, tonearm and cartridge. Then put the remaining $9,500 into a cable! Shell out another $1k on fancy interconnect nail polish coating.Case closed. Problem solved. Or rather than an unrealistic approach this of all or nothin... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Just got my new aftermarket power cord (10 awg with furtech connectors). While the cable looked impressive, I too was skeptical.Plugged it in, and to my surprise… WOW!!!the mid bass was noticeably more full and the bass detail was almost night and... | |
| If Power Cords Don't Matter... Ordered me my first aftermarket power cable from a fellow audiophile…can’t wait. Curious if I will notice it🤞https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649765785-10awg-power-cord-with-genuine-furutech-fi-11g-gold-plated-connectors/ | |
| So where should the tubes be? @millercarbonTubes should only be used where you want it to sound like music.Would you kindly elaborate?Wouldn’t one generally want it to all sound musical (unless perhaps for pro audio mixing)? | |
| Advice on a streamer Also, why not just take your old SACD player to the cabin? Bring the CDs too. Then the CD playing ritual can be enjoyed at the cabin. Once you get into streaming with a proper high end unit, you won’t use your CDs because the SQ will compare with ... | |
| Advice on a streamer If you don’t mind a little meddling, I would recommend the Allo Digi One Signature. Raspberry Pi w hat and two separate power supplies ( linear power for output board). Sound outperforms Node.Then run Volumio off it. It won’t work without internet... | |
| Vintage tubes - facts, science, technology & empirical evidence VS. marketing, myth & hype Instead of writing this post you should buy some tubes, compare them, and decide for yourself.Isn’t the whole reason we are all on a forum is to ask questions, get information and make an informed decision prior to spending money?Only in HiFi do w... | |
| any suggestions on what to replace Bluesound Node 2i with I bought an Raspberry Pi 4 w/ HAT (allo digione signature). It has two separate power supplies, with a linear power supply for the output board and a switch mode for the raspberry pi board. Then I run coax tommy Schiit BiFrost 2. I cannot compare ... | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please thanks for the Decware recommendation...looks interesting and gorgeous design. I'm going to look into it further. | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please thanks Everyone for adding your thoughts.Now I'm learning the critical importance of a phono stage. Great detailed advice guys!Follow up question: Unless I plan on spending over 1k on a cartridge, is there any point in a moving coil cartridge or s... | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please Thank you all for your thoughtful advice...glad I asked!As you can tell, I'm not that experienced with analog and wasn't sure where the phono preamp should sit within the chain. @millercarbon I really appreciate you're insight on not having all co... |