mrmojo
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| SEEKING ADVICE: Which component would you upgrade first? A few options from someone who has been down your road recently. Not sure I would say any of these is the "right" way to go, but any of them will make an audible difference. One, I don't have any experience with your receiver, but if you're think... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles Have you heard the ABX speakers? The throat extension was actually designed to correct for a time alignment issue that is present when the modified dipole compression driver is mounted directly to the mid. Based on my listening experience I’m not ... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles I've also been experiencing OBs for the first time thanks to a DIY project, and find them to offer all of the things already said here. Dynamic, tight, fast bass, full and satisfying mids, impressive soundstage. If you're interested in a well thou... | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? Another vote for proper cleaning regardless of your table/pre/cart, and a strong recommendation for ultrasonic. I've had a vacuum-based cleaner for years and was using a manual cleaning/vacuum cleaning regimen that I thought was getting the job do... | |
| Looking for Turntable Reccomendations Not sure what your budget is, but I recommend reaching out to Dave at Vinyl Nirvana. He can help you design and restore a Thorens with an armboard to fit your 12" arm, similar to the option shared in a previous post. | |
| Budget preamp recommendation...besides Schiit. You already have more options that you can sift through, but let me add a vote for the Rogue RP1. With used examples under $1k, it's a truly fantastic preamp for the money. And if your budget would be happier at half of that amount, find a used ... | |
| Help me select few vinyl LPs Another vote for the Blue Note Tone Poet series, any of the pressings there would be a fine addition to a collection. Oscar Peterson is an artist worth collecting as well. Lots of great choices, here's one that I think is very well done: https:/... | |
| Streamer Selection - Thoughts Requested Please! Keep in mind that if you're using USB or I2S to connect your streamer to your DAC, you're defaulting to the DAC's clock rather than making use of the clock in the streamer. That may or may not influence your decision about how much to pay, since t... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage @atmasphere Thanks for the detailed view of the interaction between cart and phono pre, very illuminating. I appreciate you sharing the knowledge. As for your last point about how the preamp design deals with the RFI, isn't some level of varia... | |
| Matching the cartridge to the phono stage The Hana SL has been on my table for the past two years, running into a Parasound JC3 Jr. (which allows me to adjust MC load using a variable pot that runs from 50-550 ohms). I can say that the differences in load between 100-400 are subtle, but t... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. In my view a brand with this sort of value will get bought by one of the HiFi aggregator companies that are rapidly buying up many other iconic brands. It won't go away completely, but it will be something very different from what it is today. As ... | |
| Good Suggestions for Tube Amps under 6k Elekit TU-8600 and TU-8900 are both fantastic 300b amps; the 8600 with Lundahl transformers has strong reviews from Stereophile and elsewhere. With some patience you can pick up a completed amp on the used market, or you can tackle the build yours... | |
| Klipsch Speakers I have Forte IVs driven by an Elekit 300b tube amp, and they're absolutely balanced and dynamic at any volume. When driven by the Rogue Sphinx Class D hybrid they are more treble forward, so systems matching is critical. I demoed the Fortes and Co... | |
| Amp's that are better sounding than a nad 3020 Check out Cheapaudioman on You Tube. He focuses on lower priced but still great sounding equipment, and has reviewed a number of amps in your price range. | |
| Full range speaker recommendation I recently went through a similar price range search and ended up with Klipsch Forte 4s. I would have happily bought the Cornwalls but they were a bit too big. For full sounding speakers I also loved the Focal Arias, was very intrigued by the Para... |