mwh777
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| Starting Over and I need your help I'm not familiar with your components except for the Node 2i. The sound of the Node can be improved with an aftermarket power supply kit. There are several choices available. I bought the LHY kit from Beatechnik which is in Singapore. I would reco... | |
| Free Tip for Jumpers I would like to see if the consensus here is that the OP's suggested wiring is the preferred choice rather than the reverse, that being red lead to tweeter and black lead to midrange/bass. I could test this out myself but, access to one speaker i... | |
| A day in the life of an audiophile I get what you are saying. You may want to read up about the hearing condition known as hyperacusis. I could be their poster boy. Example: having to wear hearing attenuators or just basic ear plugs just to unload the dishwasher. | |
| Ethernet cables Thanks everyone for your input. As per usual, the opinions ranged from the naysayers to the over the toppers. One cable that has not been mentioned here is the Supra CAT 8 ethernet cable. Jay Luong at Audio Bacon was very impressed with it even in... | |
| Speaker isolation - spikes on puck, springs, sorbothane Yet another option is the Stack Audio Auva isolators. I have a set of the Auva 70 isolators on a pair of Focal Sopra 2. My floor is tile over concrete slab. They do exactly as advertised. Very pleased with the results vs. the stock spikes on the ... | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire I'm in 100% agreement with @lewm. There is something else that I hear from sliver wire that has not yet been mentioned here and that is leanness. To my ear silver wire has a lot less meat on the bone, meaning lean sounding. One person that I know ... | |
| Source suggestions for small spades Look at this eBay item: Gold Speaker Spade Connector 8 PCS For Speaker Wire DIY New | |
| Best upgrade for a REGA RP 3 This is off topic but, wanted to offer up something that might be beneficial to you. Assuming your Arcam is the FMJ-A19, I have some experience with it in a family member's system. I found that a particular DIY Furutech power cord works very well ... | |
| Seeking opinions about phono specific interconnects @elliottbnewcombjr Your suggestion is a good consideration as a tool for learning purposes. I may just look into the idea. | |
| Seeking opinions about phono specific interconnects @cleeds Phono stage is a Manley Chinook. The existing cart is a high output moving coil (1.2 mv). The recommended load is 400-47,000 ohms. I usually prefer the lowest setting to minimize brightness. A similar example is that for moving magnet ca... | |
| DOL vinyl pressings There are several European record labels, including DOL that issue what are called public domain releases. Those public domain records are of recordings that the European copyright has expired on. I think that the European copyright is for 50 year... | |
| What use to burn in power cords? Hagerman Audio Labs FryCorder2. | |
| High End Repair in Phoenix Update, I finally received a call from James Koch at High End Repair. He said that he had some non-business problems to deal with and now is trying to get caught up on his work. He hopes to have my project ready in a week. Thanks to everyone for ... | |
| Jolida JD-9 Upgrade Look up the Audiokarma "Official JD9 thread". It is a huge source of info for upgrade mods for the JD9. My JD9 II has upgraded caps, Burr Brown opamps, fuse, damping material and NOS RCA black plate tubes. One of the good things about the JD9 is ... | |
| Invert ? While it is very common to call this "phase" inversion, calling it polarity inversion makes more sense to me but, that is a minor point. The first thing to be aware of is that not everyone is sensitive to "absolute" polarity inversion which is, bo... |