oberoniaomnia
Responses from oberoniaomnia
| Can I suspend / hang speakers? There is also this thing called "inertia". Given the time domain of directional push being at worst around 1/25 s (for low 25 Hz bass), which is then reversed again, the amount of force on the large mass is tiny. I have seen chain suspended spea... | |
| Do you have any gear that was outright given to you? When we bought our house, the previous owners left a complete midlevel stereo including two TVs. They did not ask for any money, did not expect it. Gave the TVs away, of course [we are a rare no-TV household], and most of the other stuff as well o... | |
| HiFi Kit Building- have you ever built any hifi gear? TT levelling platform, shelving, absorption panels. More of a woodworker than electronics. | |
| Is headphone listening a primary or backup for you when listening to music? I use open planar HP when I want to listen to "acquired taste" music in a different room (ars nova, tromba marina, experimental "pop": Laibach, Bestial Mouths, Ethel Cain, etc.). Contrary to @mikhailark the planar HP (Dan Clark Ether II) do not ha... | |
| Two DAC in One System Sound the Same? I found with much more different DACs, a Topping D50III chip vs. a Holoaudio May L2 ladder, the differences were minute. I am not surprised that you find zero difference in two chip DACs. | |
| He Who Hesitates… @mikhailark +1 I have a Pass XA25. Sounds great with stock cable. @roadcykler +1 As far as I can see Isotek cables are neither CE nor UL certified. True for many (most?) aftermarket power cables. Hmmm ... [Interestingly, Google AI inquiry sugg... | |
| 4K headphone + headphone amp/dac system recommendations please @mulveling +1 If OP is sensitive to fatiguing highs, Grados are certainly the worst. I had a pair or RS2e, upgraded to Dan Clark Ether 2, quite happy with them. VERY different from the Grados, so will take a while to get used to them. Going back t... | |
| Your turntable history @dhite71 Interesting re the shims. I was also thinking about them, but hearing your experience puts that rather on the back burner. Re whether VTA *may* matter for some carts, sure, why not? For the carts I have had so far, I could not tell a diff... | |
| Your turntable history @dhite71 What I noticed in comparison to the VPI superprime scout is the tighter bass. I have no idea whether this is due table or cartridge. I asked Upscale Audio in California for a demo to show differences between tables (I am rather skeptical ... | |
| Vinyl Storage Solutions Record Sleeves @lpluvr +1 Totally agree! All my vinyl is in VSS sleeves, with small exception of some inners that I still had and don't think are worth switching. I also like their inners as they do NOT have a brand name printed on them. | |
| Speaker cable termination options Bare wire at both ends. Two fewer connections to worry about and also cheaper. | |
| Question for the older folks- did you ditch vinyl when cd arrived? Nope. I kept buying vinyl, some CDs as well. My preferred format is vinyl. No streaming at all. | |
| EAT E-glo petite phono stage ( First Gen Model ) - Tube Rolling I have that PS, but have not rolled any tubes. @mofimadness @armstrod I've tried sending EAT emails before re tubes, even in German, and never got any reply. I also tried to talk to them at the recent Vienna show, but the three times I went to th... | |
| Your turntable history 1970s Lenko, hand me down from my grandmother ~1996 Project 6.1, nice like that one. ~ 2018 Thorens TD 203 [POS] ~2020 VPI super prime scout with ADS [decent] ~2024 Rega Naia [endgame] | |
| Anyone Else Running Two Systems? Yep. - Main system as in AG system (Rega Naia +++) in music room. - Desktop system with computer (Fluance RT87, Rega Phonobox, Topping D50III, small Denon receiver. - Living room: Rotel integrated, Topping D50, some in-wall speakers (came with ... |