oddiofyl
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| ZYX R50 Bloom3 I'm also interested in this cartridge. Is it a huge step up from the 2m Bronze I'm using? Part Time Audiophile raved about it. | |
| Static electricity and my Denafrips do not get along I ran a bare copper ground below to my basement and just clamped it to the incoming water pipe. | |
| Static electricity and my Denafrips do not get along In my last house I had a terrible problem with static. I mounted a brass plate on a shelf of my built in ( a former closet) and grounded it to earth. I would touch the plate before touching my preamp or DAC and no static. | |
| Any issues with bundling power cables together? My biggest issues with respect to noise and cabling have been speaker wire close to ethernet wire or switch and speaker cable near power cords. As long as I keep those away from each other my system is dead silent. I had a weird crackle noise ... | |
| list of speakers It's amazing how many really good speakers there are out there. It's unlike any other category in this hobby. | |
| Hickok 750 Tube Tester US vs. European Settings My Hickock manual for my 800 was changed to "24" for the bias on 6922. | |
| Can I use 2 different streamers in different systems through Qobuz? Should be OK with Qobuz, Tidal will recognize that both devices are logged and kick one off. I like Qobuz because I can run it on my phone for the car , on each of my twp streamers at home without signing in every time. | |
| Duplicate Serial Numbers Both speakers same ser # or consecutive? That sure is weird | |
| Duplicate Serial Numbers So what I meant is maybe he used a picture of your speaker he copied from mfg site | |
| Duplicate Serial Numbers It could be that he used a stock photo instead of actually taking a picture of his speakers. Are yours the same finish? | |
| Minidsp connectivity issue Make sure MQA is turned off in the Node menu. It being on can mess with non MQA gear downstream. | |
| What to ask when buying used speakers? Grisly, not so sure many mfg would be open to that. Worth a call for the right speaker though. And there’s always the chance of nothing ever going wrong. Which honestly is probably the case with most quality speakers. | |
| Zesto Andros 1.2 Zesto makes some of the best tube gear out there. George is a musician, engineer, and talented designer. He has a "good ear" so to speak regarding the voicing of a component. I would definitely take a chance on a pre like the Andros af... | |
| What to ask when buying used speakers? I am a lot more likely to buy a used component than speakers. My last few speakers have been new , reason for that is my last pair of used speakers needed a part that took months to get... the seller was kind enough to pursue the warranty but... | |
| Why No McIntosh Recommendations? Don't know why some hate on McIntosh. I have had a few pieces of Mac gear and it was good. My Dad recently picked up a MA8950... what a great Amp. I could definitely be happy with that Amp. One thing about the Mac gear I once owned, it... |