paulcreed
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| "Can You Lift Yours?" Had Don Sachs Kootenay. Drove a couple hours to pick it up. When I went to lift it to carry to the car was a little shocked. Money had passed hands. If I drop it it’s not going to be a good day. Had a fairly long walk through a big house down a wa... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps Cellorover I’m running Mullard xf2’s which makes a huge difference. Gives that amp it’s clarity and a sophisticated sound it needs kind of like mellow Teflon caps or a little upgrade. Luckily I have a stash of very nice 6922’s and 7308’s. That 692... | |
| Conrad Johnson Classic 120se vs. Linear Tube Audio 40 Reference Amps I don’t know if this helps but I have the Audio Hungary a50i and Conrad Johnson cav45 S2. I don’t know how much the LTA changes the character of your AH or much about LTA. I think the SE version they upgrade to Teflon caps, don’t quote me. That ma... | |
| A previous discussion included a statement about crossover components. I’ve found changing out caps can make a nice speaker sound much more enjoyable. I started out with Sonicaps there cheap and if no improvement it wouldn’t break the bank, there was a fair improvement. After a few months I pulled them out and rep... | |
| Integrated suggestions soix are nice recommendations, I owned the Octave and then Audio Hungary 20 watt class a amp both were very nice. Only reason I let Audio Hungary go was their US audio repair center was closing down and I would have to ship it to Hungary there and... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update I avoided the first update and now see there is a new one to try for Pontus. Has anyone tried the first update then gone back to original, then tried the new most current update and preferred it to original Pontus sound? If so what are you hearing... | |
| Vinshine/Alibaba..What to buy and where? I just got into streaming over a year ago. I started off with Qutest then RME with Teddy Pardo power supply. I preferred the RME over the Qutest I’m sure others feel the opposite. I then bought a used Pontus. I prefer the Pontus, more musical bet... | |
| RME adi2 DAC fs bass settings Outboard power supply | |
| FAVORITE POWER CABLE under $100 (1M) Duelund 12 gauge from Parts Connextion you can buy bulk wire and build one. They also have them already built on sale for $149.00. | |
| Starting from scratch and say $5000 There’s a lot of good gear out there. Conrad Johnson cav 45s2 used $2500, Fritz with BE tweeter if you can find a good deal used. Or the Carbon 7. Throw in a r2r dac. All would make nice relaxing music. Probably easy to sell if you need to move o... | |
| Left Channel Out Primaluna Dialogue Premium I would think you need to turn amp upside down and remove some screws and check the fuses that protects the circuit in case of a tube failure. I don’t have a Primaluna but would think all tube integrated amps may be similar. I have a Conrad Jo... | |
| Krell CD DSP If it skips easy on scratched cds laser may be going out. To many moving parts to pay that type of money for an old CD player. I have an old Exempar Audio modded tube Denon 2900 that when it’s starts to not play scratched disc the laser is abou... | |
| My Oppo 105 finally bricked. Streamer suggestions? Used Auralic Ares with femto clock you can pick up one under your budget, I have one I’m not using with a S Booster power supply and stock outboard power supply but will keep it for now. Very good app and very good sound quality. I compared it to ... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update What do you say when someone turns off there dac and others love the new presentation of the update. That’s very confusing to hear. Could it be system dependent, tubes or no tubes, British vs tipped up speaker. It’s a shame I don’t know if I fi... | |
| Denafrips FPGA Firmware Update I’m going to sit back and wait a few months till the dust clears. Plays nice music in current form. To many different versions of everyone’s results. I will probably leave it as is, no upgrade. There would have to be 100% way to go back to stoc... |