simao
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| Getting better audio answers from AI Claude helped me a lot with tube selection and what to avoid and what to try based on my entire system. It's advice was pretty sound when all was said and done. As for chat gpt, if, at the end of your question, yiu type " temperature " and then a ... | |
| the one that got away - how do you handle grief? About 12 years ago or so I had a pair of reference 3A deCapo's that I loved and loved and then decided to go into floor standards and of the next 4 or 5 years just went down one unhappy experience after another. And then I got a chance to obtain a... | |
| Subwoofers: Do you turn them off when you are done for the day? Like has been said here before, I turn my RELs off only if there's a serious thunderstorm approaching or if I'm going to be out of town. Other than that, they stay on 24/7 | |
| Do I still need to buy a stylus force gauge if I can get the settings off the internet? I would assume you would in order to make sure you are setting that 1.7 vtf accurately? | |
| KT88 vs 6550 vs ? for warm midrange - using Cronos Mag lll I’ve been swapping out the existing quad Valve Art KT88 with Sophia Electric Blue Bottle KT88. And truthfully, I prefer the valve heart sound which is more Lush and warm than the Sophia sound, which tends towards the more Technical and resolving. ... | |
| Recommended Venus Label Recordings I treat myself to a Venus record every few months. I absolutely love the Steve Kuhn Trio as well as Massimo Farao. Just picked up "Night of my beloved" by George Garzone and Trio La Paz. Really good stuff. Well played and immaculately produced and... | |
| Defunct brands- The 70s and '80s are respectively 50 and 40 years ago. It takes a lot for business to last that long, especially in a volatile and Niche industry. I remember back in the early oughts listing after Halcro gear sound unheard simply because the way ... | |
| Reconfirming the known: DAC hierarchy Good post. I had a similar experience when I replaced my Oppo 105/Schitt Gungnir combo with a Gustard R26. A noticeable improvement in presence and clarity. | |
| Defunct brands- @pops dehavilland is still going strong, I believe. really well designed esthetics. http://www.dehavillandhifi.com/ | |
| Defunct brands- @bdp24 i hear you on Clear Day. Paul was a good guy and always upfront. Same with Keith Herron (who lives down the road from me). | |
| Andrew's New Speaker. If David Attenborough ever retires, Andrew Jones has the job! | |
| Lawrence Audio speakers? I asked about these as well a while back. Seems as if he’s focusing on the Asian markets with a diminished NA presence. | |
| DIY mid to low end speakers. Worth the price? +1 on the above post. My son and I recently built a pair of C note speakers from Parts Express and just increasing the panel size from one half inch MDF to 3/4 Baltic birch plywood and adding some internal baffling changed and improved the measure... | |
| DIY mid to low end speakers. Worth the price? For 650 you're also paying for the design and crossover testing, etc. CSS is a pretty well respected DIY kit, as are Madisound ans SB Acoustics. If you're comfortable with fabricating and assembling panels and baffles, you'll be happy. | |
| Quick DAC question Update: Thanks to key advice from you all I went ahead and got a $140 pair of TpLink Deco 5000 mesh extenders. 20 minutes of fiddling and they were set up and connected via 6a ethernet cable to the Gustard. Warmed up the Rogue Cronus Magnum 2 and ... |