It seems that there is quite a revival of vinyl fans here and elswhere lately, so I thought I'd ask which LP's have you found that sound amazing? Without preference to nostalgia, value or even coolness, what LP's have you played that simply shocked you by their sound? I am fairly new to vinyl...

In my computer system I have been using a pair of hd600's and a Zhaolu D2 and have tried amping the 600's with first the discrete zhaolu headamp which I find lean and bright and also a gilmore lite which although sounded much better still was too in your face bright for my tastes. So, after...

I am putting this here because I don't know where else it should go. Anyway, what would you do if you dealt with a somewhat well regarded small audio company and they did not return your emails? Basically, I ordered some parts some time back and when I received it I noticed some items...

I am going to move my Jungson integrated into a second office system and am looking for a new integrated in the ~$700-1000 catagory. I am preferably looking at the used market and am leaning towards a tubed hybrid but am not fixed. Any ideas? I would preferably like a remote and it must be able...

I am looking to buy a budget (~$500) camcorder and was wondering if anyone knew anything about these and perhaps could recommend a current model and/or a place where I should look. Thanks.

I just bought a Channel Islands VDA-2 and VAC-1 combo off audiogon and was wondering if any of you had any impressions of the VRX-1 balanced cable. I will be using this dac in a speaker setup and my integrated has balanced inputs, so the idea sounds good, but I know nothing about the build...

Do you want to "be wowed by tactile sensations"? Then as an discerning audiophile here is what you should ask for this Christmas - the BoomChair. Move over Bose, can you say group buy? I am having mine sent to SACD mods for some extensive modding, but even in its stock form it has a "Premium...

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I just came across this dac on ebay, and it caught my eye. It uses the same NOS TDA1545A like the Constantine and Paradisea, which have had excellent reviews, but I can't find any reviews about this one anywhere. However, I know a couple people here have or have had the older Shek TDA1543...

Hello. I am looking to upgrade my squeezebox's sound in my livingroom speaker setup and am either thinking of the Bolder cable analog mod or using it as strictly a transport and adding a separate dac. So my questions to all you squeezebox owners, are any of you familiar with the bolder analog...

I just threw together some old pieces of hardwood and a piece of granite I had laying around from some other projects and built a funky headphone stand. I also built a new record cleaner with a thriftstore $3 turntable, a old vacuume and a VPI arm. They're no big deal, but here are a couple pics...

I want to replace the thin old fixed power cord on an older NAD amplifier (2155) with a new quality cord, but wanted to ask if it would be OK first. I have DIY'ed speakers and other small electronics but I haven't touched something like this. So, could I just wire a chassis power jack and plug...

I have a NAD 533 turntable and I think it is time to replace the stock Goldring Electra cartridge. What is a good cartridge in the ~$200 range that would mate well with the stock rega tonearm - (as I hear Grados have grounding issues with it)? Also, I don't know if it makes any difference...

I have decided to buy a dac to use in my livingroom speaker setup, and, based on reading, I am pretty certain I want to try either the Lite dac60 or the Lite dac38. So my question is - sourced from a stock squeezebox and heading to a jungson solidstate integrated, do you think I would be...

I am looking to buy a mp3 player for a portable setup, but need a little more help. Foremost, I am looking for a player that has great synergy/sound with er-4p's. Other than that, I want to be able to play Flac files and for size/convienience purposes I won't use an amp so the headphone out...

I have a friend who has a pair of ESS AMT-1B speakers with the Heil Air Motion transformers he bought in the late 70's - I think. Is anyone familiar with these or know where I could find out more about them? I tried searching, but didn't find much. (Ebay has a couple hammered pairs for $5-700)...

Does anyone know either how to, or if it is possible to play what you are playing on a squeezebox from your pc's soundcard together? I have them in two different rooms and would love to be able to synchronize them. Any ideas? I searched but haven't been able to find anything. Thanks.

I hope this forum is right. Anyway, I am looking for a new integrated amplifier. I am replacing an older Marantz 2230 with some issues but that sounds good, so I do want something that is a move upwards in performance. I have read many reviews and am thinking about the NAD 320 BEE or the the...

I have an old 1975 Marrantz 2230 reciever that has a couple burnt out lamps on the front. Does anyone know if replacing them is a somewhat simple DIY task, and also, any idea where I could find them? Thanks

I am looking to get a new turntable. Right now I have a crappy $99 sony with regular rca outs that I have had for about 10 years, but after upgrading my other components it has become obviously inadequate. So, for a guy with a lot of old punk on vinyl (not necessarily the epitome of good...

Have any of you ever heard this guy? I just got this album and it is incredibly cool. I don't know how exactly to explain it except that he's a cigarette voiced Italian Jazz musician. I don't know, but if you haven't heard this guy check him out. It's really good.

I just ordered a wireless squeezebox, however since I have a wired network now I thought I'd start with ethernet wiring. So my question is - Is there any sound quality difference between cat5e and cat6 cable? I would assume since cat6 is a larger wire and supposedly cuts down on emi it would be...

If I was to run a long (20-30') rca cable out of the loop outs on my Gilmore lite to my home stereo in another room, would this change and/or degrade the headphone sound any? Thanks

First of all this isn't a headphone amp question so I hope it's in the right forum. I am currently using an older (1985) 2155 NAD stereo amp that I really like, however, I was looking for more power and I was thinking of looking for a second one so that I could run them in mono each to its...

I want to hook up a second amp to my reciever that has only one set of preamp outs and was wondering if this would be OK or if it would create signal loss or any noticable sound degration? I was thinking of using a rca splitter and 2 cables less than 1m, so would that be OK or not? Thanks.