Hey, is this speaker good? Should I buy it? Is it high quality? Does it have anti-skate? Will it play my vinyl records properly and without damaging them or without skipping and stuff...

Happy new year, Looking for your honest recommendations and guidance. I am currently running Bluesound POWERNODE 2i (HDMI) connected to an old pair of PSB speakers. I mostly use streaming, either Tidal Hifi, bluetooth internet radio or podcasts. I also have a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO 2M...

Hi everyone, Here’s an update we’ve been waiting to share with the community on Head-Fi. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to bring more offerings on Apos, especially catering to vinyl-heads out there. To this extent, we’ve launched a new collection of Turntables, Speakers, and...

TRANSITION TO SPEAKERS, TUBE MAGIC! INTRODUCTION I've been a headphone listener for the past 2 decades, starting with my very first pair of hifi headphones the Grado SR60. Since then I've crept up the line of absurdly priced gear all the way up to what I consider my end-game headphone stack...

Would using this old, recapped amp be a risk to those fairly easy to drive headphones? Im not a loud listener by any margin but Im afraid I might burn them.

Hello all, I‘m thinking about buying a Stax L700 MKII and a Rega Planar 8 and Rega Aria phonostage. It will my only music system and I listen to vinyl exclusively. I keep my records clean with a Watson record cleaner And my records aren't scratched. Will this work or are there certain problems...

A JOURNEY INTO VINYL INTRODUCTION After listening to high end digital audio for over a decade now, I've finally decided to dabble in the world of vinyl to see what it's all about. The below writeup describes my journey into vinyl, pros and cons, how it compares to digital, hardware used...

Hi everyone, My current setup is: Headphones: HD6XX Amp: La Figaro 339 Turntable: UTurn Orbit premium w/acrylic platter and Ortofon OM-5E cartridge Preamp: Built into turntable I recently noticed some noise in the system and I think I’ve isolated it to the built-in preamp. I first thought...

Event page: https://www.fernandroby.com/blog/2019/open-house-nov-23rd Fern & Roby has been building a listening room within their huge machine shop just south of the 14th St. bridge and are teaming up with a few other manufacturers to host an open house. There will be vinyl, digital, speakers...

I’ve been thinking about this for a while; it seems to me most people use PCs, tablets, phones, or some kind of computing device (which is digital by nature) to record their music. Yet there are many, many albums from new artists coming out on vinyl, an analog medium. I’ve heard people try to...

I have an Audio Technica LP-120 turntable with an AT95E cartridge and am looking to upgrade. I've heard about Ortofon 2M Reds, but saw the Blue (which claimed to be more linear and less warm than the Red.) However, the Blue is double the price of the Red, and that claim seems suspect to me, due...

Hello there! I was wondering; does listening to music via vinyl enhance your listening experience in any way? Not only in sound quality, but in the way you set up each piece you want to listen to. So, does it make you listen to the music more actively and enjoy it more or is it just annoying...

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Hi, I've made a few posts already about headphone amplifier suggestions, but I came across this little hybrid amplifier named the NS-08E. So, I was wondering if this amplifier could be paired with the AT LP-120 to get good sound? Also I'm using the Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 80 Ohm headphones. Thanks!

I have the following setup in my living room: A/V Receiver: Sony STR-DH550 (I mainly use this for PlayStation, Chromecast, and laptop connection) Speakers: Yamaha NS-SP1800BL 5.1 (Just cheap 5.1 surrounding speakers) TV: LG 47LD450 (not sure if relevant, but just in case) The receiver does not...

We're on for the 2018 FallFrankenFest! Saturday October 20th, 2018 12pm-5pm We have once again secured the American Legion Lodge in Sutton, MA for Saturday October 20th, 2018. We have the room for 12 noon until 5 PM though "organizers" can show up early to help "setup". This is our second...

Hi everyone So i want to take my hifi setup to the next level and i figured going vynil would be a good investment. How much should i at least pay on a player to not Bottleneck the setup? I saw an ION player with cinch output(which i need) for 100 bucks but i guess that would kinda destroy the...

Hi guys! first time posting, first time needing some advice that is far above my audio-paygrade So I've had my Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB for about 3 years now running out through a 14-year-old bose sounddock, which has been great for my dorm and such. But when I moved to my new place I...

Hi All, We are going to send a bottle of our 2 oz TTVJAudio Vinyl Zyme Record Cleaner out to 10 people to test and write a review in this thread. The requirements to participate in this program are - you should have a record cleaning machine and a vinyl rig to play your records on. When...

Is someone out there able to help? I have a couple of vinyl albums I would like digitized but no longer have the hardware. If you are willing and able a PM would be appreciated.

I have created a most unusual phono-preamplifier, I have a couple of prototypes, I am looking for critics to critique these for sonic performance. You interested?

Hi HF - I could post this in a more turntable oriented forum, but I like the HF community more. Where, in your estimation, does a ProJect Debut Carbon Esprit SB fall among turntables? Is it a stepping stone? Is the money better spent on a vintage table ?(everything else I use is vintage)...

Hi there. I'm trying to build up a catalogue of analogue. Albums that can only be obtained on LPs, tapes and other analogue mediums, but never released digitally. Most of these albums will of course be very old and probably quite rare to obtain. I've attempted an online search but can't find...

Hi everyone! Currently have a Rega P2 Turntable running into a Cambridge CP-1 phono stage, and recently picked up Hifiman HE-400i's for less intrusive listening. I am looking into headphone amps and have heard great things about Schiit, however from what I can see on the specs page, the Magni...

Hello, I am thinking about possibly purchasing a turntable so that I can start buying records to transfer to iTunes as digital files because I prefer the warmth of vinyl over digital music. Also, I like the pops in vinyl; I think it adds character to the music. I don't think I would use the...