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  1. Cableman

    UPDATE ON RRV ie RIGHT ROOM VOLUME

    A controversial subject for some on here and cause of much gnashing of teeth RRV IS CRUCIAL TO GETTING THE SOUND BALANCE RIGHT. ONCE SET YOU DO NOT CHANGE IT, and no I don’t care how loud or how quiet, volume wise, your lp is pressed. RRV just gives you more head room on lower volume records...
  2. Cableman

    Anyone tried a Tom Port/ Better Records ‘Hot Stamper’

    Some rave some have HUGE doubts about the ‘hot stampers’ from Better Records. Just wondering if any others on here have dipped their toes in. I did. Started with Roxy Music debut lp a record I am well familiar with and have various versions. Tom convinced me and so I purchased. Yup it was...
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    What unknown ( to you) artist’s music just blew you away

    Rarely do I get something on spec from, for me, a totally unknown artist and think, wow every track on side 1 is a hit and there’s six tracks there! It happened though when I first heard Caravan Palaces Chronologica lp. Simply stunning. It’s their second lp I think. ( I then got their first...
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    When attending a hifi

    There’s an on going thread about certain amps only really able to play ‘small scale music’. I have a problem with that. Amine how easy can it be to reproduce a sweet young thing out of the Met singing a little aria? Easy peasy. Heres a somewhat more difficult challenge When I used to do hifi...
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    What’s with the ‘this amp, it’s really good for small scale music’ thing

    Any decent amp irrespective of price must be able to produce ALL MUSIC from the sweetest whimsical female vocal to in your face head banging rock to full scale classical drama. If it can’t do that toss it and move on No amp is worth it’s salt if it’s only really good for the proverbial ‘small...
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    Lps that disappointed you sound wise

    Recently I purchased the Sinatra Capital Years box set. Sound is mostly very very good. Yes I compared a couple of lps from the box set with copies I already owned and no a couple were not as good, but overall very happy with my purchase Next I decided to get the Nat King Cole Capital Years...
  7. Cableman

    CDSD+ dac6e

    Sellin these at a really nice price. See appropriate forum here for more details. Right until I bought my XDS1 these shone the brightest and bested the CDSDSE + DCC2 by a loooong way!
  8. Cableman

    FS EMM LABS CDSE SE + DAC6E. Great sounding transport/ dac combo

    THE PRICE IS THE LOWEST YOU WILL SEE Just £6300.00 + courier if youre looking you already know how good the digital combination is but here's some guff any way The CDSD Signature Edition transport is, quite clearly, a breakthrough product. After all, it’s the product of Ed Meitner’s...
  9. Cableman

    FS: stunning AUDIOPAX MODEL5 Pre amp BARGAIN

    audiopax model5 preamp in black. mint condition inc remote. JUST £2500.00 + courier. probably the best preamp on the planet under 10K AWARD WINNING TIMBRE LOCK MECHANISM* ensuring TWO adjustable gain facilities, one the master volume control, the other a preamplifier/amplifier matching...
  10. Cableman

    FS: the only pre owned YPSILON VPS100 PHONOSTAGE + 2 x SUTs presently available ANYWHERE

    THE BEST OF THE BEST Near mint condition. Fully boxed ( flight case) PRICED FOR QUICK SALE £14000.00 + courier cost. These very very very rarely come up for sale pre-owned, but heres one now, in near mint condition. Its the best of the best. 220-240v. This can be changed to 110v by...

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