Recent content by aKnyght

interesting that the most active thread here is one on how slow this and other audio forums are currently!! 🤣 my interest in audio has experienced a marked drop off in 2024 ...having listened to my system almost every day for the prior ~10 years, i am now down to listening maybe once every 2...

i just looked at this phono pre-amp on the luxman website which indicated it was "discontinued" anyone know anything about this??

have a look at the humble spin-clean ...very budget friendly, will never suffer a mechanical failure and does a fantastic job!!

been off the grid for quite a while so haven't been active on the forum lately ...but i have been enjoying immensely the analog source i added two years ago. so much so that over time i would like to bump up my analog gear a notch or two. to start, i have been researching a switch from my...

it has now been a year since taking the analog plunge with a basic clearaudio analog kit. the performance of this modest rig is really remarkable and has exceed all expectations. over this time, i have really had a lot of fun and enjoyment with vinyl and am now definitely committed to having...

previously, my diy roon ROCK server was connected directly to my DAC via USB as described in this thread. however, with recent system changes it was necessary to move the server down to the basement networking closet. consequently, in order to keep feeding the DAC via USB which provides...

having read a thread on this topic at another venue i though it would be informative to get thoughts on this from the AS community. there are few things more disappointing in the world of audio than unsealing a new LP that turns out to be defective or damaged. pressing defects include warp...

just a heads up: Mark Knopfler – The Studio Albums 1996-2007 [11LP Set] released 01-oct in the UK + EU ... US release scheduled for 10-dec although MK is one of my favorite artists, both solo and w/ dire straits, i am really torn on this release as it is certainly not AAA vinyl ...that and the...

to be clear i am not making any judgements here with respect to AAA versus DDA LPs; just relaying something i found interesting along with my experience... i have been listening to the digital version of this release from charley crockett, a relatively unknown artist in a niche sub-genre. with...

blue note is putting out this new 2xLP release from art blakey and the jazz messengers, a previously unreleased live recording. i see from the blue note description that the "Audio was newly transferred from the original ¼” tape reels, and the vinyl edition was mastered by Bernie Grundman and...

time capsule from 1963 in an amplifier review that i read earlier this year the author used LPs from recordings of wagner's ring cycle conducted by georg solti as evaluation material -- specifically, das rheingold. the story of these recordings made from 1959 to 1965 is quite fascinating by...

after a recent amplification upgrade i felt quite bad that my beloved almarro a318b integrated was now just sitting on a self and presumably relegated to being a display item. so, i had the idea to set up a second rig in the upstairs study. along with the almarro, i moved a pair of jmLabs...

it seems the t+a 8-series audio system have been completely removed from their web-site with any previous links being sent directly to the home page. i would have to guess that the 8-series has been discontinued ... anyone know what is up here? wonder if the value of my dac8 dsd is now higher...

as some here have almost certainly experienced and worked on this type issue, i wanted to see if they can help me identify the source and to suggest possible remedies… the issue i am experiencing is a faint hissing / white-noise sound coming from both speakers. increasing system volume at the...

just watched this documentary movie -- anyone interested in jazz and just music in general will probably enjoy this. it is currently streaming on netflix. interestingly enough, it is a sweedish produced film. needless to say, the soundtrack is great -- as is the vintage footage of NYC!