11 Questions for Hi-Fi Enthusiasts.

[Martin]

Interesting choice. Has subterranean bass that's either audible or it's not.

And close-miked breathy vocals that are either annoyingly piercing or not.

 

[terryforsythe]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

SpeakerCraft No. 4 speakers

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

None. The systems are harmonious.
(If forced to make a decision, I probably would choose my KEF LS60 Wireless speakers since they can do everything in one package and sound fantastic, though I am using external DSP with them. All of my other components I probably could replace with something equivalent and not shed a tear).

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

Regret is a little strong, but I had a pair of Paradigm wall-mount speakers (I don't remember the model) that never sounded great.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Chocolate Chip Trip

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

Speakers: KEF Blade One Meta with passive crossovers removed
Subwoofers: 2 (or maybe 3) x Rythmik G25HP (primarily for room correction of the low frequencies)
DSP: Raspberry Pi running CamillaDSP
DAC: Okto Research dac8 PRO
Woofer Amplifiers: 2 x Hypex Nilai500DIY Mono
Midrange Amplifiers: 2 x Topping B200
Tweeter Amplifers: 2 x Topping B100
Streamer: WiiM Ultra

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Digital

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Bose speakers

8. What is your next upgrade?

2 x Topping B100
(To free up one channel on each of my Topping LA90D amplifiers so that I can bridge them mono.)

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

Elac Uni-Fi Reference stand-mount speakers.
(In white/oak they match the decor of our family room better than any other speaker I could find. I have heavily modified them to improve their performance, though.)

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

Elac Uni-Fi Reference stand-mount speakers - after all of the modifications.
(The modifications included, among other things, removing the passive crossovers and going all active, so I guess the electronics also count.)

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

DSP
(miniDSP Flex HTx in my family room and a Raspberry Pi running CamillaDSP in my office.)

 

[terryforsythe]

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?
Dire Straits "Money For Nothing"

That was my go to for a very long time.

 

[LTig]

[The Questions
1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

My 1st stereo system I got at the age of 13 or 14: a Schneider stereo receiver, a Lenco turntable with ceramic pickup and two Schneider speakers (sealed with a broadband chassis).

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

My speakers: K&H O300D (2004) and a Genelec 7060b sub (2006).

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

A Philips tape deck N4506 I got at the age of 16 (my Xmas wish). More time spent in repair than in actual use.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Difficult. Richard Wagner Lohengrin by Solti, overture and begin of 1st act. The mail voices reveal bright speakers. Same with Dire Straits Ride across the river from Brothers in Arms (CD, first pressing with original dynamic).

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

With my current room maybe Grimm Audio LS1be with sub. For a bigger room (won't happen) the biggest Geithain speakers, or Genelec or Neumann.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

CD.

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Speakers with single full range chassis.

8. What is your next upgrade?

None

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

None.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

My AVP, Classé Sigma SSP MK2 .

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

Qudelix 5, since my new phone has no headphone jack.

 

[Rednaxela]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

My neighbour’s Sony TA-E1000ESD. A magical device, which he demonstrated to give him almost infinite control over the sound in his room. It looked and sounded amazing. I still think it is one of most memorable pieces of consumer audio gear ever.

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

My Behringer DEQ2496.

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

https://www.marantz.com.cn/nl-nl/product/av-receivers/sr6200

I got it together with the DVD player from the same series, but it struggled to lock to the player’s PCM stream in some specific cases. Went back twice to the store for a replacement of both units, to no avail. In the end I sold the combo.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Especially the second half which is very much worth the wait.

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

Edit: working within a budget is such an essential and fun part of my hobby that at second thought I don’t really know the answer to this question. My perfect system might look quite the same as the perfect system if money were an issue.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Red Book.

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Wireless IEMs.

8. What is your next upgrade?

A volume and remote controlled DAC with a PEQ that has at least 2x10 bands.

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

My speakers still look absolutely the part, which is certainly one of the reasons I have had them for so long.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

My JBL Endurance Run 2 IEMs. My first pair of more or less proper earbuds.

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

Apple dongles.

 

[jhaider]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

Either Tannoy D700 or MartinLogan reQuest - don’t remember which I heard 1st.

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

JBL 708i LCR

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

Most recently, Dan Clark Audio Aeon2 Noire. Sounded fine - though honestly I liked the Austrian Audio X-60 bought at the same time more - but the earcups sank due to the auto-(mal)adjust, and when I turned my head they made a cheap oil can sound. Fortunately I didn’t lose too much selling them.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Shostakovich 7, Yuri Temirkanov/St Petersburg Phil

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

Basically our family room immersive setup, but with invisible speakers and Dirac ART.

If space were no issue, Quads, (real) MartinLogans, or Soundlabs in the formal living room instead of Revel Gem2.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Streaming.

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Setting aside universally-acknowledged travesties such as topped-MTM speakers…

The 6.5”-7” woofer 2-way speaker with tweeter on a flat waveguide. People can make up plausible-ish rationales for a lot of esoteric things that sound bad. But this one is just a lowest common denominator compromise.

8. What is your next upgrade?

Hopefully, Dirac ART on my HTP-1s.

Or a new piece of furniture for the guest room so I can set up my idle third M126Be as a center channel.

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

B&O Beogram RX-2 turntable.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

Probably equalized Sennheiser HD800.

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

The only “accessory” I can think of that fits is not “recent” - Harmony remote with hub. I’ll be sad when they no longer update and don’t work.

 

[Waxx]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?
Marantz 1090 integrated amplifier

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.
My whole main system, because it works as a system. A big part of it is diy or modified.

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.
JBSystems turntable, i don't know the model anymore. It was my first one and it was crap.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?
Depends on the listener, but probally intense and with a lot of bass as that is the most challenging for a system. I mostly use about 4 tracks to cover that all while (subjective) testing a system. If i need to choose one track: Shakara (Oloje) by Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 (altough it lacks deep bass)

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?
Big system with JBL 4277N top, JBL 4642A sub (4x), and Hypex Ncore or Purifi power amps to drive them, and a MiniDSP Flex DSP/DAC/preamp with a technics SL1200 turntable, AT540ML cell and a Cambridge duo phono stage. And a silent computer with JRiver software to play digital music (from NAS server). But i will need a bigger living room for that system also and a lot of acoustic treatment in there.

In my actual living room: Neumann KH420/KH870 combo with a MiniDSP and frontend like said above.

And a second system, a Altec Lansing 620 cabinet with an Altec Lansing 604E coax speaker, powered by a 300B SET amp. Not hifi at all, but a lot of fun...

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?
44.1kHz 24bit FLAC

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?
special cables and grounding boxes, cable lifters, ...

8. What is your next upgrade?
A diy subwoofer for my office system and a diy hifi rack

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.
none

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.
MiniDSP Flex

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?
none

 

[theREALdotnet]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

A Japanese stereo system made by Silver, consisting of tuner, LP stacker and cassette deck in one big unit, Aiwa headphones (with individual volume knobs on both cans), Akai speakers. That was in the early '70s but got me hooked somehow.

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

My current darling is the RME DigiFace USB. It took my system (and my peace of mind) to new heights by solving a seemingly intractable problem – consistent and predictable timing between front speakers and subwoofers, regardless of sample rate. It also brought me the joys of TotalMix and DigiCheck.

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

Apple HomePods (the large ones). I'm ok with the HomePod minis and have three of them, but the big ones sounded awful. I returned them after a week.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

I've got a whole filing system full of test/demo tracks, if I have to pick one I'd say "All for the Feeling" by Clair Marlo. It was the track that bowled me over and made me an LS3/5a addict.

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

Something like my current near(ish) field system in a huge well-treated room with a high ceiling.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Digital, 24bit, 44.1-96kHz, lossless (FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV, whatever).

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Record players. When I gave mine and my record collection away some 30+ years ago it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I never want to have to deal with something like that again.

8. What is your next upgrade?

Probably a fourth subwoofer for my DLBC. Four is the sweet spot, right?

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

Looks are not really of any concern to me in a HiFi component. I do like the looks of my March Audio amp and Mac mini, though.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

Not so much a piece of equipment, rather a setting – speaker position or toe-in, new Dirac filter, room treatment. Those things do that to me on a regular basis.

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

Is software an accessory? DLBC.

 

[JeffS7444]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

Not a single item, but a dealer demo system which, IIRC consisted of Mark Levinson ML-7 pre, ML-2 monoblocks, ML-modded Quad ESL-57 speakers w/Decca ribbon tweeters. It was the first time I heard a setup which sounded like someone could actually be singing in the next room (but was pretty much limited to solo vocalist). Around the time, I was offered a secondhand pair of ML-2s for 1000 USD, and thank goodness I passed, because they'd likely have been money-pits with too many sharp edges and visually striking, but super-uncomfortable handles.

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

Bang & Olufsen Master 43K table radio. A WWII-era product made during the nazi occupation period, when B&O were forced to get creative and minimize use of Bakelite (sanctioned) or anything deemed of strategic importance by the occupiers. A piece of history, but kind of large, and once restored, what will I actually use it for? I wonder who the original owner was, and why they were allowed to own a set capable of receiving overseas broadcasts.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Not sure, but I could do worse than to choose this Bach cantata:
https://www.eclassical.com/orchestras/bach-collegium-japan/hd7318599919416_1_1wav.html

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

A nicer-looking digital media player with good user interface and physical controls.
The largest Genelec Ones that I can reasonably move?
Higher-grade Technics SL1200 + DSP phono "just because"?

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

CD-quality FLAC.

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Taking vinyl too seriously.

8. What is your next upgrade?

Perhaps a DSP-equipped portable headphone amplifier or music player.

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

Braun SK2 table radio. It works fine, but there's nothing particularly hifi or tube-y about the sound.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

Not equipment per se, but learning to apply DSP w/crossfeed for headphones.

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

Some sort of DSP.

 

[MattHooper]

I realized I missed answering this question:

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Some peoples continued obsession over solid state, amplifiers, and DACs. Solid state amplification was a solved problem long ago: we’ve had transparent, neutral solid state amps for many decades. Watching the amount of time people put in to specs oggling and salivating about the next hypex or PURIFI amp or whatever leaves me perplexed in that regard. Same goes for the amount of attention some people pay to DACs, which seem to me to be a similarly solved problem.

(for me, since neutral solid application has been around forever, the more interesting space is where amplifiers actually are more likely to sound different, which is why I’m more curious about different tube amplifiers than solid amplifiers)

 

[Timcognito]

The Questions
1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

My 1970 Nikko 501 Receiver still playing in the maintenance building at the golf course by brother manages

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

’97 Nakamichi System 1 (6 integrated components in a rack) if had to pick one > Nak 630

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

MSB Link Dac III with power base, spent so much something that’s now a commodity

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Up She Rises, from; The Power and The Glory: The Original Music & Voices of NFL Films

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

Very nice In Wall speakers and subs on wide infinite baffle wall with sophisticated DSP. Electronics are ubiquitous commodity.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Red Book and Red Book + FLAC

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

“Vinyl” so much setup, work and real estate to get pops and clicks

8. What is your next upgrade?

A new AVR, my old Onkyo, still working, sounding good, no issues, but behind the times in connectivity and features

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

Well, I lie if didn’t answer the same as #2 but it sounds good too. It’s a work of industrial art.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

NAS because my lifetime collection of digital music is at my fingertips

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

Roon, bought a lifetime license

 

[Mart68]

Okay I'll have a go:

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

Neighbour's brand new top of the range Akai stack system, Christmas 1987. I was instantly hooked for life on good sound quality and gear fetishism.

2. Name the favourite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

Sony TA-E1000ESD pre-amp

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

Too many to list but a very nasty plastic-fantastic Philips turntable may be number one. Even the salesman tried to talk me out of buying it.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Steely Dan 'Home At Last'

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

What I have now but with a bigger room and better speakers. There's always better speakers.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Compact Disc is the only format I use.

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Reclockers.

8. What is your next upgrade?

New speakers are on order.

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

TEAC VRDS 701T transport. Bought it just for the look.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

Sony TA-E1000ESD pre-amp. PEQ!

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

Nothing. I don't have any accessories.

 

[gnarly]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?
Acoustat-X electrostats

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.
QSC Q-Sys Core510i open architecture processor

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.
Just about every piece of electronic gear... amps, preamps, DACs, etc, that I bought in pursuit of "refining" my system,
though lower distortion, higher sampling rate, or whatever.....that ended up being just an expensive EQ.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?
I'd find a new hobby, if that were the case.

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?
Probably either Meyer Bluehorn or a competing Genelec system, in a studio room specifically designed and built for them.
(you did say money no object

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?
Redbook works.

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?
Basically any audio product stressing eye candy.

8. What is your next upgrade?
Measurement and filter design software version upgrades as they become available ...REW, Smaart, FirDesigner, Crosslite+, etc.

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.
Not for me.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.
An equipment change of that magnitude would take remarkable new speakers.
Quite often however, a new set of processing filters that sounds like a step up on my active DIY multi-ways , will have me immediately playing dozens and dozens of songs, comparing against memory. In such a stage right now.

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?
A user defined remote on touchscreen PC laptop or IOS device, that can contain any control element or processing parameter desired. And also has capability for user defined presets, that can also alter any control or processing parameter. A Q-Sys feature.

 

[Mikig]

1) my beloved Audio Note Oto, bought when I was 16. I have never heard anything more beautiful….maybe because it was the first time…
2) Halcro DM38
3) Topping Pre90
4) there are a few….but Dire Straits…
5) complete system I don't know, but I would like to have: Kondo Ongaku, legendary, the 20.6 Mark Levinson, the SF Amati Homage, Guarneri Homage and Extrema, always speakers, I would like to have something from TAD, Rockport….and the list is too long…
6) I am now enjoying my ROON so, streaming…
7) I have more or less had almost all the formats and system configurations, each has its pros and cons…
8) putting a 332 back into use for the second system and build a preamp and amp tubes system
9) I more or less like them all
10) all the ones I have
11) at this point, music streaming with all the trimmings…

 

[FrantzM]

Hi

I'Il play:

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

Can't remember. My father was an audiophile before the term . Since I was a kid , I yearned for my own stereo system

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

Could well be the ever surprising JBL LSR-308. Within its limits, it is that you can't get such performances at susch low cost. ($250 each)

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

A Pink Triangle TT when I could have the TOL Kenwood L07, Turntable,

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Nothing comes to mind , there are too many

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

At this point in time ?
Passive Speakers System: Trinnov Processor + Hypex Amp + 3 x Revel Salon 2 + Revel Bookshelve speakers for Surround and Atmos + 4 serious subwoofers, say the Monoprice Monolith 15 inches or Rythmik 18 inches or SVS TOL or HSU or ....
If I were to go active..
Same Trinnov Processor + 3 LCR (8351B + 2 x W371A) + Surround and Atmos by Genelec (8350 or whatever suits my room , these don't need to be coax for Atmos and Surround, iMO)+ 4 serious subwoofers, say the Monoprice Monolith 15 inches or Rythmik 18 inches or SVS TOL or HSU or ....

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

Digital. at least CD 2-channel but very looking forward to MCH

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Vinyl, SET, in fact the notion of analogue sources.

8. What is your next upgrade?

If they come around for a great price a pair of Revel Salon 2.
In the near future: a capable subwoofer, performance comparable to the Monolith 15, Revel F208 x 3

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

Technics SP-10, Yamaha YP2-2000 Turntable, Revox B77 R2R

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

I will cheat a bit not one piece, rather but a system:
JBL LSR-308 + 2 x Dayton Sub 1500 subwoofer after MSO and Audyssey MultEQ-X. Driven by a Denon AVR-X3400.. My current system

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

miniDSP 2x4 HD, Umik-1


Peace.

 

[Mikig]

I realized I missed answering this question:

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Some peoples continued obsession over solid state, amplifiers, and DACs. Solid state amplification was a solved problem long ago: we’ve had transparent, neutral solid state amps for many decades. Watching the amount of time people put in to specs oggling and salivating about the next hypex or PURIFI amp or whatever leaves me perplexed in that regard. Same goes for the amount of attention some people pay to DACs, which seem to me to be a similarly solved problem.

(for me, since neutral solid application has been around forever, the more interesting space is where amplifiers actually are more likely to sound different, which is why I’m more curious about different tube amplifiers than solid amplifiers)

I've been looking at tubes for some time now: that's how I started and today I'd like to continue, after a long parenthesis of solid state. I just bought a Ecc82 tube preamplifier last week, and now I'm looking for a good power amplifier to match it; I only have one problem, speakers that are generally not very sensitive, and I have to understand if they can be matched and work well with tubes too...

 

[JiiPee]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

My father taught me how to build a crystal radio receiver almost 60 years ago.

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

Linn LP12 with Akito 2 tonearm and Adikt cartridge.

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

Never regretted buying any audio gear.

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

Depending on audience, it could be something like Imelda by Mark Knopfler, or Vivaldi's L'Inverno by Freivogel and Voices of Music.

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

If money were not an issue, I would first purchase a new house with two dedicated music listening rooms.

The first one would have mid-century modern style interior with Genelec 8361 speakers and a nice period compliant cabinet hiding RME ADI-2/4, a streamer, and my music server. On top of it would be my Linn LP12.

The second room would be decorated in the classic early 20th century library style and have a nice side board for Thorens TD 124 TD, Symphonic Line RG 10 Mk 5, and hidden Audiophonics raspdac mini. As for speakers, maybe Marten Parker Trios, but when it comes to favorite speakers, my mind may change in almost daily basis.

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

FLAC

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

Nothing comes to my mind just now.

8. What is your next upgrade?

Probably some parts to build a passively cooled DIY PC.

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

I have never had any such thing.

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection.

No such thing either. It would take too much effort.

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

There is no such thing.

 

[GXAlan]

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

Linn LP12 with Akito 2 tonearm and Adikt cartridge.

What power supply do you have? I had a LP12 with the factory Valhalla power supply. The switch finally died on me (this is probably an 80’s era vintage). I thought about replacing the switch but picked up

Minos LP12 motor speed controller - Valhalla Electronics

Minos Turntable speed controller - Replacement for Linn Valhalla / Hercules / Lingo / Mose etc. Most Linn turntables with Valhalla boards do not run at 33.33 rpm and have quite large variations in speed, some running as high as 34rpm. Upgrading to the Minos motor controller makes significant...

www.valhallaelectronics.com

Instead. What a difference in noise! It also gave me 45 rpm support which is nice.

 

[Cecill]

1. Name the first piece of gear that led you down the hi-fi rabbit hole?

- Father's Technics stack. And later in life, unhelpful and confusing messages found on hifi forums and even more unhelpful subjective reviewers.

2. Name the favorite piece of hi-fi equipment that you currently own.

- Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless IV

3. Name the product you bought that you regretted.

- Avi DM5, Avi DM10, Avi DM12

4. If you could only use one song to demo your stereo system, what would it be?

- N/A

5. If money were no issue, what is your perfect system?

- Genelec 8361A paired with W371A Smart Active Monitoring Woofer systems and a 7380 subwoofer in dedicated listening room

6. If you had to choose one music format, what would it be?

- Digital (files or CD)

7. What's a stereo product that people love that you just don't understand?

- N/A

8. What is your next upgrade?

- N/A

9. A piece of equipment that you've kept in your system for looks alone.

- N/A

10. The last piece of equipment that made you want to re-listen to your entire music collection

- Neumann KH150

11. What is an accessory that has come out recently that you can't imagine living without?

- N/A

 

[JiiPee]

What power supply do you have? I had a LP12 with the factory Valhalla power supply. The switch finally died on me (this is probably an 80’s era vintage). I thought about replacing the switch but picked up

Minos LP12 motor speed controller - Valhalla Electronics

Minos Turntable speed controller - Replacement for Linn Valhalla / Hercules / Lingo / Mose etc. Most Linn turntables with Valhalla boards do not run at 33.33 rpm and have quite large variations in speed, some running as high as 34rpm. Upgrading to the Minos motor controller makes significant...

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Instead. What a difference in noise! It also gave me 45 rpm support which is nice.

If I remember correctly, Valhalla was discontinued in 2004. My LP12 is a slightly newer Majik LP12, and it has the integrated Majik power supply. It works fine for me.