4yanx
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| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Dan, don't take personal offense, please. My only point is that, especially as one "climbs the ladder" in this hobby, differences (good or bad) generally become a matter of smaller and smaller degree (unless someone totally blows a design or comes... | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Dan. The 320 that was just a very short time ago the table to which all others should compare themselves was humiliated? Humiliated? | |
| Phono amp recommendations Funny, I've tried both on mine to little or no effect. The dampers may have helped some, but I'm not so sure. :-) The sweep did NADA, at least in my system. | |
| Phono amp recommendations Yes, the K&K. I posted this many moon ago, but a bunch of us auditioned the K&K against SEVERAL units both SS and tube some time ago (and that was before the uprgaded K&K) at a local audio haunt, most of the units mentioned above not e... | |
| Phono amp recommendations Suggest the K&K phono stage (kandkaudio.com). Call Kevin, who used to design for VAC and was the designer of the Art Audio Vinyl Reference before starting his own biz. It WILL best anything shy of $5K, including (from personal testing experien... | |
| Twin Lead Shielded I understand, N, and thanks, but I have used coax (and pigtails) on several occasions. This is a paricular instance where:1) I am going to need a very long run of cable2) I have only 300 Ohm connectors on the back of a tuner and do not want to use... | |
| Twin Lead Shielded That hard to find? | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Didn't Kevin Carter or K&K Audio phono stage fame design the Renaissance when he was with VAC? The K&K bested the Io (non sig) Rhea, and Klyne in the test we did. Never heard the Supratek | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Naw, I ain't bitin'. Like tables, if you're happy with your pick, I'm happy. | |
| Taylor Hicks from Idol It is an outrage that anything from this season's Idol would find its way on a MUSIC forum. | |
| Is Direct Drive Really Better? Who among the respondents to this thread brings greater credibility?Perhaps the correct answer is not the one some may believe....(and, no, not saying it is me, which it ain't) | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Perhaps not.... | |
| Audio Technica AT1100 How Good is it I have an AT1009 (with the remote tonearm lift). It is a very nice sounding arm and I love using it on a table where I can swap cartridges out that are attached to one of many headshells. It has a handy, effective, and somewhat unique fine VTA adj... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? When the opportunity comes, it would also be great to hear the Aesthetix IO, Lamm LP2, Klyne, Nick Doshis, Audion Quattro, Raul's phonostage, Messenger (this along with Raul's, the Doshi and Audion are full function preamps), FM Acoustics, Connoi... | |
| tuner upgrade expertise needed I, too, am distressed to hea rthat Don is no longer doing mods. He did agreat job fo rme previuosly. I'd like to haev a Sony ST-5950 aligned, refurbished and "optimized". Any other suggestions of modders or contact info for any previuosly mentioned? |