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| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp I'm sure extra power couldn't hurt, but honestly the Stereo 90 was driving a pair of 5As effortlessly and the sound was magic. Highly recommended. | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Ok, so I visited my dealer this weekend and after listening to and speaking with him about Rogue Audio, I have decided to go for the 99 Magnum preamp (output impedance 350 Ohms) and the Stereo 90 amp (input impedance 200k Ohms). Amazing combo and ... | |
| L and R channel/Red and White in system chain Elizabeth, your explanation seems to make sense and takes care of the problem! Thank you.Bill, I did miss the joke but I'm fully enjoying it now! And I have learned that things are not always black & white... I think we can lay this post to re... | |
| L and R channel/Red and White in system chain Audiofeil, the manuals for my Soundsmith phono pre and KAB filter are basically one page inserts with not much detail. As someone with an advanced degree, albeit not in science, I feel silly being confused by a seemingly straightforward task, but ... | |
| Excessive woofer movement with a VPI JMW 9 ? It looks like the OP solved the problem but I thought I'd post regardless as I'm a little concerned with some advice that was offered in this thread. Rumble is a quite common phenomenon associated with analog playback and can occur even when every... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp I called C-J and the Classic's output impedance is 200 Ohms. If, as general rule, the amp's input impedance should be at least 10 times the output impedance of the preamp, all of the amps mentioned in the thread should work just fine with the Clas... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Tvad, I did notice that as well, which I think is disingenuous on the part of C-J (or any other company that doesn't provide essential specifications for their equipment). The C-J power amps tend to be very expensive, offer rather low wattage for ... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Again, thank you all for your advice and input. Tvad, you're correct that that's the direction I'm headed, but it seems to me I should still be able to match an amp to the Vandys and C-J preamp. I've wanted to own both the 3As and a C-J preamp for... | |
| Power amp around $3000 for C-J Classic preamp Thank you all for your advice. I'm pretty much convinced I will go with the Vandersteen as my local dealer happens to carry both Conrad-Johnson and Vandersteen and they've been pretty good to me. Also, I might keep my Hawks around as well so I thi... | |
| VPI Scout Hum Peter,This is very interesting and I am intrigued by your statements based on my auditioning experience a few months ago at my local dealer. I listened to records on a system that consisted of the VPI HR-X turntable with the SDS, Transfiguration M... | |
| VPI Scout Hum Great advice. Thank you Peter. | |
| VPI Scout Hum Peter,Thank you so much for your input! It's greatly appreciated. I hope you're healthy and feeling great. I'm using your Aida MI cart in Ebony on my Scout with your MMP3 phono stage and I love it. I too experienced some hum, but it decreased afte... | |
| Are scratch LPs part of the game ? Has2be, I don't quite understand what you mean about me making a point and me disagreeing it with at the same time. In fact your second sentence paraphrases the sentence of mine you quoted in your post to a degree and it seems we actually agree! I... | |
| Are scratch LPs part of the game ? I'm with Audiofeil and those who say minor scratches are part of the game. Those who say they have 40-year-old records without scratches perhaps interpreted this question differently from the yes camp. It's rather impossible to prevent any imperfe... | |
| returning vinyl for warpage? Since I'm not as handy as Curio, I decided to create a more primitive "device" for flattening warped records using the same principle. I went to a plastics warehouse where they cut sheets of acrylic to order and purchased 3 sheets of 12.5"x 12.5",... |