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| KT120 Tube compatibility w/ Jadis Defy 7 Amp MK 1 Hi Wiebe! Just got myself a pristine-condition DA7 with Jadis KT88 valves. I would love to hear your opinion on these new tubes. Please keep us posted. | |
| seeking turntable recommendations 4musica - Again double wow! Thank you for responding and sharing. You have absolutely top-notched gear! I am green with envy, he-he! Hopefully in a few more years, I too would be able to put together my dream system. Best wishes! | |
| seeking turntable recommendations Hi Lewn,The tonearm has no bearings, it uses a suspended "golf ball" that floats in a cup of silicon gel! Check out their website if you have some spare time. Some pretty interesting reading. 4musica - Wow... great system! I've heard and read some... | |
| seeking turntable recommendations In my haste and excitement to share my audio bliss, I forgot to mention the other problems that the Amadeus also solves with its unique design. In addition to friction, it also eliminates bearing chatter and other microscopic mechanical vibrations... | |
| seeking turntable recommendations For a little bit more money, you can get the Well Tempered Amadeus. SOTA performance for such a measly sum. I own one and I cannot be happier! Bill Firebaugh is a genius! The Amadeus is special because it virtually emilinates the single most signi... | |
| Hovland HP 100 - owner insight needed The old volume controls have black resistors and have been rumored to develop pops and buzzing due to contact deterioration, the new ones have blue resistors with stepped attenuators. The older versions were also susceptible to hum, the newer vers... | |
| have 1080i dvd player why need reciever with HDMI? The latest receivers today have upsampling circuitry built-in. They can upsample video signals from DVD's and other video sources. Yes, having a receiver with upsampling capability negates the need to have an upsampling DVD player. Just connect th... | |
| Best Cartridges for the Money You've Experienced I had both the Shelter 501 and the fantastic 901. Both of these can deliver analog magic for a song. My ears and other fellow audiophiles tell me that if you don't listen too critically, you won't hear much of a difference between the Shelters and... | |
| iPod with Belkin's Tune Stage Here's my two cents: Get an iPod Universal Dock with the matching remote and a quality "3.5 mm jack to RCA cable" from Crystal or Kimber. Skip the preamp and plug the whole setup straight to your amplifier. You can control the volume, play, pause,... | |
| EAR 834p Deluxe version or Audio Research Ph-5 Don't forget that the EAR can be easily modified, transforming its perfomance from mediocre to world-class! Do a search in this forum for more info. | |
| classe Dr-3 The DR-3 would definitely be a few sonic notches above your NAD amp. Succinctly put, the Classe is in a totally different league. They were considered one of the finest sounding transistor amps in their heyday. They were famous for being able to d... | |
| Record Clamp for Rega P5? The Rega's spindle is too short for most clamps to work. I only know of two clamps that can do the job: one is known as the "Pig" and the other one is from Ortofon. The Pig is shaped like a nipple and works great. The problem is finding one. I don... | |
| GMA Europa discontinued? Roy,Can you tell us in advance the specs of the new Europa? Is it going to be more efficient than the original? What will be the minimum power requirement? Thank you for making true high end sound affordable for us audiopaupers! Regards, | |
| Good looking tube amp suggestions Do a search for Moth Audio. Probably the most retro, Art Decoish looking designs I've seen. Sonus Faber makes a cute little integrated, so does SAP Electronics. Both these Italian firms employ classic designs that will compliment your retro decor.... | |
| ?'s about quality of audiophile recordings Red2,Check out Arturo Salvatore's website: www.high-endaudio.com. Go to the Supreme Recordings section. Mr. Salvatore compiled a very comprehensive list of some of the world's finest analog recordings with their detailed description. Most of his T... |