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| Best complete turntable set-up for 500 Adding to what Brulee said, a used Well Tempered is indeed a great value. The WT is extremely quiet, an often overlooked element when upgrading your source. Putting more money into your 15 year old Yamaha will not only be lost at resale time, it's... | |
| Best Balanced and singal ended pre-amp? Jman. If you point your browser to this site: http://www.musicalsurroundings.com/ You will find Aesthetix listed in the header as one of the product choices. The last price list I saw for Aesthetix showed the Callisto pre amplifier at $8000. There... | |
| Best Balanced and singal ended pre-amp? The Aesthetix Callisto and the ARC Ref 2 Mk2 both fit your description. I have heard both of these units in my own system. The ARC "asks" by a switch on the front panel what you are using at each input, single ended or balanced. The Callisto is ba... | |
| Which Cables for Sony DVP-9000ES No money, regarding your preamp, just leave if off until needed. It has no effect either way on the break in of your SACD player. I would suggest plugging in your choice of interconnect between the SACD and your preamp while doing this run in. The... | |
| Which Cables for Sony DVP-9000ES I have been running my Sony DVP-9000ES continuously since the 26th of Jan. That means the break in time has now exceeded the 300 hours mark. The SACD sound is much better than when I received it, so now I plan on feeding a similar amount of music ... | |
| Opinions of Electro-Harmonix tubes? I just went though a series of tests, which included the new Electro-Harmonix branded EL-34 and 12AX7 tubes. Electro-Harmonix tubes are distributed by New Sensor in New York, who is also the importer/ distributor of the Sovtek line of tubes. In my... | |
| Koetsu sound I agree with Cornfedboy on his assessment of the sound of the Koetsu line of cartridges. The only thing I would add is that when I auditioned the Onyx Platinum and the Rosewood Signature Platinum, there were some differences. The Onyx is slightly ... | |
| Anyone heard of this??? Your friend indeed pulled out a Rabco. The one you describe is most likely the later model and was sold separately as the model SL8 E. It was powered by a dry cell battery, which would electrically cue the arm down to the LP and back up. There wer... | |
| C/W music Audiogon members I like almost all kinds of music including some of the C/W scene. However, it is pretty much limited to Johnny Cash, Rosanne Cash, Linda Rondstant, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams Jr., Nanci Griffith and Martina McBride. Do you think Les Paul and Mary ... | |
| Where to buy speaker stand spikes ? You might contact Sound Anchor at 321-951-4349. Bob Worzella has some long spikes (my stand just came supplied with eight), and I do not think they are expensive. You will need to know what size thread your particular stand requires, that will pro... | |
| Marantz SA-1 SACD player....worth it ? I have no doubt that the Marantz is good, perhaps it is better than the Sony. Why don't you simply look at the numbers and take a deep breath.........Sony $1075.00..............Marantz with huge discount.......$4750.00. The Marantz had better be s... | |
| Henry Kloss Model 1 Radio by Tivoli I sold the original Kloss radio in the late 60's, the walnut case and what we sales people called the "fried egg" dial was endearing. The sound, although not the Hi Fi rage, was as you state, non fatiguing, and very pleasant to listen to for hours... | |
| demagnitizing CD s? Musikdok, I have not tried the Zerostat on CD's, but I am certain that it would not hurt anything. At the very least, the CD should become less likely to collect dust particles that can interfere with the laser pickup. Regarding other tweaks, ther... | |
| Speaker Cable Length I ask this same question to various cable manufacturers, many times in the last 10 years. The general rule seems to be that if you cannot cut the length to half of the original, the change is not worthwhile. Same goes with increase, doubling the l... | |
| Aesthetix Io-Reliability Problems??? Responding to the request by Hungryear, a second power supply adds to the Aesthetix's sense of ease and effortlessness. There is an significant increase in both the intensity and headroom, while allowing each individual instrument ( particularly p... |