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| Tact Pre Amps The Tact's A/D and D/A board get a LOT better after Aberdeen Components modifies them. My XP has all the mods Aberdeen offers, including power supply, motherboard, A/D boards, and D/A boards. They put the XP in a totally different class vs. stock.... | |
| Has anyone heard the Magico Mini? Stereotaipei - I heard them with a pair of Wilson Benesch Torus. Amps were the Audio Research Ref 210 first, and then the Ref 610. They sounde great with the 210,and awesome with the 610 after they warmed up (took a couple of hours for those to ge... | |
| Has anyone heard the Magico Mini? Daveyf - My room now is 25'5" feet by 18'11". When I bought the G's, it was more like 16'X12' and yes, they sounded wonderful there. The Kharmas, crossed over to a pair of Tact subwoofers anywhere between 75 and 200 Hz can reach impressive SPL's i... | |
| Tact Pre Amps Depends on how good/bad your room is. I bought when to tame a really horrible listening room in a rented apartment, and it was worht every penny. I just upgraded my 2.2X to XP. The XP is more user friendly and fixes a lot of the software bugs in t... | |
| Has anyone heard the Magico Mini? I owned the Guarneri's for ~ 5 years, and traded them for Kharma 3.2 CRMs. I also had the opportunity to hear the Magico Mini's for several hours perfectly set up with absolutely top notch cables and electronics in a small room. I do love the G's ... | |
| Cincinnati, OH, any audiophiles? Wow! It's amazing to see this thread alive after all this time. What is really funny is that I moved away from Cinti in 2002..all the way to Caracas, Venezuela!Returned to the city in July 2005, but my system was in storage for close to a year whi... | |
| TACT Power Supply Upgrade From Aberdeen Components All of them, though I installed in a 2.2 X | |
| Monitor enthusiasts: musical subwoofers? Stereo subs, ideally REL..unless you own a TACT preamp, in which case the TACT subs work better. I own a pair of REL's now, and waiting for my TACT's to arrive. My monitors are the SF Guarneri | |
| How often do you have to tuneup Linn Sondek LP12 Agreee with the above posts. I've owned my LP 12 since 1998, and have had the set up checked everytime I've upgradede it (upgrade from Basic to Lingo, upgrade from Akito to Ekos) or when I've disassembled the tbale for moving . About 3 years ago, ... | |
| Benz Micro Ruby 2 Impedance Adjustment Well,,the rule of thumb is 10-20 times the internal impedance. Not sure about the Ruby II, but for my Benz LP the internal impedance is 38, so the range would ideally be 380 to 760. I starded out with 47 k on my Pass Xonon, and that was way too br... | |
| Akiva vs. Lyre Helicon or Titan What is your VTA setting? The Akiva does prefer the headshell to be parallel to the record surface. What is your VTF setting? Linn recommends 1.75 grams, and that is what worke best for me. In my system, it never sounded harsh at all. Impedance sh... | |
| SOL if captive power cord? One other option it to purchase a good IEC (I've bought the gold plated Furutech), then do a bit of surgery with a Dremel tool! I plan to do this to a pair of Marantz monoblocks that I will use as amps for my Tact subwoofers. If it works...I might... | |
| Rachmaninov Piano Conerto 2 - Recommended LP? All - Many thnks for your suggestions....Guess I'll start searching for them now! | |
| Best Sinatra...? Sinatra At The Sands....Frank with Count Basie live is pretty hard to beat. Other than that, the MoFi box set, of course. Amazing that no one has reissure At The Sands on vinyl. I have three original copies. You cna generally find thme on eBay for... | |
| Basis TT /Walker Motor Controller?SDS- 220 volts? Much to my surprise, Lloyd managed to reply to me before going on vacation. Turnsout that his Motor Drive can be switched to 220 V by resoldering two wires. He also said a switch could be easily installed to make going back and forth easier, but t... |