amandarae
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| Who LOVES their under $ 1000 table combination ? Headsnappin,It is not really that hard to do. My TD 124 MKI (I also have an MKII) is the first vintage table I work on. Just a little perseverance is all it takes.regards | |
| Who LOVES their under $ 1000 table combination ? I bought my TD 124 for $250. Granted that I spent $60 to recondition the bearing, $30 to make a plinth, $20 to replace the armboard, $400 for a pristine SME 3009, and $150 for a Denon 103 cartridge (So that is about $910).I will compare it head to... | |
| martin logan vs magnepan sound The former is an electrostat, the latter planar magnetic. Apples and oranges. The former is like Jezebel, very beautiful on top and mid, bottom end is a different story. Magnepan is a good speaker, cheap but the time and money spent on tweaks to g... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Anyone knows the output impedance of the Chardonnay?Will the Chardonnay go well with a SS amp such as Clayton M-100, Pass Labs X250.5 or McCormack 225? Speakers are Hyperion 938 (90 dB; 6 ohms, 3.8 ohms min).600 ohms is my bet! | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century FWIW, in the design of a phono section, that phono section is not 'voiced' although that is a common misconception. If the design is competent, the RIAA curve will be set up to be as close to the theoretical curve as possible, regardless of the a... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Tvad,Do you believe it would be worth the investment to buy a Benz Micro Ace Lo (.4 mv)?It depends on the spec of your Cortese. Maybe it is designed for low output(lower than 0.4 mV)carts. Judging from your descripton of the gain being "too ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Tvad,Sorry to hear that it did not work for you. Does the Cortese have a slider switch to choose load settings? Just in case you miss it, when you load the Benz at 24 ohms using the resistor, is the setting on the main preamp set at 47k ohms... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century My pleasure sir! I hope it works for you. BTW, off topic, I live in Diamond Bar CA (91765). I believe you are in Southern Cal too. North Hollywood?regards,Abe | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Tvad,I see. Maybe you want to try to load the Benz to 24 ohms(its internal impedance) using RCA tees on the input and see if you like it. When the cart is loaded with its internal impedance, its output will be halve. So you will have 0.4 mV ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Tvad,I use the Benz ACE M,like yours, on my Chenin. I found that the phono gain pot setting on mine at 1/3 max for each with the best results loaded at 1000 ohms and with the preamp gain togggle switch at low setting. I found this setting al... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I echo what Stiltskin posted here! I think the Chenin's phono section (6922/6C4) is exceptional! I remember that the phono section of the Chenin was taken from the one which the Cortese had during that time. The Syrah, which the Chenin replaces ha... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Oops correction! On the first paragraph, I was thinking about the Graham Slee from your response at AA. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Am considering a Pro-ject Tube Box II, perhaps only has a holdover till I order a Cortese.Hello,In my opinion, going SS phono pre to the Supratek is nice (I have one: a one box Bugle PSU, Bugle, and Piccolo all from Hagerman Technology). But if pu... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Chardonnay does not have a phono either! That is one of the biggest blunder one can commit in buying a Supratek product is to get the "linestage only". Reason being is the $500 difference, which in the long run pays for itself in terms of retainin... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Sorlowski,My Chenin is #238 and it has an Auricap (1uF) at the output for both channels of course. Are you sure you are looking at the output caps? Maybe Mick change it who knows but just want to be sure you are looking at the right caps.As ... |