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| Jolida JD9 Opamps Slovell,I tried the 627s and found the 637s to be slightly more extended at both ends of the frequency spectrum, which was to my taste. Tonally they were very similar in my system.Johnnyb53,There are six opamps total in mine, although I've heard o... | |
| Jolida JD9 Opamps I own a JD-9, and after upgrading the opamps to 637s, it improved greatly. You can roll the tubes to regulate the warmth level.Given the opamps are easily swapped and make it better in just about every way, leaving it stock didn't seem to make muc... | |
| technics SP-25 armboard Way back in 2006 I bought blank SP-15/25 armboards from Russell Collins:drwhomba@msn.comIt's worth an email to see if he's still around and can source them.David | |
| preamp out instead of MC transformer I don't see gain/overloading as the biggest issue here. Head amps generally add 20-30 dB of voltage gain, and there are many line stages that add 20dB and a few more than that. The real issue is proper resistance loading of the cartridge. While yo... | |
| How many enjoy low $ second system sound? My bedroom system is Glow Amp One, Merrill Zigmahornets, old MacBook Pro, and whatever tuner I'm not using in my main rig. It's easily 90% of my max. I completely agree with Onhwy61 - it helps keep things in perspective.To Inna: my bathroom system... | |
| Anti Skate for Well Tempered Reference Shussbliss,Take a look at this thread:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1195176193for a description of how I solved the problem of too much antiskate with my Well Tempered Record Player arm. If you need more explanation, feel free ... | |
| SET sound without a lot of money If you're talking about the Almarro A205A, like the RM-10 it's not an SET amp. It's actually a single ended pentode:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/almarro4/mk2.htmlSounds great, though; I owned one for a couple of years.The Almarro 318 is inde... | |
| Newbie help how to store and backup iTunes library iTunes, or any any other data, can be backed up to iCloud. Just remember, though, that Apple only gives you 5 gigabytes for free; if you need more space than that you'll have to pay for it. Also, backup will only be as fast as the upload speed of ... | |
| What started you on your audiophile journey . 1969, when I inherited my grandfather's Arvin table radio:http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~srs/Antiques/Radios/Rtempl.php?pid=24and listened to Triad Radio every night I could get away with it:http://pages.ripco.net/~saxmania/triad.htmlI was 10 years ol... | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry Donjr,Her current pictures paint only a portion of Sinead 2011. Check out her Web site:http://www.sineadoconnor.com/and all will be revealed... | |
| Name 3 under appreciated pop/rock drummers Michael Shrieve | |
| Live Performances Gone Awry Sinead O'Connor Great Woods Mansfield, MA Aug 18th 1990The day before the concert, Sinead O'Connor breaks up with her boyfriend, who also happens to be opening for her on the tour. Ex-boyfriend and band are fired on the spot, leaving a pretty big ... | |
| Hafler modded amp question I had a DIY modded Hafler DH200 and replaced it with Monarchy SM70 Pro monoblocks. The Monarchys were noticeably better in all respects, but the DH200 was pretty darn good for the money.David | |
| Arm choices for Thorens TD 150 MKll AB I did the heater hose mode to my TD150, and mounted an RB250 with no problem. The stock plinth of the TD150 was definitely the weak link.David | |
| Class A SS vs. Class A/B SS I ran Monarchy SM-70 monoblocks for a number of years with great success. They deliver Class A sweetness in spades and drove with authority every speaker I threw at them. They were a bit noisy but the newer Mk IIs are supposed to be significantly ... |