armstrod
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| $8oo dollar budget I agree with Tvad and Pubul57 that your current speakers preclude most if not all tube amps in your price range.One possibility is to go to a Class A solid state amp. It won't sound the same as tubes, but may give you some of what you're looking f... | |
| Usher BE-718 & Zu Druid Sepakers I too own the Druids, and while they'll handle all the power of the McCormack, you'll want to make sure the amp is quiet enough to not drive you crazy. Both the MOSFET amps I tried with the Druids had far too much hiss to be enjoyable. I use an Au... | |
| Glanz moving magnet cartridges The Cartridge Database has many different Glanz cartridges listed:http://www.cartridgedb.com/including the G5.David | |
| Need suggestion on VTL TL-5.5 tubes Jylee,You should also be aware that not every preamp circuit will really change total gain by switching tubes. My Jolida Music Envoy barely changes gain at all when I switch from 12AX7s to 5751s. I generally like the sonics of the 5751s better, bu... | |
| Analog Tuner Existence..... Jerryko,Because there are still plenty of stations (we have 3 right here in Eugene) that still play music from the CD or even directly from (gasp!) vinyl. These are all public stations, and you can definitely tell the difference from the crappy co... | |
| Analog Tuner Existence..... Eldartford,Digital radio will produce great stereo separation to go along with the totally compressed signal. HD radio streams at 96K max, and that's only if they dedicate their whole bandwidth to one channel. If they decide to divide it up to mak... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hella356,I'm running my P-76 at 1.5 grams until it's broken in, then I'll back it off. VTA is dead level right now and sounds pretty good; I never mess with VTA until break-in is completed. I have it loaded at 47K because that's my only choice, bu... | |
| Arm and cart resonance range -- discussion I agree with Syntax - the calculations don't tell you everything. There are some generalities that can point you in the right direction, but your ears will tell you whether your cartridge and arm are a good match. That's true for both the top qual... | |
| Ideas on Technics SP-15 plinth Jardo,The SP-15 doesn't have an outboard PSU - all circuitry is internal. If all the wires have been cut off (many were hardwired into their consoles) then you'd have to connect a standard AC power cord and plug.That said, my main deck is an SP-15... | |
| Analog Tuner Existence..... Trumpetbri,The radio situation is a bit different than TV. Most TV users have cable, so the transition to digital didn't affect them at all, and the TV industry was willing to risk pissing off a few customers to bring in a system that benefits the... | |
| Carts option for Rega P5 + RB700 arm Nolitan,I see from the other thread that you're leaning towards the P5, and if you go that way I concur with Raul that VTA adjustment is a must. I own the Pete Riggle VTAF for my Rega RB250 arm, and it makes a huge difference both in sonics and ad... | |
| Zu Xaus or Furutech AG-12 phono cable? I haven't heard the Furutech, but I own the Xaus and I liked it better than the ExtremePhono Crimson and a number of non-phono-specific interconnects I tried. It had higher resolution than all of them, and the shielding was as good as the Crimson ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lawrence,Right now it's on a Rega RB250 with the Michell counterweight and a Pete Riggle VTAF. As soon as I get the mount for it, I'll also have a Micro Seiki MA-505 to try it on.The resonant frequency calculation for the Rega and the P-76 put it ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Monday night I got my Sumiko Andante P-76 fixed in the P-mount adapter and mounted up. I used a P-mount adapter that I found on eBay, which turned out to be fairly high quality. Gold plated pins, fairly rigid plastic, nice hardware, threaded mount... | |
| David Brubeck Take:50 Montreal Jazz Fest I saw Brubeck and Ramsey Lewis last year in Eugene, Oregon and both were incredible. Brubeck moves pretty slowly to the piano bench now, but once he sits down it sounds just like the old days. He hasn't lost a thing.David |