armstrod
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| Pre Amp with ATI 1202, NAD 7155 & GMA Europa's Group3e11,I was on a very similar path a few years ago. I started with an NAD 7140 that I had owned for 20 years. Adding a modded Hafler DH-200 made a substantial difference, but I had a feeling the NAD was still holding me back. I tried both the ... | |
| What's the best way to convert to MP3?? iTunes works separately from the iPod. I have iTunes on all of my computers just for the Internet radio. It will do a very nice job of ripping any CDs you have, and also allow you store the MP3s logically and play them back.If you have sufficient ... | |
| Internet radio stations that sound really good KWVA Eugenehttp://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~kwva/Great college radio streaming at 224K MP3 | |
| Electro-Harmonix and Sovtex tubes I don't have any experience with 12xxx tubes, but I own both the EH and Sovtek 6SN7s, and I can tell you that they are definitely not the same tube, either in construction or sound. In my Wright WLA12A the EHs are very superior to the Sovteks, and... | |
| Are Monitor/Subs More Room Flexible? I don't know if "flexible" is the right term, but I've certainly found my monitor/sub combo to be far more suitable for my listening environment, especially as my rooms have gotten smaller. Since I can only do minimal room treatment, I found any s... | |
| Amplifier fried laptop what can I Do ? Any ideas? Apple had a run of bad video chips - it's the heat that eventually kills them and you managed to greatly accelerate the process. Was this a Class A amp? :-)Anyway, it's a known issue. My iBook G3 went in 5 times for the same video problem, each on... | |
| Evidence of groove damage of TT setup? Audiofeil,I'm guessing I haven't run across too many of YOUR old LPs in the thrift stores... :-)Dougdeacon,I tried your slow rotation test on a record that certainly sounds pretty damaged at 33 rpm, and then again on a known clean and undamaged di... | |
| Evidence of groove damage of TT setup? Fatparrot is entirely correct about much older vinyl, especially rock albums, but Sidssp has what discovered what I've also found to be a very plausible workaround. I recently upgraded from my used Shure V15/Denon 103R duo to a brand new Zyx Bloom... | |
| What current China import sounds like a CJ?? Nrchy, Fatparrot, Czbbcl,Is ALL Chinese stuff copies of other designs? Or just tube gear? Is there a comprehensive list somewhere that matches up Chinese models with the models of the copied gear?I'm willing to do my part to protect intellectual p... | |
| Anyone know of a reasonable Tonearm Cable?? Here's what I bought:http://cgi.ebay.com/Zu-Cable-XAUS-1-2m-tonearm-cable-NEW_W0QQitemZ130054561940QQihZ003QQcategoryZ32833QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItemZu runs these auctions on a very regular basis. I was able to get mine for exactly $150... | |
| How to tell if the record is worn out? I went to the WFMU show last year (during My Year in New York - book soon!) and bought 30 or so LPs. Only one was truly unlistenable - the rest cleaned up fine and sounded great. I'm not a high dollar record guy, so the most I paid was $6 for a ni... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-1 question Cleaneduphippy,If you're looking for better soundstaging, you might want to experiment with speaker placement and a little room treatment before you go changing speakers. You might find your A-60s can give you what you want if they're tweaked a li... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-1 question Cleaneduphippy,Given the goals stated in your last post, you might want to consider upgrading your CDP first, and your speakers second. I used an Adcom GCD-575 for 15 years when it finally gave up the ghost, and replaced it with an Onix XCD-88 (no... | |
| Von Schweikert VR-1 question Cleaneduphippy,I own the VR-1s and, like you, have tubes in my system - I'm running a tube preamp. My VR-1s sound great with all my sources - vinyl, CD, tuner and computer. I think the tubes make all the difference, so my guess is you'll be as ple... | |
| nad 3020 vs advent 300 Tda44,The Ortofon is 2.2mv, which should work fine with either the Advent or the NAD. For the small bump in power I'm not sure it would be worth using the power amp section of the 3020, but if you had both in house you could do your own comparison... |