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| Denon 103R or 304? Actually, the 304 has a compliance of 14, definitely medium compliance, and should be a great match for the RB300. I own a 103R and can vouch that it needs a high mass arm to sound its best. You can mod the RB300 to work pretty well with the 103R ... | |
| Good and bad w/ replacing stock preamp jumpers? So, Foster9, did the aftermarket jumpers improve your setup? I don't see anything in your post stating one way or the other.I can vouch that even on my NAD 7140 receiver ($400 retail) replacing the cheap u-shaped wire jumpers with good short inter... | |
| Unequal length interconnects? After having my wife's son sleeping in my listening room for two weeks, I was finally able to install my new Signal Cables today. Right out the box they're a big improvement over the Calrads - much less noise, and much better high frequency extens... | |
| mp3 and highend components? While my main sources are vinyl, Redbook CD and FM, I also have a computer hooked up to my system to stream radio stations off the Internet at speeds from 64k to 320k. When I added a tube preamp all sources were improved greatly, but the biggest i... | |
| MMF 2.1 and Audio Technica AT-95E I've owned the MMF 2.1, and while it's a nice deck for that price it won't be a huge improvement over the Denon. Plus, it's manual only, which might be a pain if your main purpose is digitizing your vinyl.The AT-95E is a very nice budget cartridge... | |
| Cheap Turntable Protractor Here's a free one:http://www.enjoythemusic.com/protractor1.pdfYou could laminate it yourself... | |
| Can Burr-Brown OPA627 DIFET Op amps... Here's a couple places they can be purchased:http://www.referenceaudiomods.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?store_code=RAM&screen=PROD&product_code=AC_OPA627http://www.futurlec.com/ICLinearOpAmps1.shtmlYou might need these too:http://www.cimarro... | |
| THORENS TD 150 MK II WITH TANDBERG BADGE ? My Thorens 150 could be wired for either 110 or 220. Here's the manual:http://www.theanalogdept.com/images/spp6_pics/TT%20manuals/Thorens/TD150MKII_manual/Thorens%20TD150mkII.pdfYou would just have to supply a US plug. I never rewired mine, but it... | |
| Anti-cables vs CC89259 Stvncar,Before I bought my AntiCables I searched the Internet looking for 12ga magnet wire and came up empty. Do you have a source for this wire? If so, please share it with us.David | |
| Music Hall CD25, Onix XCD-88, Rega Planet; Others? Autre,For all the reasons you list above, and based on my ownership and listening experience, I think you've made a fine choice, and you got an even better deal than I did! ;-)As I continue to upgrade the rest of my system, I appreciate the qualit... | |
| Unequal length interconnects? Today I ordered Analog Twos from Frank at Signal Cable. He was very helpful in helping me determine the right cable and his opinion is that using two different cables lengths won't be a problem, especially with the lower capacitance of the Analog ... | |
| She's on to me I must be really lucky - I just bought 4 (four!) $6 Volex power cords and my wife applauded me for not buying $200 cords. I always show her how much I COULD be spending on gear, so my modest system seems like a bargain...:-) | |
| Tube takeover Jebe1,That's great news! Very interesting video. Mike Matthews seems to be making far more headway with President Putin than is President Bush. :-)Did you catch at the end where he mentioned "Tung-sol" and "6SN7" almost in the same breath? Can't w... | |
| How do the Electro Harmonix 6sn7's sound? I have a Wright WLA12A, and find the EH 6SN7s very listenable and a bargain at $8.95/ea. They're far superior to the Sovteks I own, both the 6SN7s and the supposed "milspec" 6H8Cs. If all NOS tubes went away and I could only get new production tub... | |
| Need small speaker for less than $750. Ideas? I also own the VR-1s and love them in my 20x16 room, but (no surprise here) amplification matters. I started with a modded Hafler DH-200, went to a Monarchy SM-70 Pro, and just added a second Monarchy so I could run them as monoblocks. The VR-1s r... |