armstrod
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| What made you change to a 6SN7 preamp? I’ve used 6SN7 preamps for years now. Richer tone, greater linearity, in general less gain, and better availability of new production tubes that actually sound good. While I usually run NOS tubes, there are currently produced 6SN7s that I could ea... | |
| audible illusions vs supratek, vs holoaudio vs backert I also own the M-60s, and ran through the following preamps: Modwright LS-100 Decware CSP-3 Don Sachs Model 2 LTA MZ2-S All of those were great and my favorite by a small margin was the LTA, until I found an Atma-Sphere MP-3 for under $3K,... | |
| Who Offers a Highly Musical Preamp using a 6SN7 tube and a remote? I've owned the following 6SN7 preamps: George Wright WLA12A Modwright LS-100 Don Sachs Model 2 LTA MZ2 Atma-Sphere MP-3 The keeper is the MP-3, mainly because the synergy with my Atma-Sphere M-60 mono blocks can't be ignored. I bought min... | |
| Musical Fidelity I have an M1 VINL phono preamp and it's terrific. It's the only Musical Fidelity piece I've owned.David | |
| What were the radio stations of your youth that helped you on your music/audio journey? WEAWWGLDWXFMWXRTAll Chicago stations, and all playing progressive rock. I lived across the lake in Michigan City, IN and I first listened when I was 10 years on the Arvin table radio I inherited from my grandfather. | |
| Advent 300 My first stereo system, purchased in 1978 from Alan Audio in Bloomington, IN, consisted of an Advent 300, New Advent speakers, and a Micro Seiki MB-14 turntable. That lasted through my graduation but when I got my own apartment and had it in a 15X... | |
| Audible wow on Well Tempered TT Yep, I owned a Well Tempered and with a stretchy rubber belt you'll get audible wow. Since Stanalog is no longer in existence, Origin Live is your best, maybe your only option. I've corresponded with people who claim to have gotten mylar/kapton or... | |
| Returning to Vinyl Millercarbon gives great advice, and I'll add that VTF is critical with many cartridges, so a stylus force gauge like the Riverstone is essential to proper setup. Inexpensive and worth every penny:https://www.amazon.com/Riverstone-Audio-Record-Lev... | |
| EL84 Tubes for Glow Audio Amplifier I own a 2008 Glow One and I prefer the JJs with the Gold Lions a close second. | |
| JVC TT 71: buy now for spare for my or TT81? I've been using a QL-7 with the TT-71 while I mount a second tonearm on my TT-81 in the two arm JVC plinth. While the specs of both motors are similar, the TT-71 has noticeably less torque. Of course, it's possible my TT-71 is less than optimal; b... | |
| Low gain preamp options How about something like this:https://www.decware.com/newsite/zbox.htmSteve might be able to do it with two outputs. | |
| cartridge set up I have the manuals for the Well Tempered Classic arm. Specified distance from the spindle to the arm mounting post is 9.2". Be advised that this is not the same as pivot to spindle, as the expectation is that you rotate the arm frame on the post u... | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Steve received my cartridge on 4/25/20, replaced both cantilever and stylus, and shipped it back on 5/15/20. I sent him my Triplanar at the same time and he shipped it back on 8/27/20, but it needed considerably more work and he had to source part... | |
| Rogue Audio Metis Magnum upgrade. No experience with Rogue, but I've had some pieces upgraded by other manufacturers. $450 for all the above work plus they give your 10 year old preamp a thorough going over? I think it's a no brainer if you're planning on keeping the amp.All the u... | |
| Schiit order issue - anyone receiving shipments? Recently I sent my Bifrost back for repair. They were very helpful in setting up the RMA, and I got notification when they received the return asking for the purchase details for warranty purposes. I told them I had bought it used so no warranty, ... |