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| Table/Cartridge price ratio >>I think good cartridges these days start in the $250 range or so for MCs, less for MMs<<In this price range moving magnets almost always sound better than moving coils.YMMV | |
| B&W 800d's or MAGICO V3's? Your ears.Your money.Your decision. | |
| Table/Cartridge price ratio Depends on the tonearm. It is impossible to evaluate and/or give advice for any cartridge(s) without the tonearm. The tonearm/cartridge and amplifier/speaker matches are the most critical in any audio system. | |
| How Happy Am I Gonna Be?? "If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life don't make a pretty woman your wife, so for my personal point of view get an ugly girl to marry you"Jimmy Soul1963 | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? Stepping back to some earlier posts regarding JRDG, I'm going to audition some of his products in the next few weeks.I'd like to solicit thoughts/impressions good, bad,or indifferent from owners and users.Private emails please; it would be inappro... | |
| what is a right IC for my current setup Sorry."prepondorance" | |
| What Solid State PreAmp? >>but, it may be too revealing in some systems.<<How can a preamp, or any product for that matter, be too revealing? | |
| what is a right IC for my current setup Buy a popular used brand/model. This way should you decide to sell, the loss in minimal.Contrary to many of the cheerleaders here, many of the products' "new" and "revolutionary" features are basically window dressing. Wire is wire and very little... | |
| Scout Owners: How Much Cartridge? Nottingham, among a dozen others, would be a great choice.Dynavectors match very well with VPI arms as you indicate Dan. The Scout I owned was equipped with a 20X(H) and it performed reasonably well but from a value standpoint below average IMO.Th... | |
| How Many Turntables Have You Owned Easily over a hundred. | |
| Recommended 12au7/5814s for Atma-sphere MP-3 Joe,Thanks. In response to your first post, earlier this year I purchased 2 pair of the Amperex 7316/ECC186; one pair halo and one pair D getter.First of all, I didn't need them. My tube inventory has reached a ridiculous number, probably close to... | |
| Wise audio aphorisms Trust your own ears.Nothing else matters. | |
| Recommended 12au7/5814s for Atma-sphere MP-3 IMO the best overall value for the MP-3's line section is the RCA clear top.Priced NIB at $50-$70 per pair, it's tough to find a 12AU7 with a better QPR given the escalating prices of the highly prized Mullard, Amperex, etc.As always YMMV. | |
| Scout Owners: How Much Cartridge? Unless you've owned dozens of turntables and tonearms it's disingenuous for an amateur to deem VPI overachievers. I owned a Scout and have taken a couple Scoutmasters in on trade. The build quality is average and the performance vis a vis their co... | |
| Pops 300B tubes on turn on in my Vac Did you set the bias "low" before installing the new tubes?When circuits are not self-biasing I always adjust the bias to a much lower setting and then increase as needed when changing tubes.Good luck. |