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| Your favorite album cover... Old cheesecake covers, the cheesier the better! | |
| Can a DAC sort out a flat\cold amp? That amp could easily be sold here or on ebay. It is or was a popular Amp. Maybe it would do better paired with a warmer speaker. You may just have a synergy issue. You could also try a tubed dac such as the Border Patrol r2r dac. It may warm it u... | |
| Jensen Mc-2RR ISO-max or Bellari MT502 mu Very nice! Tung sol are great tubes. Yes, you can mix and match tubes to your liking/taste. There are no hard fast rules. When it comes to the various tune types, 12ax7, 12au7, 5751, etc...some manufactures were known or recognized as being the be... | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Once you accumulate a decent amount of records, I’d advise you to purchase a Record Dr record cleaner. They are relatively cheap and available at audio advisor. When buying used records, look at them carefully under the brightest light available.... | |
| Fake Audiophiles Being a so called True audiophile, (which by the way sounds like pedophile🤮, so I choose not to throw the word around much) has nothing to do with any price point whatsoever. I prefer to use audio enthusiest when describing myself, which by the wa... | |
| New In 2022 RSD 2022 The Middle Eastern Soul of Carlee Records - 3 LPS - COLORED VINYL By: Baronian, Souren | |
| DAC That Punches Above Its Price Point The Musical Fidelity V90 Dac. Sounds way better than its $299 price tag....getting tough to find new now. That’s why I bought two....😁 My Border Patrol Dac @ $1075 ain’t too shabby either... | |
| Magnified Record Groove Photo Pretty amazing that music is derived from those grooves, almost magical! | |
| Jensen Mc-2RR ISO-max or Bellari MT502 mu Using NOS 7025 RCA short gray plate in center position, a GE 12au7 rear, and a SYLVANIA 5751 disc getter in front position. The GE tube I got from Kevin @ Upscale. The other two were bought from Ebay years ago. According to Scott @ Tavish. the ce... | |
| Jensen Mc-2RR ISO-max or Bellari MT502 mu Here is a review of the Jensen...https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/hardware-reviews/jensen-mc-2rr-iso-max-moving-coil-phono-cartridge-step-up-transformer/ The price has jumped to $649 since this review , available at cable solutions. | |
| Jensen Mc-2RR ISO-max or Bellari MT502 mu By using a second set of phono specific cables. Turntable grounded to the preamp only. The cable from the SUT goes to moving magnet input of preamp. I'm using two .5 meter Atlas element Integra turntable phono cables. | |
| It happened again tonight Oh brother...... | |
| Naim Unity Atom with Focal 826W Chorus 30th anniversary edition I'd use Naim speaker cables, Nac A5. Naim is also particular about what interconnects to use. They frown upon RCA, and recommend the use of their own XLR cables. | |
| Jensen Mc-2RR ISO-max or Bellari MT502 mu I own both the Hana EL and the Jensen mc-2rr-L. It is a great combo. The Jensen was designed with the Denon 103 in mind, which so happens to have specs that are close to the Hana’s, with exception of the weight. The Denon is 30 ohms, while the Han... | |
| Possible issues with Marantz CD player I have both the sa8005 sacd player, and the awesome little hd-cd1, neither of which have given me one ounce of trouble. Both are made in Japan. The hd-cd1 is used as a transport. Once had a cd5005, that one was made In China, however I went throug... |