avanti1960
Responses from avanti1960
| Do I upgrade my cartridge or my turntable a better cartridge sounds better. | |
| Found Great Seller - Plinth for Technics 1200 GAE fyi i had one of these, looked very nice but the mounting system was unstable imho. it used 4 thin plastic rectangles that were captured by the turntable feet. the peices were then pushed to the corners of the plinth shell where they would fit u... | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? @missioncoonery i had your exact budget and split it into 3 more or less. table, technics sl200gr herbies 4mm mat cartridge lyra delos phono pre sutherland 20 20 with linear power supply. the sound does everything my best digital sources ... | |
| Focal Sopra n1 - mids are a bit recessed compared to Lumina IIs you have pointed out why i do not prefer focal speakers because i highly value the midrange, latest generation mcintosh amps are much clearer and slightly midrange forward hence the improvement. | |
| True high-end Speakers need a midrange There are many exceptions to your conclusion. Also there are issues and compromises with three-way designs. | |
| Speaker placement Quandary @fthompson251 If I had more room I would do the same and pull my speakers more away from the wall behind them. Five feet from front baffle to wall is about optimum for the best bass depending on speaker design requirements. At that distance th... | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge audio technica AT ART9 XI. | |
| SL1200G - Tonearm shape from side question for owners dont try to sight the tonearm level. use a small bubble level on top of the headshell. make sure the vtf is backed off temporarily to compensate for the mass of the level. | |
| A "Downgrade" that proved to be a spectacular "Upgrade" ------- Also I much preferred the sound of the Pass Labs XA25 over the Pass XA 30.8 amplifier. The Audio Technica ART9 cartridge blows away the Soundsmith Zephyr mimc star es. | |
| A "Downgrade" that proved to be a spectacular "Upgrade" ------- Yes in subwoofers. The SVS SB 3000 sounds better than a more expensive JL Audio and REL subwoofer that I had. | |
| Rogue CM II v Rogue CM III be careful with speaker sensitivity. i had a cmii with kt 120 tubes that could drive most speakers quite well. the CM iii ships with kt88 tubes and i would not use it with speakers less than 89 db or so. | |
| Electronics for Harbeths -- $5-10K Dudes the OP has a 40lb weight limit requirement. @cundare2 can you go tube preamp solid state amp? if so, try a Cary SLP 98 tube preamp with bypass and then a Bryston 3b3 power amp. Each are under 40 lbs. The Cary is super transparent wit... | |
| Benchmark or McIntosh.... I had two Benchmarks in my system for a while but just did not get along with them. They did not sound as refined as I prefer in the treble and were extremely midrange forward because they had such a dynamic range. The midrange content like horns... | |
| Subwoofers: Ported or sealed? Porting main speakers is a much different proposition than subwoofers with ported enclosures. Biggest reason is the x-max is much less (distance a driver piston is allowed to travel) on main speakers and is easier to to control the motion with ... | |
| Amp recommendations for KEF R7 speakers definitely a smoother aounding amp like McIntosh sounds best with the KEF R series. They can sound metallic to some with the wrong amp. |