avanti1960
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| Benchmark / Anthem / Rogue Rogue Audio RP 5. Heard it extensively, owned several Rogue products. very open, smooth unfatiguing sound. Pair it with a nice solid state amp. It is the only one on your list I could be happy with. | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? A couple additional thoughts-1) A High Pass crossover is a very simple device and should not degrade sound quality one bit. Think about an RIAA equalizer in your phono preamp and the serious amount of EQ it does to the signal. 2) There are other... | |
| Solid state amplifiers and sound stage, especially front to back "depth" front to back depth has for me been more about speaker positioning than amplification. depth is only limited by how far from the wall you can pull the speakers into the room. it is an excellent way to listen when your speakers are 5 feet from th... | |
| Raven Blackhawk LE... am I going to be disappointed? room size and how close you listen are important factors. i had the raven blackhawk driving KEF LS50s in a medium large room that everyone said would not work. fortunately you listen with your ears and not on paper. the sound was spectacular. ... | |
| Need help: turntable market in the $1500-$2000 range is overwhelming OP,Lots of turntables look cool but the best sound will come from a precision mechanical design- The best sounding turntable will do the following-1) Have excellent built in isolation from vibration.2) Have excellent speed accuracy.3) Have excelle... | |
| Technics 1200 Ortofon and Mcintosh check the ground wire connection under the turntable- make sure wire contacts the terminal and not insulation- same at the preamp end. try shielded cables from table to preamp if yours are not. what input are you using from phono preamp to amplif... | |
| Your tube preamp and ss amp thread Cary Audio SLP-05 feeding a Parasound a21+. Incredibly good, especially with NOS Sylvania tubes. | |
| Need help: turntable market in the $1500-$2000 range is overwhelming The Technics 1200 GR is the best sounding table under the $4K 1200G | |
| Voxativ loudspeakers and drivers I asked the Voxativ reps that same question when I heard them at the AXPONA audio show in 2019. They use DSP for frequency correction. | |
| Help with getting shims for my Ortofon Cadenza Blue. i have the cadenza blue on a technics also. use the stock headshell because it puts the cartridge closer to the platter. i use one shim to keep the azimuth ridge out of the headshell recesses. for a great starting point put a small round bubble... | |
| Can’t use any other tube??!!? It can be done! I tried dozens of preamp tubes on my old CM Ii. Excellent sounding amp that upgrades nicely with small signal tubes. See Brent Jesee Audiotubes.com. Spec low noise screening for an extra 10 bucks.My favorite was Amperex NOS. B... | |
| Tube/Hybrid Tube Preamps Below $2000 save a little more and get the rogue audio RH 5 headphone amp balanced line stage. an excellent sounding preamp and a value at its $2500 msrp.sold mine and sorry that i did. took gobs of $$$ to improve on. | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year another value as mentioned is that well reviewed products retain their value better and sell faster if you are inclined. i just sold some items and could not believe how quickly they sold. | |
| Stereophile's 2021 products of the year There is definite value in the stereophile reviews but you have to be careful with matching components for compatability and synergy. this is why they list the associsted components which i like. the other thing is that there is an unwritten rul... | |
| Sound quality of Newer versus Older speakers too many variables to make sweeping statements. with respect to walking the fine line between detail and forgiveness I would say speakers of today tend to be more over the line towards detail and speakers of previous eras tended to be under the l... |