avanti1960
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| Upgrade My Turntable - How Much Do I Need to Spend? @hikerneil your mac preamp has an excellent phono stage and can support a nice LOMC csrtridge .5mv and above. A LOMC cartridge is a fantastic upgrade in sound from your 2M Blue cartridge. I recommend a Lyra Delos if budget allows or an Audio T... | |
| Preamp advice @tubesound247 AR are very good, macs are good but i would still recommend 20 db linestage gain in the specs. phono gain is a separate animal. | |
| Hegel comparison Count me as not being a fan of the Hegel sound. I have heard their integrated and power amps on at least 5 occasions at dealers with various sources and speakers and the sound ranged from bland and lifeless to overly punchy and bass heavy to unre... | |
| Preamp advice @tubesound247 Many people are underwhelmed with the sound of the MC275 because it has too little gain to sound its best with most preamps. Its 20 db gain is a full 9 or 10 db less than most amplifiers. Get a tube preamp with higher than usua... | |
| Does a turntable mat make any difference? @jjbeason14 Yes if you know what to listen for. Judging by many responses about mats I see few if any really know what to listen for and how to test them. The business end mechanics of a turntable is a stylus that generates vibration energy ... | |
| Value of a preamp? it can add gain and thrilling dynamics | |
| Signal tube versus power tube, sound impact? all of the above but try the small tubes first, you may find you tune the sound to your liking without expensive power tube trial and error experimentation. | |
| DSP Active Crossover I would be willing to bet that most active speakers with DSP still have some degree of passive crossover networks prior to the electrical connections on the speaker. many drivers require a simple impedance flattening or notch netwok to rid the dr... | |
| Subwoofer speed is in the room, not the box agreed that measurements and acoustic panels and traps are critical to a near perfect integration. i do believe that some subs give the impression of being faster than others in the same room. i tried several subs and came to the following c... | |
| Battle of the Open Baffles I heard two sets of spatial audio a few years ago and thought the bass was excellent at first but then it became fatiguing as if peaking on one frequency. Since there is usually bass boost in the crossover to compensate for frequencies lost beh... | |
| Lyra Delos Owners 2024 The Delos is the best sounding cartridge i have heard, handily beats the Ortofon Cadenza Blue I had before, cleaner, smoother, clearer and more dynamic. Shreds to bits the Soundsmith zephyr mimc star es and also better than the at ART9 series X... | |
| Humminguru record cleaner @rvpiano loving the performance and convenience of my guru i bought from the first batch from the manufacturer! multitasking while records are cleaning is so nice. | |
| Synergy @rvpiano the clearaudio is a decent cartridge and i suspect the soundsmith retip and cantilever (ruby?) gave it a performance boost. however the hana should be competitive. could the difference be that your phono preamp is better suited to M... | |
| Musical subwoofer under $2000 I am critical of subwoofers and most recently owned two REL T9i units. The RELs sounded excellent but had a couple flaws that made me sell them. The level control was too coarse for properly matching with my main speakers- one click position an... | |
| Tube preamp match with Solid Stare amp I love my Cary SLP-05 but it has too much gain for the Coda and the 10Kohms is borderline. This Rogue Audio RP-9 is my recommendation for you. Rogue Audio RP-9 Stereo Tube Preamplifier; RP9 - The Music Room (tmraudio.com) Products_RP9.htm ... |