awise1961
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| Balanced vs RCA preamps When I had an all Aesthetix system I used XLR cabling. Fast forward to current day and my complete Conrad Johnson system, as all CJ gear, is single ended. I have no issues with noise and the sound is fabulous. My cabling is all Audience Front Row. | |
| What does 90% of the Absolute Best Sound Cost? My system has eclipsed just over the $165K threshold, and will be rising again shortly with a DAC/Streamer upgrade in the works. Has my system reached 90%, 95%, etc...? It seems more like the equation of y=1/X which never reaches zero. Y becomes a... | |
| Grimm MU2 Experience All of these posts are most helpful to me. As a big proponent or separates, I am torn on doing so, or not, with my next Streamer/DAC. My current Streamer/DAC is a Cary Audio DMS-600 which sounds wonderful, but I want to explore more. I do not need... | |
| HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH TO SPEND ON A SYSTEM? IF YOU GET THE SOUND DOES IT MATTER? As I have aged (turning 64 soon), my adio hobby/passion has taken on a greater importance to me. Due to three knee surgeries, two joint replacements and a fusion in one foot, a rebuilt shoulder, and arthritis throughout, I no longer run, or play t... | |
| What are the absolute legendary Snell model no.s? I’m in Charleston, SC | |
| Rega p10 vs SME 12A Last summer I added a new Rega P10 to my collection. When I ordered it, I also ordered shims ( the easy to slide in ones). After a few hours of playing music through it with the accompanying Apheta cartridge, I swapped in my Transfiguration Proteu... | |
| Grimm MU2 Experience I am glad to see this thread continued. I am about to purchase a new DAC/Streamer setup and the Grimm is on my short list along with EMM Labs, Weiss, DCS, and Linn. | |
| What are the absolute legendary Snell model no.s? I have had many pairs of Snell Type "A" speakers over the years. I still have, but have not used in several years, a pair of the obscure Snell Type "A5" Reference speakers. These are the tall slim speakers with outboard crossover units. Kimber sup... | |
| For Tube Folks... NOS is like virginity, it's either untouched or it isn't. There is no in between. | |
| Bryston? I'm a monoblock fan and have two sets, one tube based and one solid state. My tube monos are the big Conrad Johnson LP275M's each using eight ST120 power tubes and three 6922 signal tubes. My SS monos are the big (and very heavy) Bryston 28BSST's.... | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought ghdprentice, I am in a similar place as you are, except all of my gear is fairly modern TOTL CJ tube equipment. I too have a well appointed modern LP12 and it is sporting a Grado Aeon 3 cartridge. Although I have just North of 3K vinyl LP's my... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable @awise1961 A very interesting observation, in that you own both but prefer your LP12 over your P10. If you don’t mind sharing, why specifically does your LP12 bring you more joy? The LP12 with the AEON 3 has that midrange bliss with very good bas... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable I have had many turntables over the years and currently own three. 1- Nottingham Systemdeck with Koetsu RSP cartridge 2- New Rega P10 with Transfiguration Proteus D cartridge 3- Four year old Linn LP 12, Lingo 3 and many other upgrades with Gra... | |
| What's my best upgrade options I recommend that you start with a new cartridge; Ortofon Cadenza Bronze. From there go with a new table, perhaps a Rega P8 if you like Rega. I have a new P10 as one of my tables and I like it very much. After the table, I would begin experimenting... | |
| Recommendation for tube preamp I've had my ML 27.5 (and ML 23) for about twenty years now, but it has been sitting idle in a cabinet for several years since going all in on Conrad Johnson. For many years the ML 27.5 was fed by a Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 double chassis preamp. Con... |