awise1961
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| Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000? What a thread. You could change the topic to cables, amps, speakers, etc... and there will be bashers coming out of there holes in the ground. If the price discussed was $500.00, there would be replies stating that you can't possibly get anything ... | |
| polishing pins of NOS tubes I've used Deoxit with great results. | |
| Shipping speakers from West Coast to East Coast I purchased my Wilson Alexias a little over a year ago. They were shipped from the dealer in Chicago, IL to my home in Charleston, SC via Fed-X Freight and the three wooden crates arrived in two days completely unscathed. I gave the driver a $100.... | |
| High Performance Moving Iron Cartridge Candidates? On my Linn LP12 I have a Grado AEON 3 cartridge and can recommend quite highly. The only cartridge I would consider replacing it with would be it's next level up, the Grado EPOCH 3. | |
| Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special. I've had a Koetsu Rosewood Signature Platinum for almost fifteen years now. It has been a wondererful treat. | |
| Fun with MM cartridge I have several lovely high end MC cartridges, but I chose to install a Grado AEON 3 on my Linn LP12. It sounds wonderful and I have no plans to ever remove it. And, as said earlier, it is MI not MM. | |
| Linn users, what is your preference for your platter mat? As much of a pain as it frequently is, I use the stock felt mat. | |
| What is the best speaker cable for Wilson Sabrina X? I am using Audience Front Row cables with my Wilson Alexias and they work wonderfully. | |
| Suggestions for Preamp Tubes I have have had very good results using Siemens ECC88 (6922) vintage tubes fro both my current CJ GAT preamp and my previous Sonic Frontiers SFL-2. The Siemens CCA is yet another level better, but are rare as hen's teeth and obscenely expensive, M... | |
| Upscale Audio is up front with customers I too have purchased from them, and I consider them to be on my short list when looing to make changes to my audio system. | |
| PrimaLuna EVO 400 v Cary SLI-100 I had a pair of Primaluna EVO 400's for about six months running as monoblocks. The stock tubes left a lot to be desired and a change to KT88 power tubes and vintage Cifte 12AU7's helped a good bit. However, they never really gave me that tube sou... | |
| 300 Watt Tube Monoblocks Depending on what you want to spend, the Conrad Johnson ART300 monoblocks are quite good. I have their predecessor, the LP275M's which were upgraded at CJ with ST120 power tubes (8 per amp). | |
| Anybody having trouble getting near-your-asking-price for used gear ? (Plz. no hype) For me, audio is a hobby, a means to escape the day's stress, As so, I know that when I make a purchase for this hobby that it is not an investment. An investment is something you do with expectations of making a positive return on. At least for m... | |
| Great vintage MM cartridge for my Nottingham Analogue Spacedeck/Spacearm. Recommendations? I've run several cartridges on my Nottingham Spacedeck over the years. Although not MM, for last ten years it has had my Koetsu RSP mounted on it, and I have no plans to change that out. For MM, as I recall, my favorite was a Clearaudio Maestro. | |
| Ypsilon DAC-100? Thank you. I had looked into the Mola Mola, however it only has balanced outputs and my CJ GAT preamp utilizes single ended ins and outs. On my shortlist if the Ypsilon doesn’t get purchased is either a second hand Lampizator Posieden or an EMM L... |