awise1961
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| 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... | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) Amen, Always insist on signature required and insurance. | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) On Friday July 19th of this year I purchased a Conrad Johnson GAT S1 from The Music Room. In the deal they agreed to pay for next day shipping via Fed-X to the company I run (not my home) because we have a receiving dock and a receiving team ready... | |
| Leave it Open or Close it Off: A Listening/ Living Room Dilemma I have a dedicated listening room which is about 21 feet by 25 feet with a vaulted ceiling. It has a double door entry way with two steps leading down into the room. I prefer to close those doors during listening sessions as I feel it improves the... | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs Earlier this year I replaced my speaker cables and all of my interconnect cables with Audience Front Row pieces. A close second for me was Audioquest Thunderbird. This all replaced the Tellurium Q Ultra Black I had been using for the past ten yea... | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? I was one of the disbelievers years ago. Then, a friend who owns a high end shop let me demo various speaker and interconnect cables from Kimber, Cardas, Analysis Plus, amongst others including variations of each at different price points. What I ... | |
| Where to buy Linn LP12 Replacement parts? In that case, you may try your luck on Ebay | |
| Okki Nokki or kirmuss audio / isonic ultrasonic rcm? For the past 13 or so years I had been using a VPI 16.5 RCM. I'm older now recently decided I wanted something more automated and purchased a Clearaudio Double Matrix Pro Sonic RCM. It's awesome and the VPI will be posted for sale later this week. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For I had felt that my system sounded very good, However, upgrading my preamp from my beloved Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 (2 chassis unit) to a truly reference level Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse preamp really allowed all of my other components to reach what t... | |
| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? I know it's not the Sabrina, but I drive my Wilson Alexia's with a pair of Conrad Johnson's big LP275M monoblocks fitted with ST120 tubes (8 per amp) and vintage Siemens ECC88's. The sound is as wide and dynamic as I could ever hope it to be. As o... | |
| VPI to What Recently I sold my VPI Classic 3 Signature (JMW 3D Arm) and purchased a new/open box Rega P10. Two totally different tables. As good as the VPI sounded, the P10 is better to my ears. I really like the Rega RB3000 tonearm. I also purchased the Aco... | |
| Auditioning Used Equipment - Am I crazy ? Over the past couple of years I've purchased quite a bit of gear (deep 5 figures) from "The Music Room". In doing so, I've build a very good relationship and my regular sales person as well as those who answer the phone if I call the main number a... | |
| Best 12AU7? My favorite 12AU7 has been the French CIFTE from the early to mid 60's. They have gotten expensive and tough to find. |