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| Anyone using Audioquest DBS for Phono cables? This may be a silly question, but have you tried using the cables you already have (cheetas) in your phono app. to see what they sound like? Other cables you own? While there are a lot of dedicated phono cables you could get, and the requirements ... | |
| time to discuss kt-88's Thanks, guys. I'm still surprised there isn't more folks here who want to discuss kt-88's. The first time I tried the silver 90's was a short trial, and they had svetlanas. I remember the sound as being REALLY clear and smooth in the midrange, bu... | |
| Jolida JD100 little tube rolling comparison... Thank you for your thread and your info. I have had a very similar experience with the sovtek 12ax7lps in my quicksilver pre, and I really appreciate them because they are tonally the closest I found to a smooth plate telefunken I have yet found, ... | |
| Nakamichi 505 or the Dragon ? I have found max tape to be the best in a nak. Also, nakamichi tapes used to be made by tdk, they were the same tapes. The best tapes were the ceramic ones made by sony, denon, and tdk (is that the max 'g'?). They were REALLY expensive, though. D... | |
| Nakamichi 505 or the Dragon ? The bx-300 was the first to depart from the older transport design in an effort to lower manufacturung cost. It is still made to operate the same way and with the same specs, but it uses different parts, and is also sort of a transitional transpor... | |
| Home made recorddings I don't have a cd recorder (yet). But I can offer this comparisan. I have a theta data II with a pro prime IIa. (outdated but take this for what it is). I can easily make a recording on a cassette from a vinyl source that sounds better than the cd... | |
| Nakamichi 505 or the Dragon ? If playback is the only (main) concern, and you have a big budget, the dragon would be an excellent choice. Especially if you don't want to fidget. If you are playing cassettes from a variety of sources, it is inevitable the you will get tapes rec... | |
| Nakamichi 505 or the Dragon ? I have no experience with the tandberg, (and I have learned that TWL has good and honest oppions that are trustworthy) but I have a lot of experince with a lot of cassette decks of many brands, and mostly naks. While I do believe it is true the n... | |
| How to get rig of the low frequency from record It sounds like there could be two things happening, but both are related. The grado is a high complience cartridge, which means it has a less stiff movement in the cantilever assembly. If the arm is too heavy, it will not move fast enough with the... | |
| moving coil or moving magnetic input. Actually, yes. In fact, usually, both inputs will use the same circuit with the mc adding another gain stage to the mm circuit. Gain is important as far as the phono stage is concerned because if there is not enough, the line stage has to do more ... | |
| Turntable HUM The first thing you want to do is attempt to isolate it rather than keep guessing. Start with the preamp, disconnect the cables, if no hum, try the cables, try different cables, try unplugging turntable, in other words, make substitutions to try t... | |
| Thiel replacements The system was going to be in the room I spend the most time in, with me, that was first. When it came to where I was going to put my furniture and put my system, I ended up with what I have now because I realized that the system would need a cert... | |
| Thiel replacements I like it when a post brings out a real expert on a particular subject. Thanks Exertfluffer. My room is very similar to yours. It is my living room and it is about 11x20 with an opening about 5x6 on the right side, about 3' from the front, and a c... | |
| Thiel replacements Quick 2 cents, this may help. Thiel's are very "revealing" speakers- that is their strenght. With most average electronics most people would find them rather forward and flat sounding, but if you want a speaker that is capable of revealing detail ... | |
| Please help an aging, music deprived mom I am not sure if it is exactly proper to recommend a particular person or store on this sight, (so sensor me if I am out of line), but I would recommend Kirt at echo audio ( www.echohifi.com ). He has a lot of quality used stuff there in his store... |