bdp24
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| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? Lew, Harvey recommended 10k to 15k resistance, and 1000pF to 1mF (!) capacitance, using .33mF himself. But every Decca was different. There was a device named the "Decade Capacitance Box" that would allow capacitance to be adjusted; with it you fo... | |
| Sound Lab vs Magnepan 20.7 Roger Modjeski (Music Reference) is making an ESL speaker with a direct coupled tube power amp. He claims a substantial increase in transparency in comparison to a transformer coupled version. | |
| Beautiful Classical Smaller Pieces, duo,trio,etc All of the Baroque titles on the Harmonia Mundi label, if you find period instruments "beautiful". | |
| amp or preamp to extend upper end I have always found Vandersteens to be inherently a little soft sounding. Maybe the Krell was compensating for the top end of your speakers. | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? Most of the difference between the VTPH-1 and VTPH-2 is in the mc section, which was one reason I didn't want to spend so much more for the 2. I have no doubt the 2 is worth the extra $ for mc use, but I don't need the extra gain of the 2---in fac... | |
| Helius tonearm users, what have you upgraded to? If anyone is selling an Omega, I'm looking for one. | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? There is an Allnic 1201 listed right now for $2200. I listened to the Liberty B2B at T.H.E. Show last weekend, and it sounds great and is really well built. | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? I didn't want to have to pay for the MC section of a VTPH-2 (I'm a "committed" Decca/London user; some people think "we" should be committed!), so I contacted Keith. He told me he had a PH-1mc trade-in that he could convert into a custom PH-1mm, a... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price At T.H.E. Irvine Show this past weekend, the cable panel members (Kimber/Cardas/Shunyata/K-S) recommended against tinning speaker wire ends, suggesting instead bare wire. I don't remember the reason why, but Ray was pretty adamant about it. | |
| Sound Lab vs Magnepan 20.7 Yep, the mating of an ESL panel and a cone woofer is definitely the Achilles heal of hybrids. Sanders uses a transmission line loading of the woofer, which is a good sign. I didn't hear a problem in the transition area, but show conditions don't a... | |
| Sound Lab vs Magnepan 20.7 Based on what I heard this past weekend at T.H.E. Show in Irvine, CA, there I another speaker you might want to consider. I don't know the model name or number, but it's the $20,000 Sanders ESL. You get two panels with a sub in each (175Hz x/o fre... | |
| Bob Weir documentary on Netflix Seriously, Mateored? Maybe you have to be a musician to fully appreciate The Band. I've seen a lot of them starting with The Beach Boys (you laugh? They were great live!), Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Who, Hendrix, Cream, Jeff Beck, Doors, up through c... | |
| How important is a good rack? If turntable isolation is your priority, and you have a spare coupla-three grand, the Minus K isolation platform looks like the one to have. | |
| Bob Weir documentary on Netflix The Muscle Shoals doc IS great, and also worth seeing is the one on Levon Helm (of The Band, for you youngsters), "Not In It For My Health". | |
| Which MM Cartridge for under a grand It's not a moving magnet, but a moving iron is also a high output cartridge. In the new Stereophile Herb Reichert reviews the Soundsmith Carmen, which he likes a lot. |