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| Altec Advice for Small Listening Room First of all you should try to listen carefully to both the Altecs and Klipschorns because in that small room you are going to be very close to whichever one you choose. They may both be horns, but they are quite different. It has been years sin... | |
| McIntosh C28 preamp and MC 2505 power amp landed in my lap I worked at McIntosh dealers when these were current models back in the 1970s. They were great gear then, especially the 2505. The C28 was meh. When new the 2505 retailed for $449.00 and the C28 for $499l.00 That is neither here nor there now... | |
| SUT suggestions for Audio Note System I suggest you use a 10:1 SUT. Bob's is very good has a warm sound. Ysilon is terrific. I have a Consolidated Silver also terrific. They all sound different. | |
| Should speakers be upgraded before preamp and amplifiers? Everyone is full of advice on how to spend your money. Forget that advice. Start with an assessment of what you currently have. What do you like about it? What are the positive things about it that you want to retain in your new system? What ... | |
| Are upgraded power cables for subwoofers worth it? My experience might help your decision. My main system is pretty high end and incorporates a pair os REL SX 212 subs. When I bought these 4 years ago, I followed REL's advice and used their power cables. At that time there were other priorities... | |
| Vintage Japanese DD Consult and Suggestions Please I think you are making this too hard. Any, that is ANY, Japanese DD turntable would be a good choice for you. | |
| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? Stylast is used before play of each side at my house. A very light brush or two is all it takes. It extends the life of a stylus by at least 50% when used as directed. Another mitigating factor for me is that in my main system there are two TTs,... | |
| Balanced vs RCA preamps The short answer to your question is, it is not a good idea to base your decision on which preamp to buy solely on the basis of balanced outputs. First of all, they do not exist for tube equipment, maybe there is a hybrid out there I am not aware... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player Your finding that Marantz players are a little polite is a good way of describing the difference between the voicing of my SA10 and my D-10X. At least it is that way with the standard settings. It is possible to alter the sound characteristics o... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player One of the things that Marantz discusses and that they patented is their circuitry that uploads everything to DSD. Presumably to do that there is an iteration process in their chips to fill in the missing data points. I am quite sure Luxman does... | |
| Vinyl guy seeking recommendation for a top level cd player I could not agree more. The amazing cd is a veritable bargain at the moment too. The other thing that is interesting to explore is older cds marked AAD, some of which sounded...well let's just say there was a reason people turned away from the f... | |
| Dumb question......why do you need a preamp? I can't imagine life without preamps. I own several. Actually most of us who play vinyl records have two, because the phonostage is a preamp, or a pre-preamp if you want to think of it that way. Then there is the line stage, which usually has a... | |
| A Question: What makes for Good Vinyl? whart, that is a very thorough summary of the variables. Well done and thanks. | |
| New Sugar Cube is picking up hum from phono stage You guys are geniuses! Simple thing removing the ground wire between the TT and the phonostage. I would never have thought of it. Thanks a million. | |
| Amplifier gain settings - what do they do? I always liked them, wish more amps had them. Unless listening to music really loud it has been my experience that turning the gain down on the amp(s), which necessitates turning the preamp volume control up, will result in a slight but noticeabl... |