bimmerlover
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| Vacuum Tube Preamp for Solid State Power Amp Pairing I would look at the PrimaLuna series of tube preamps. They are PrimaLuna EVO 100, EVO 200, EVO 300, and EVO 400. (Make sure you look at the preamps and not the integrated models, as the naming is similar.) They are built like tanks, sound very g... | |
| Some thoughts on dust covers @tablejockey I think you have completely missed one of the most important and appreciated aspects of playing vinyl records, and that is the visual, tactile, organic and emotional aspect of handling physical media. Beautiful album and gatefold desi... | |
| Entry Level Tube Integrated Amps I think a PrimaLuna EVO 100 Integrated is a great starting point. Very good quality and built like a tank. It’s also easy to tube roll. | |
| How To Control The Eager Beaver @larryi excessive antiskating would pull the stylus OUTWARD and not inward as your answer indicates. Furthermore, all records have a raised lip and that’s something a properly adjusted tt/tonearm should handle with ease. Thus, dropping the sty... | |
| More potential bad news for some big names... @secretguy +1 @grislybutter is off the mark here. Drama King. | |
| No God No! Say it Ain’t So! @thecarpathian +1 (I agree, he has NO idea.) Many people just don’t understand how holding companies and combination of brands work. There at least as many successful combinations, enabling niche brands to spend more on R&D and marketing th... | |
| Bose buys McIntosh How can this possibly be worse than McIntosh being owned by a private equity firm, which now sold McIntosh to a company that has been immersed in the audio business for a long, long time. There’s no logic in many of these comments, speculating ab... | |
| Is Rega the easiest turntable to set up.... @lewm that is simply not true. The whole concept and science behind Rega turntables is that mass doesn’t reduce vibrations but transfer and store vibrations. It’s quite easily proven. Low mass and extreme stiffness does. Simply throwing more mass ... | |
| Looking for phono preamp advice in the $1000 - $1600 range @atmasphere thanks for your comments, but I have basically upgraded my system at least twice since that post... I ended up with the Simaudio MOON 310 LP phono stage with it’s matching 320 S linear power supply. That connects, via balanced XLRs, t... | |
| Hegel H120 or H190 Hegel H190 open box on sale… Safe & Sound: Hegel H190 | |
| Looking for more advice on purchasing a new turntable. How about a new Rega P8 (or a lightly used Rega P10) with an Apheta 3 cartridge? The Rega cartridges have the no-fuss three point attachment It’s a great tt, no messing with removable headshells or multiple tone arms. I never quite bought into w... | |
| McIntosh MC312 vs. ARC Reference 150 @curiousjim yes, I have a dedicated 20 Amp circuit for the amp. As for KT150s, it might be something for the future as I have not even received and plugged it in yet… :-) Four matched pairs of KT150s (I.e., 8 in all) from Upscale Audio would set... | |
| McIntosh MC312 vs. ARC Reference 150 @curiousjim thanks for your response. I don’t know any details yet about the tubes, such as if they were matched pairs, etc. except that they have been exchanged about 150 hours ago. When I asked I was told that the previous owner replaced them w... | |
| McIntosh MC312 vs. ARC Reference 150 @crustycoot First, if you have no desire to answer my question, why do you even bother posting. I am well aware that the Mac has autoformers and the GoldenEars have built in subs. After all, I own them. Second, why do you feel you have a right to... | |
| McIntosh MC312 vs. ARC Reference 150 @ghdprentice No, it’s shipping today so I should have it by mid-next week. |