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| Aesthetix Io vs Lamm LP2 Rich,Note I am disclosing from the start that I have a Steelhead on the market for sale. That said, my opinion of phono stages - I had the IO Signature, the LP 2 Deluxe, the Groove, and the Steelhead at the same time for comparison and could A/B e... | |
| Replace 300B tubes on Cary 300SEI, need advise??? Tomho,The most enjoyable 300Bs IMO are the Western Electric in your amp. Others may be used but BEWARE some of the 300B tubes use a different plate voltage and they can burn up the transformers in your amp. The KR tubes are ones that can do this. ... | |
| Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 too foward and bright? Musicmann,I have owned the AA Mkl and am also waitig on delivery of the Mkll based on what the Mkl did. It is anything but bright and that is comming through horn speakers. I have to feel that the brightness is related to other components of your ... | |
| CD Player Connected Directly to Amp Check out the Audio Aero. It has a volume control with remote function of the entire player including volume and is one of the most enjoyable digital systems available. Another option to the EVS is a Placette passive volume control. These are exce... | |
| Cheap speaker tweak Machinery and tool supply houses such as Grizzly Products sell granite blocks that machinists use to set up work on. These blocks come in varied sizes up to about 16x20 and either 2 or 3 inches thick. They are black granite and finished in a smoot... | |
| From tubes to solid state I have gone from tubes to first rate solid state twice and both times came back to tubes because I lost interest (enthusiasm) in listening each time I went to solid state. The long term emotion and fatigue factors are the reasons. | |
| Jenna Labs Valkyre Vs. Nordost Reference I went from the Nordost Quatra Fil to the Jenna Valkyre in a heartbeat. The Valkyre was much more open, detailed, dynamic and had a much larger stage in both depth and width. They were more extended in both top and bottom with more bottom detail a... | |
| stacking speakers? I have stacked speakers and found the best result to be with Aurios bearings under the bottom pair and isopucks between the two speaker boxes. That seem to isolate the resonances best. Good luck.Boato2 | |
| looking for inexpensive speaker spikes? Snipes,Take 1/4 X 20 allthread and cut lengths of the spikes you wish (or just cut the head off a 1/4 x 20 bolt). Have a machine shop or a friend with a lathe turn a point on them with what ever taper you wish and voila! I have done this for years... | |
| Is there a turntable book? Jsbail,Galen Carol Audio (gcaudio.com) has a nice introductory paper on turntable and cartridge set up. Go to his website and he has several topic headings. I do not remember the topic it is under but it will be obvious. The ultra tweeking is endl... | |
| Cartridge Setup? David,Check Galen Carol Audio (gcaudio.com)website. He has a nice little article on how to set up your turntable and cartridge. You can print it off free and it will be a substantial help. The most useful "instrument" I have come accross to set yo... | |
| Wherefore Art Thou Vinyl Traders? Lubachl, send me a list e-mail. Thanks. | |
| Fly in the SACD Ointment? All very interesting comments and makes me enjoy my vinyl that much more. | |
| Preamp for ReQuests & Sunfire 2CH Problem solved. Buy my Sunfire CVTP for $1150 and make us both happy. Thanks. | |
| Avante Garde horn speakers..... AWSOME! Once you try them you will never be satisfied with anything else. Of course they have flaws, everything does. Their plus so outweigh the minuses that the flaws are irrelevant. Don't listen unless you are prepared to buy. Boato2 |