bobgates
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| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Colitas - I presently am using the Jolida JD-9 and really like it with NOS Amperex 12AX7s. | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Mark - thanks for your suggestion on the Musical Fidelity X-LPS; I will definately check it out. I'm in the process of getting a Nottingham Horizon with an RB300 arm and will be running either a Ortofon X5 or Denson DL-160; may have to look into g... | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Simon - thanks again for your comments; I know what you mean about Quicksliver; I met them one year at the CES show; they are a down-to-earth group of people and I was very impressed with their vacuum tube preamp and power amplifiers. I shall keep... | |
| Review: Consonance CD-120 Linear CD Player Mechans - that's a very good assessment; I definatetly agree that the NOS Linear is not quite as good as the very best vinyl analog but is still quite respectable. | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Simon - I appreciate your comments; they've been very helpful. You mentioned you are not a solid state fan when it comes to phono stages; curious what tube phono preamps you like the best; is the Quicksilver one of your favorites? Thanks, Bob | |
| Review: Consonance CD-120 Linear CD Player 13d3tube - Good point; I had one of the early CD-120s when they first came onto the market; bought it from Quest for Sound. Unlike the newer CD-120s, which are silver, this unit was all black including the faceplate. Possibly the earlier CD-120 di... | |
| Review: Consonance CD-120 Linear CD Player 13d3tube - I used to have the original CD-120 24/96 version and now have the CD-120 Linear. To my ears the Linear is more analog-like and enjoyable to listen to; it's almost like listening to an album. Just to give you an example I have the Dave B... | |
| Jolida JD-9A or Pro-ject Tube Box SE phono preamp? Johnnantais - thanks very much for your comments. Bob | |
| Jolida JD-9A or Pro-ject Tube Box SE phono preamp? Anthony - thanks very much for your thoughts on the Project Tube Box. Bob | |
| Best sounding phono preamp under $600 Wow that sure gives me a lot of potential choices; has anyone had any experience with the Pro-ject Phono Box SE, Creek OBH 15 or the Monolithic PS2 ? For another $100 would the Bluenote Phono 1 be worth considering ? | |
| Review: Project 1 Xpression Turntable Another cartridge that one might want to consider for the Xpression table is the Ortofon X5 high output moving coil which lists for $329. I picked one up recently for my Pro-ject RM-5 and am extremely impressed with it. The counterweight on the RM... | |
| Audiogon speaker wire gurus, please help me Try the Dayton 10 ga. sold by Parts Express; I bought the 50 foot spool and use it for both speaker cables and power cords; pretty amazing for the money. | |
| Looking for turntable for under $1000 The RM-5 was delivered yesterday and I have been listening to it with a great degree of satisfaction. I've owned a variety of turntables (Linn LP-12, Rega Planar 3, VPI Scout, Clearaudio Emotion, etc.) and have to say this Pro-ject table is really... | |
| night stand / audio component also Take a look at the "Home Treads" furniture at Walmart; very attractive and solid considering the low price. | |
| which is better speaker cable Considering your amp and speakers I think I would prefer the Nordost as the Cardas has always seemed a bit too laid back for my tastes. |