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| Getting started with integrated-advice. What speakers do you plan to use? | |
| Hybrid SACD's sound better than Red Book version? Remember that anything out on hybrid SACD has at least three masterings available:1) the DSD layer of the SACD disk2) the Redbook layer of the SACD disk3) the original CD release.(Note that there may well have been other CD releases as well.)Any o... | |
| Any feedback on TANNOY? Tannoy is particularly well thought of in professional circles, and its various lines are certainly worthy of comparison to price-competitive offerings of Paradigm, B&W, PSB, and others. Of course, speaker sound is a very individual (and room-... | |
| Novice Question - Do I need a new cartridge? The stylus is not user-replaceable; you'd have to ship it back to the factory. But that should be cheaper than a whole new cartridge. | |
| Novice Question - Do I need a new cartridge? You cannot bend it back--there's no way you can restore the proper alignment.However, you may not need a new cartridge, just a new stylus. Contact your dealer or Music Hall about a replacement. | |
| "Beginner" audiophile Turntable for $200-$300? Wes: Audiophiles are a finicky lot, and they like to play. So of course the first thing they want to do when they get a new table is to change the cartridge! It's the quickest way to make a meaningful improvement. But the Goldring Elan (which I th... | |
| "Beginner" audiophile Turntable for $200-$300? Wes: Just about any table that comes "with" a cartridge will come with it mounted properly (or at least reasonably properly). So if you buy a new NAD or MH, you don't have to worry about cartridge mounting until you are ready to upgrade the cart. ... | |
| "Beginner" audiophile Turntable for $200-$300? JC is right about the non-adjustability of p-mount arms. That's the whole idea, in fact. Every p-mount cartridge is made to the same weight (part of the standard), so you'll get the same tracking force whichever p-mount cartridge you use. It's sim... | |
| Mixing amplifiers. I wouldn't worry about mixing amplifiers. You'll set the levels for each channel, and then the volume control will adjust them all uniformly. You may discover that, at different loudness levels, you prefer a slightly difference balance among all y... | |
| "Beginner" audiophile Turntable for $200-$300? Wes: No, a cheap turntable will not damage your LPs. What will damage your LPs is a cartridge that requires a high tracking force. I'd stay away from any cartridge whose maximum recommended tracking force exceeds 2 grams. But p-mount carts track a... | |
| "Beginner" audiophile Turntable for $200-$300? I tend to agree with Sugarbrie. I could be misreading him, but Wes does not sound like the kinda guy who's quite ready to be playing with VTA adjustments. (And there's nothing wrong with that--we all started that way!) While upgrades can be an eco... | |
| Integrated amp plus receiver? If you don't mind running your HT signal through both the AV and 2-channel preamps, then Mike's solution should work fine, with the cautions later about setting the volume control. I was thinking you'd want to plug the Rotel directly into the amp ... | |
| Integrated amp plus receiver? I'm not sure you can get there from here. As you describe it, you'd have to hook your DVD player to both your A/V receiver and your stereo integrated. Since both would be on, the integrated's amp section would be receiving a signal from both pream... | |
| Next Level Budget Upgrade Well, people who actually own tubes and like them would be better sources on what "tube sound" is and why they prefer it. I'll defer to them.My point was that you shouldn't go chasing after tubes because some audiophile you know (or don't know, fo... | |
| Next Level Budget Upgrade You shouldn't be so surprised that you like what you're listening to. You also shouldn't be surprised if you get some snide comments about it. Just ignore them. Can't help you with the link. If you want a tube sound, buy a tube amp. But decide you... |