bpoletti
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| Would like to try a tube preamp after years of solid state and hybrid Find an Audio Research SP-6B. It's a 40+ year-old classic tube preamp that still holds its own, | |
| Recommend an MC cartridge What? No Lyra carts? | |
| dac recommendations for turntable listener? DAC for phonophilers? Good luck with that. | |
| Sviatoslav Richter. Greatest pianist of the last century? Horowitz, definitely. Rubenstein also deserves an honorable mention. And Wild's "reckless abandon." Rictor? Well, OK. He's maybe in the top 5. | |
| How cheap can you go and still be happy with the sound? DIY speakers. Lots of really excellent designs. Onkyo C-7030 CD player Good used DAC (optional) Monoprice Stereo Hybrid Tube Amplifier 50watt (integrated) Smithwire 12ga stranded wire for speaker cable (Home Depot, Lowe's, etc.) Find interc... | |
| VPI to What It is possible that VPI table that are for sale are being replaced by better VPI models. | |
| Phono cartridge noises Welcome to the wonderful world of RFI. Phono carts are great antennas. | |
| Watts! How many do we need? Maybe those meters do not capture those peaks. I would not go less than 100 watts. But that's just me. | |
| Watts! How many do we need? Normal to loud-side for most speakers is around 1 - 2 watts. Figure out what it is for your speakers and multiply by 100 to 200 to cover the peaks without capping out the amp's capacity. And YES, momentary peaks can take that amount of power. | |
| Non-fatiguing speakers in $10K range? See the "Sonus Faber Question" thread. | |
| Your Ultimate Phono Preamp: Which One Would You Choose? The Herron VTPH-2A seems to be the top performing phono stage. Though discontinued, it still ranks at the top and is the one other competing units are measured against. | |
| What is your front end ? Primary is turntable, . Second is CD->DAC. | |
| Audio Research versus McIntosh tube amps: anyone experience or compare both? Pick up an ARC D-79A or D-79B. Even used, a lot of people think it was the very best amp ARC ever produced. "Pick up" was used figuratively. | |
| Is there a cheaper alternative to this: Looks like an oversized tuning fork. Why would someone want to use a tuning fork stand for audio equipment? | |
| Phono pre amp recommendations? - upgrading from ICON AUDIO PS1 MK II Look for a Herron VTPH-2a. |