bpoletti
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| VPI ADS Versus SDS In my experienced opinion....I have never really understood the need for an SDS or other similar type of device. The only REAL reason for such a device is to reduce the voltage to the motor during record play. That can be easily achieved using... | |
| Moving from MM to MC Though the DL-103 is a good mc cartridge, it is a mismatch for your system. The output is too low to properly match with the phono input in your preamp. Denon makes a couple of very good performing mc cartridges that would have similar output as... | |
| What is meant when someone says a component is lacking soul IMO, "lacking soul" means flat or blurred dynamics possibly accompanied by alack of transparency and / or harmonic detail.True musical detail is most often a matter of electronics that possess very accurate timing. | |
| VPI ADS Versus SDS Dodgealum - I have not heard the ADS, but "reports" from those I trust indicate the best thing you can do is to keep your SDS. Give VPI some serious time to work out the bugs. I'm seriously softening the comments I've heard. | |
| Ugraditus is calling....again. Phono stage? uber - I also own a Herron VTPH-2a and am more than satisfied. But impedance matching is critical at every point in the chain. I'm using all Herron Audio equipment, so it doesn't make any difference for me.My suggestion is to call Keith Herron a... | |
| Would you change your amp selection knowing...? I would change my amp selection to favor a designer that actually knows what they're doing. If they are clueless enough to design an amp that would go into oscillation under a cap load, then they aren't worth owning, don't qualify in the marketpl... | |
| Ripped off, any ideas? Do you know any members of the Corleone family? Do you have a trustworthy Godfather? | |
| Pick A Tube Phono Preamp, but not just any Tube Phono Preamp I might suggest that you give Keith Herron a call. I have found him most engaging. Maybe start talking pricing options. What's the worst he could say? | |
| Which preamp for a pass labs? My OPINION.... Even if electronics are fully balanced from end-to-end, it doesn't matter. The "balanced" effect is all myth and hype. Noise is NOT appreciably reduced since it is in the system REGARDLESS of the design of the interconnects. It ... | |
| Pick A Tube Phono Preamp, but not just any Tube Phono Preamp Might as well swing for the fences and get a Herron VTPH-2a. Nothing better, few if any as good. Can directly handle HOMC and LOMC. Easy external loading. Best phono stage I've heard. I own one and wouldn't own any other. Any other would be ... | |
| Dated but still A rated DACs Who cares if a device is "A rated" or unrated. Those ratings are just subjective opinions of reviewers that may have certain "motivations" unrelated to how a unit may actually perform. | |
| Which preamp for a pass labs? If I had to choose between an ARC LS 25 Mk2 andd a Pass Labs XC-10 (or -12), I'd get a Herron Audio VTSP-360. Smokes both and takes no prisoners. No point in using "balanced cables" since they do nothing at all to improve the quality of a standa... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A, Herron VTSP-360 and Herron M2 I have heard them though not the VTSP-360 in my system. It was in a system I'm very familiar with playing known recordings. I heard a pair M2 some time back and they were a step up from the M1. I am still using M1s in my system. For now. I am... | |
| Which watts are the right watts in SS amps? The right watts are what you hear in the showroom that impressed you enough to buy the amp in the first place. The rest of the watts are what you hear at home when you try to get the amp to sound as good as when you laid out that hard-earned cash. | |
| Phono Stage Recommendation $3000 I guess you could call Keith Herron. That's how I got mine. Phone number should be somewhere on his website. |