bpoletti
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| Phono Stage upgrade to complement Dohmann Helix One Mk 2 Just find a used Herron VTPH-2A, get a spare set of tubes and stop worrying about a future upgrade. There isn't anything better. | |
| Noise inside speaker cabinet when moving ? Let that poor trapped animal out of the cabinet! | |
| What should my heirs do to dispose of my vinyl and CDs? Your heirs should send all their vinyl to me. They can sell the CDs as coffee cup coasters. | |
| Herron or ? @52tiger So you would rather listen to distorted sound rather than clean sound? I have never found Herron equipment to sound lean or dry and I’ve been using ALL Herron equipment for over 20 years. It sounds just like the signal that is fed into... | |
| Full range speakers, 40"-44" max height Sonus Faber makes several models that fit your altitude requirements. | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? Find a used Herron VTPH-2A. Still at least as good or better than anything else available. Within your budget and worth much more. | |
| Sensitivity 86 v 90 12AU7 is a low-gain tube. A 12AX7 will definitely provide more gain in a given configuration. Most listening takes place around 1 to 2 watts depending on speaker efficiency, distance from the speakers to the listening position, room size and a... | |
| Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time @behagal, You must have missed the Superbowl halftime show the last couple of years. That said, there is NO "modern music" genre that is any good. | |
| Do You Play Or Save Your Best Cartridges I play my best cartridge, a Lyra Skala, and keep a Clavis Da Capo and AT OC9 II as spares in the eventuality the Skala needs work or gives up the ghost. | |
| 8-10k budget suggestions please That’s a tough room. I’d consider speakers that allow for near-field reproduction, five to seven foot max listening position to speakers. That will take much of the room out of the sound. Plenty of artificial Ficus trees, 5 - 6 feet in height and ... | |
| Speakers for Atma Sphere M60 mk3 Elipsas are very good. Sashas are also quite good, but you need to listen to them on the Atma-Spheres. I have only heard the Sashas on solid state amps and don't know how the impedances match the Wilsons. | |
| what cd player ? Onkyo C-7030. GREAT SOUND. Long life. Inexpensive. Good transport if an external DAC is added later. | |
| Tube or solid state Using a tube preamp with a solid state amp requires impedance matching. Typically, tube preamps have a high output impedance which solid state amps can be all over the place. Having a tube preamp with a high output impedance matched to a low input... | |
| Analyzing DACs I was fortunately enough to get a reference DAC or two from a high-end electronics manufacturer. Quote nice. But since my emphasis on on vinyl playback, the DACs, as spectacular as they are, iust another toy. | |
| Tube or solid state Well designed equipment doesn't have the characteristics of either tube or solid state. Good equipment is neutral. So it doesn't which type of component is in what position in the chain. I happen to have a hybrid phono stage, a tube preamp an... |