bpwalsh
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| Airtangent vs Kuzma airline In addition to build quality and sound, I recommend considering the history of each company as well as its representation and support. You don't want to have an orphan five years down the road. | |
| High mass turntable owners -- What Stand? The Kuzma turntables I have here are each on SK Research shelves and three Thorp Audio Group (TAG) cones. The latter are massive stainless steel alloy cones shaped somewhat like Walker cones but have been found by others to be more effective. The ... | |
| Parasound Halo JC-1 -VS- Bryston 7B-ST? Rukavina, I don't know what ax you have to grind with Parasound, but judging from your feedback it is obvious you are doing a lot of buying and selling...are you in the business? As for your friend, Parasound honors the warranty for the original p... | |
| Stepping up to Air Line Arm? Something tells me Whart's 1790 home, a splendid one I'm sure, might not favor a 1 ton block of granite on the top floor, in which case me might find it in the basement. However, if the wood floor is a bit bouncy, an active air isolation platform ... | |
| Definition of Local Dealer Elizabeth, I understand your frustration. Manufacturers can set the rules as they please, and you have to understand the dealer was following them. As far as the dealer refusing to deliver the speakers to you, they are slitting their own throats, ... | |
| CTC Blowtorch Hi Mike,Stacking them will work fine for the interim. I had mine set up that way for a while till I put them in a proper rack. Depending upon what else is nearby, you may notice a reduction in noise by separating them. Isolating the power supply (... | |
| Pass Labs X-600 vs. X350.5 vs. SoundLabs? Touche, Teajay. I may wax enthusiastic about the JC-1s, but that's because they work well with Sound Labs. Alas, they're not for everyone. I would sell other solid state amps for the speakers if I honestly felt they were better and/or a better val... | |
| Shelter 90X Tracking Force Recommended tracking force range is 1.4 to 2.0 grams. At 1.9 grams you are within the range and probably are fine, but the optimum will depend upon the effective mass of the arm and cartridge combination. | |
| Pass Labs X-600 vs. X350.5 vs. SoundLabs? Veloceracing, at the risk of being dogmatic, I _strongly_ recommmend breaking in the amps 24/7 with music playing, not cycling the power. You've probably broken them in a good bit but perhaps not as effectively as running them around the clock (no... | |
| Pass Labs X-600 vs. X350.5 vs. SoundLabs? If your JC-1s aren't yet broken in, I suggest you haven't heard them. Play music through them around the clock. Volume level doesn't matter (just not zero), nor does high or low bias setting. They will become much more agile, dynamic, sweet, and e... | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Hdm, your figures are off a bit. The Loricraft PRC3 is $1895. | |
| Audio Grade fuses I recommend a 3 amp fuse, not a 4 amp, where the original value is 3.25 amp. It is prudent to err on the conservative side.Brian | |
| Next Turntable Congratulations, Whart! You will be very happy. What cartridge will you be using?Brian | |
| Parasound JC-1 and B&W 803d Braro, thanks for the email and hope you don't mind my posting thoughts here. I have no experience with the Supratek Chenin preamp and am curious how it works driving the JC-1s, nor am I familiar with the Audioquest Cheetah interconnects from Wadi... | |
| Parasound JC-1 and B&W 803d Braro, it would be interesting to know what the rest of your system is, to put your comments in context.Brian |