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| How to pick a tubed integrated without hearing one I have three comments:1- You can look at all of the brochures and online specs, but there is no substitute to listening to an actual amp; preferably in your room with your speakers. I know that this is difficult in your case, but to do otherwise i... | |
| Nottingham Analogue Interspace azimuth adjust??? In my opinion, all of the Nottingham tonearms sound best when used with a high compliance cartridge; that is, over 20cu or more. The compliance on your Delos cartridge is 12cu, which would indicate that it may not be the best match for this arm.Ca... | |
| Nottingham Analogue Interspace azimuth adjust??? You can adjust azimuth on the Nottingham tonearms by GENTLY twisting the headshell to the left or right. It is designed to rotate in the CF arm tube. It's not a great system but it works; especially assuming that you are using a low mass/high comp... | |
| Altec Model 19 - which caps for crossovers IMO, your best choice will be teflon (1st choice) or poly caps. I would try and match the values of the capacitors you want to replace as closely as possible unless you are also planning to rebuild the entire crossover (new resistors & transfo... | |
| Room Treatments There are ways to make effective room treatments more (but not totally) wife friendly. Most panels can be ordered or retro-fitted with printed artwork, for example. Wooden baffle diffusors can look interesting (or use book cases).In a small room, ... | |
| Help with new old Snell Type Js Bmdduck,I would try rebuilding the crossovers before replacing speaker drivers. The crossover designs on the old Snells was very good, but (like most speakers of the era) was limited by design in order to hit a manufacturing price point. Also, tim... | |
| Headphones integrateds with XLR preouts? I would suggest that you look at the Antelope Audio Zodiac DAC. There are three models; the Gold is the top unit w/ remote. It is an excellent DAC with dual headphone outputs, balanced XLR output and volume attenuator, so it can also act as your p... | |
| Apple Mac Mini as a music server >>So to get a quality sound I will need a external DAC?Yes | |
| Turntable advice-thorens questions I have owned several VPI decks as well as many Thorens units, including a TD-124 rebuild I just completed. I would say that, in a nutshell, the VPI Classic (for example) and the Thorens TD-124 (also for example) are very different in both design c... | |
| Sansui Turntable - Best one to own? The 838 and 929 are completely different decks. I prefer the 838 myself, but the 929 has a cult following; I think largely because they are somewhat rare. | |
| Sansui Turntable - Best one to own? Like most Japanese hi-fi manufacturers in the late 60s, 70s and 80s Sansui offered a variety of turntables at different price points targeting different classes of users. While most models were rebranded stuff, some of the higher-end units were ei... | |
| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Geoffkait said: ...so you have to ask yourself, why would a high end outift use cryo if it didn't work?Because there are silly audiophiles that are willing to pay for it. Just like there are other silly people that pay for palm reading and fortune... | |
| Decent DAC under $10k anyone? The Antelope Audio Zodiac Gold was just reviewed in the latest Stereophile (Oct. 2011). If you are looking for a DAC w/ a great clock, who better then from the guys who make the best clocks?Great unit - I just ran a side-by-side comparison with th... | |
| Help with new old Snell Type Js These are great, underrated speakers. One of the best economy speakers for jazz and vocal recordings IMO.The speakers w/ single binding posts are Js. The one unit w/ dual binding posts is almost certainly a JII. The crossover is slightly different... | |
| Cryogenic treatment of an LP? Stop, please stop! You're killing me - I'm splitting a gut laughing at some of the comments to this post.This is an example of our "superior" American education system at work. All of you who have never taken a high school or college physics class... |