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| Nottingham Spacearm rewiring I wouldn't rewire this arm for sound performance reasons. The stock wiring is very, very good. I doubt that the Discovery, AN or Cardas cable would make a substantive difference.I do know some guys who have elected to rewire Nott arms for utility ... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-12A - Remove Phono Board? I would advise against this. You can purchase a better phono unit than the PV-12A's phono section very reasonably. And your PV-12A is worth more with the phono stage than without it. | |
| Opinions on what to upgrade first; speakers or DAC I will take great speakers and an adequate source over a great source and only adequate speakers any day. Speakers first! | |
| Why Would a Turntable Need More than 1 Arm ? I would love to have a universal turntable with three arms - one for stereo LPs, one for mono LPs and one for 78s. Unfortunately, that would require too many compromises. But a two arm deck is fairly easy to do.Is that showing off? | |
| Audio Desk Vinyl Cleaning System Does the world really need another piece of audio jewelry disguised as a record cleaner? Where should I put it - next to my Porsche design stainless steel and lucite hand mop?This looks like an interesting way to clean records. But, based only on ... | |
| my peachtree decco experience, your upgrade advice I will second Loomisjohnson's recommendation. Try using the Decco as a preamp/DAC in front of the power amp of your choice. In my office, I have paired the Decco with a tube amp and it works very well. For use in an HT setup, it might be a bit mor... | |
| Anybody tried KT120 tubes on Conrad Johnson amps? Sparky, not to sound argumentative; but I do not think that upgrading the caps in an amp is the same as swapping a non-spec'd power tube. Capacitor technology has improved significantly in the last 30 years, and there is little to no risk in repla... | |
| Anybody tried KT120 tubes on Conrad Johnson amps? This does not directly answer your question, but when I owned a Premier 11A the previous owner had been using KT-88s. He thought that they sounded great but wondered why he kept blowing fuses and why the tubes needed frequent biasing and replacing... | |
| Heresy II upgrades? Macdadtexas,Have you listened to the Heresy II? Rebuild or replace the crossovers, but IMHO I don't think that the upgrade to III's will buy you all that much.Now, if you are talking about rebuilding your IIs into CS-1s - that's a whole different ... | |
| Best Audio Store Name? Pacific Stereo in California, late 70's. All the cool people worked there, all the wanna be's shopped thereI think the wanna-be-cool guys worked at either Pacific Stereo or University Stereo. The really cool guys worked at the RSL store in Van Nuy... | |
| Phase inverting problem This is simple:1- Your PV-12A is phase inverting. Reverse the red/black connections on the back of EACH speaker. DO NOT try reversing ICs.2- Your phono stage is phase correct - so leave the cartridge headshell leads alone (wired normally).FWIW, I ... | |
| Budget integrated amps for garage system Since you are going to use an iPod, why not consider the Peachtree iDecco? Or a used Decco and a custom cable might be less expensive. Either unit should be more than loud enough in a garage with any reasonably efficient speakers. | |
| Best amplifier and preamp for klipsch heresy 3 Curious, if your speakers sound like you are holding a pillow over them then I doubt that you have an amp problem (unless your amp is faulty). More likely is that either: 1- You might need to rebuild or replace the crossovers. Doesn't seem likely ... | |
| Best amplifier and preamp for klipsch heresy 3 I agree with the responses above. The Klipsch Heritage line sounds great with tubes. But if you're not a tube guy, your NAD should work great. I have paired vintage Sansui & Luxman SS amps and receivers with KG4s, Heresys, Chorus et al, and ha... | |
| Correct amp for Dynaudio Audience 42? I have a pair of Audience 42Ws for my office system, which have no rear port and can be placed against the wall. I picked these up on a whim with the intent to resell, not thinking to pair them with tube gear as I prefer. I was surprised at how go... |