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| SUT shootout Largely based on Sibelius' review, above, I recently purchased a Hashimoto HM3-based SUT; the SUT-H from Choir Audio. It's a great product and is better in every way than I was expecting (and I had high expectations). John Parker is a great guy to... | |
| Best Balanced Tube Amp To Pair With Meridian G02? I have had mostly great results with pairing a SS preamp and a tube amp. It just depends on the products that you pair and your ears. For example, I have used a CJ PFR amp with several different tube amps for years - it almost always sounded great... | |
| Higher output SET or SE tube amp for Daedalus Spea Have you considered an Audio Note OTO SE or SE Phono? Great amp for the money, it's an even better deal used. There is one for sale on A'gon now for a very reasonable price (IMHO).Forget about listed power ratings. I have an OTO and it will work f... | |
| Leben CS 600 vs Audio Note Meishu If you are going to listen/test/demo Audio Note and Leben, you should probably add Shindo to your list.I have an AN system, but a friend of mine recently put together a Shindo system (using DeVORE Gobbon 8 speakers) and he is quite happy with the ... | |
| Old Classic Receivers: A Mistake to Buy? When I was in high school in the '70s I worked one summer for a local stereo store, mostly in the back. All the money I made (and more) went into Luxman gear. I still have all of it except the turntable, which I foolishly traded when I got married... | |
| Where to listen I think that the recommendation to attend RMAF is a good suggestion. Dealer inventories and demo stock is very light because of the economy; you will be lucky if you can see or hear all of the specific brands and models you have listed in a given ... | |
| Mint Protractor for VPI JMW 12.6 tonearm I use both for my JMW 10 arm wands. The VPI jig will allow you to quickly and easily set overhang and overall cartridge geometry.The MintLP protractor will allow you to align the geometry to the cantelever, as opposed to the cartridge body with th... | |
| CineMag SUT I have been using a borrowed Cinemag SUT (Bob's) w/ a Shelter 501 pair (stereo and mono) on my VPI Aries, and I thought that it was good - certainly better than the old Audio Note AN-S2 I had been using. Neither SUT was resolving enough for my tas... | |
| Looking for warm sounding speakers What size/range of speaker are you looking for?I would look at any of the French speaker manufacturers: Triangle, Focal or (my favorite) JM Reynaud. All excel at the sound qualities that you are looking for: warm sounding laid back speakers not ag... | |
| speakers close to the back wall ? The Audio Note E's gave boomy bass in my room against the back wall and corners and not until they were 3ft. back was it controlled.If you want the AN-Es closer to the wall try placing a diffuser between the speakers - an Indian blanket or a curta... | |
| What Speakers to use in a bar/restaurant environment My $0.02 worth:1- For a 3000 ft2 space you are probably going to want to distribute speakers over the space. One pair of speakers will be too loud adjacent to the speakers and not loud enough at the "edges".2- Suspending the speakers from the ceil... | |
| Golden Tube Audio SEP-1 My suggestion is that before you call Soniccraft you see look at the Yahoo Group golden_tubehttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/golden_tube/You will probably have to join first. Look at all of the messages from a guy named Loc Vu - he's a Golden Tu... | |
| Peachtree Audio iDecco & iPod/iPhone Compatibility Happybob,My comment re: the iPhone had less to do with sound quality than the limited data storage on the phone. There is simply not enough space to store enough ALC files to make it worth the trouble, at least for me.If your music server is in a ... | |
| VPI bearing oil/grease? Dopogue said:STP Oil Treatment is awfully thick and used to be recommended for tonearm damping because of its high viscosity. I know you said only 2-3 drops, but still ...Yeah, I know... that was my thought as well. But it's not as viscous as grea... | |
| Top 5 Cue Joints I live near L.A. so we are pretty much BBQ-challenged. But when I was a kid there used to be a place in Culver City called Sterns Famous BBQ. Ahhh, I can still taste their sauce, made from the beef trimmings (no pork) of the meat that was slow coo... |