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best RCA interconnects under $150
Take Five Audio in Ontario will make up a pair to your length specifications based on professional Nogami Deflex cable and Neutrik Profi plugs. I doubt they can be bettered at three times the price, if at all, not being convinced of the superiorit... 
Spendor S8e Amp Suggestions.
Lougiants: No criticism at all seen in your comments. There are many reports of Spendor Classic series working well with moderate to low powered VTLs. An audio engineer over in Audio Asylum reports good results with Spendor SP1/2, a larger speaker... 
Spendor S8e Amp Suggestions.
I'm using Spendor SP2/3s with VTL Tiny Triodes, output about 30 watts, with a passive pre, no less. Great sound top to bottom. 
Audio Technica AT-ML150/OCC - Too Old?
I just tried out a current 150mlx. I gave it about five hours and sent it back. I found it a very unsubtle cartridge with shrieky highs, indistinct lows, and a coloured midrange. Maybe great for a shut in, laid back system but not for an already r... 
Unipivots Hadcocks Vs Grahams
I've been using a Hadcock 228 for many years. Despite its light weight it has matched well with every cartridge I've put on it irrespective of weight, compliance, MM or MC; however, in principle it should match the Ortofon perfectly. The only prob... 
Top Ten Tuners of all Time??
Anyone know where the Sugden T48 ranks on the scale of tuners?