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| OK, I made the leap... A brand new Scheu Cello with RB250 can be had landed for about 1200 with warranty from Germany. The much better Premier II, which will accept 12" length arms, with a Scheu Classic Unipivot 12" arm was quoted as 2200 US delivered. The Scheu Premier... | |
| Pink Floyd DSOTM in various versions The Dutch pressing released last year was not terribly impressive. I'd try Japanese definitely from the original release period if you can find it. | |
| Audio Note Soro SE Uh Cool The newer units will also have silver toggle switches on the rear that allow you to select feedback or no feedback (easy choice) | |
| Upgrades to Cal Audio Delta Transport Delta is a great unit. But, remember it is an orphan so if it breaks and you need a part you may be SOL. They are inexpensive enough that you might buy one and then keep an eye out for a second one to cannibalize as required. Nice small footprint.... | |
| Help me find a Simple Hi End Turntable Project 9, Rega 25, any my choice would be the Audiomeca Romance which comes fitted with a very good unipivot arm and is a lovely table. Retail price is a bit stiff at 3500; friend just acquired an almost perfect slightly used one for 1250 landed.... | |
| Single Ended Class A Solid State? If you want a pure class A amp for a good price pick up one of those Aleph 3 or Aleph 30 units. Like Marco said, they are not making them anymore. One word, though; the Aleph 3 can be difficult to wire up to some spades due to it having a recessed... | |
| need tube advice from tube preamp owners. Nice to hear the improvements but if one has a person that one trusts then one might just go ahead and have any upgrades done immediately. I am taking delivery on a Audible Illusion Modulus 3A soon and am having the stock Russian tubes (that is wh... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. A table such as a Scheu Premier, Teres, or Acoustic Signature Final Tool is essentially a motor, bearing, platter, and plinth. A quality bearing, correctly maintained, should last a lifetime I would suspect. The only item that might be an issue is... | |
| What speaker after Thiel 7.2? You could try a top of the line (or one of them) Audio Note Type E speakers. They have full range sound, sound great, and are 95db efficient at 8ohms. The resistance operates between 6 and 8 ohms so it is an exceptionally easy speaker to drive and... | |
| DAC Recommendations Audio Note DACs are an excellent used value and sound very, very good. The best values are the lower end products although some of the level 3 units have come up for reasonable (I use that term loosely) prices. I use an original DAC 1 Signature an... | |
| Which Reciver? I'd take the Arcam hands down over the others; it is in another class. It really is a quality unit and very, very good at stereo reproduction. Buy the Arcam and don't look back. | |
| Best monitor for bookcase ? Try Allison; they make a speaker designed to sit on a bookshelf. | |
| Tube Newbie I would suggest a DAC with a tube output stage in conjunction with a player/transport. I used Sony DVP-S7000 is an excellent used value at 125 to 200 for a transport as is the dvp-s7700. The Cal Audio Labs Sigma and Alpha DACS are nice sounding an... | |
| SET--Cary/Sophia 300/845 bassed amps Wavac and Art Audio offer some excellent single ended amplifiers as does Wyetech. Don't give up on SET because of the Sophia and the 845. Top notch NOS 845 tubes are extremely expensive; something like over 500/ea and maybe more. Most 845 amps com... | |
| Does the power of an amplifier really matter? Some "low powered "amps will power speakers that simply don't work with other amp designs with much more power. The vintage Levinson ML9 (get that right?) was a pure class A monaural design with a whopping 25 watts into 8 ohms....and 50 into 4....... |