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| Most achingly-beautiful music Also: First two movements of Schubert's C Major string Quintent and slow movement from Dvorak's string quintet. | |
| Most achingly-beautiful music The largo movement from Haydn's Quartet in D major Opus 76 # 5. | |
| Review: Jolida JD-302b Tube amp My experience with JD-302B is that stock it sounds good and is a great value when the price is factored in.However, It can be improved by various upgrades and mods.Two easy upgrades are to replace the EL-34 outputs with premium types - I like the ... | |
| good speakers matches for jolida 302b I am using Green Mountain Europas with a Jolida 302B with excellent results. You can use the money you save on speakers to get a capacitor and tube upgrade for your 302B. | |
| Wheaton Tri-Planar arms ........ The Triplanar is a fine arm but I have found the Origin Live Illustrious to be more musical and more neutral and more saisfying to listen to. When you factor in the near $ 1500.00 price difference the Origin Live is the winner. | |
| "Parts upgrade" on crossovers -Any experiences? The most important parts in speaker crossovers are the capacitors and the best capacitors are the Audience Auricaps. | |
| Used CDP under $1000? You can get a Jolida JD -100 player for less than $ 1000.00 NEW. This will probably beat anything that you can get used in this price range. | |
| PS Audio 600 power cord upgrade?? I have experience with the PS Audio 300 and found the Audience POwer Chord to give the best sound quality. | |
| Nottingham Owners - Please Help Replace the motor with the Origin Live DC motor. | |
| Which turntable to buy? Look at the top Origin Live models. I think they give better value than the other high end tables. | |
| CD Player buying decisions Its a little over your budget at $ 900.00 but the Jolida JD-100 is a best buy and as good as you will need even when you upgrade your system. It uses the top of the line Philips laser mechanism and has a tube audio out. The sound is equal or bette... | |
| Ayre K=3x preamp? Turntable suggestions? I have found the new Sumiko Project RM-6 to be a great value in a turntable/arm combination for $ 1500.00. A Grado or Benz Micro cartridge can be added and the combo would be in your budget. Go to www.sumikoaudio.com for pictures and specs. The so... | |
| Time for a new turntable...... If your budget permits the Michell Gyrodeck SE II is a great turntable at $ 1795.00 less arm. The best value I have found is the new Sumiko Project RM-9 - $1495.00 with an excellent carbon fiber arm tube and an outboard motor.Go to www.sumikoaudio... | |
| Review: Unity Audio Signature 3 ED Speaker I was a Unity Audio dealer and sold a number of these speakers. I agree with the above description of their sound quality - they are quite good. They made a sub-woofer to go with these speakers - the model IFVC which sold for $ 1050.00. It is a cu... | |
| Little help in cartridge purchase? Buying a used phono cartridge is very risky since they are subject to wear and other damage. Since you have a Benz cartridge even if damaged it has trade-in value on a new Benz cartridge. You can even upgrade to a better model than the Silver you ... |