charliee
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| Preamp Deal of the Century Swamp,Sounds like you have flipped the tape monitor switch, areyou sure that you do not have one? It would be on top, right front corner. I did that once without knowing that I had, same results that you are describing. | |
| Do you own a Benz Lukaschek PP-1 phono pre? Drubin,I previously owned a PP-1 and the factory wall wart was asimple step down transformer (110 to 24V). I went to Radio Shack and picked up another to replace it with for less than $20The one you will get from Benz will not be any better, just ... | |
| B&W Nautilus 803's vs. Proac 2.5's The N803 was on my short list of four differant speakerswhen I was shopping for new speakers. The others were the 2.5's Totem Mani II, and Sonus Faber Grand Piano.After listening to all of them numerous times it was still hard to decide. One thing... | |
| Norah's new album,,FEB 9th. Can she do it again??? Ben_campbell- Thanks man, I knew about five seconds after Ihit submit that I had made a mistake. I started to flip thru the lp's to check before hand becouse I had a doubt,but, I didnt. I used to play his "born again" lp's in heavyrotation back in... | |
| Norah's new album,,FEB 9th. Can she do it again??? I am surprised that no one ever mentiones the other "NorahJones album". Last year an album was released that is called- The Peter Malick Group featuring Norah Jones- NewYork City.The music was recorded in 2000, with some additional workdone in 200... | |
| Musical Fidelity Nu Vista CD vs. Cary 306/200 CD Back again,The subject of running straight into an amp with a volumecontrol on the player has come up many times. I even tried it myself, but I used a Placette remote volume control.My results were a system that was dissapointing. The results were... | |
| Musical Fidelity Nu Vista CD vs. Cary 306/200 CD Skuras,I own the 306/200, I previously owned the MF A3. I haven'thad the pleasure of owning a Nu-Vista but i did audition itbefore buying.The N.V, I thought was a bit more resolveing than the Carybut drier and colder. The Cary has more of a tube s... | |
| AZ Silver Photon Component or Tara Labs RSC/RGB? Hey Sjorgensen,No sir, I haven't. I have been under the impression thatthere is no breakin with digital cables, but only becouseI have never seen or read anyone say anything about that. If they can be burned in I would like to know myself.Charlie | |
| AZ Silver Photon Component or Tara Labs RSC/RGB? I have the AZ Photon component between a Loewe Aconda 38"and a Toshiba SD-9200. The picture quality can be absolut-ly stunning depending on which movie you are watching. Iwanted a plasma myself, but the Loewe won out on picturesharpness, and resol... | |
| Component Video Cable Diminishing Returns? Hi Chouca,I dont have the direct answer to your question but I wantedto toss in the little bit that I have experianced. Firstoff you dont include what you want to use your cables with,so it is hard to say where the price/performance would begin to... | |
| Down to the Final Two -- Dreadnaught vs. Titan The gods must be sleeping so I'll toss in my two cents.I will second Sidssp on haveing a Dreadnaught and loveing it, I also would not trade it for the model II. I dont care for the trade off in warmth and musicality for a bit more power and bass c... | |
| Full-function/Phono-only vs. Line + Phono Stage? You need to look into the Supratek Syrah. It is a tube preamp with a built in tube phono stage. Both are excellantperformers, absolutely the best in it's price range ($3500new). Check out the "Pre amp deal of the century" thread under amps and pre... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Where did everybody go? | |
| The absolute best and worst-sounding CD you own ? I have two choices for best:1. The Super Extended Resolution Sound of TBM (three blind mice). Cant stand some of the cuts, but wonderfull recording.FIM XRCD2.Pinetop Perkins - Born in the Delta. Pinetops best, deltablues genre. Very clear, dynamic... | |
| VTL 5.5 pre-amp tube advice needed. Hiendmmoe,I previously owned the 5.5 and I tried a few differant com-binations. What I ended up with was: four premium Mullard6201's in the 12AT7 positions, and two Amperex Bugle Boy12AX7's.I did try Mullard CV 4004 in the 12AX7 position which wer... |