clio09
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| Calling for inputs on Oritek X-2 I preferred the X-2 to the X-1. As previously mentioned bass was more improved and I felt the sound stage was larger and the imaging was defined a bit better as well. | |
| Warm copper speaker cables under $500 new Second Alpha Core as a good choice. Quite the bargain to boot. | |
| Advice on turntable rig Graham arms have been known to work well with SOTA tables. You might be able to get a Nova in your price range. | |
| Tube Rolling 12AX7 - Need Advice/Suggestions Of those new production tubes that were given to you the Groove Tubes are the best IMO. Try them in the amp. As previously stated those RCAs will be hard to beat, so keep them in the CDP. Of course a lot depends on whether you are using closely ma... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I'm going to be running a Rowland Capri with Tubes (VAC). Should be an interesting experiment. | |
| ZeroDust still the best? I have read here that some people do that. I tried it myself but now just dry brush after the ME. | |
| Where to buy vinyl? I enjoyed going to Amoeba Music in LA. I still like the "touch and feel" aspect of going into a record store. Great jazz and classical section with huge selection of new and used vinyl.Otherwise the usual online suspects should work well for you. | |
| Speakers: $3,000-$4,000 on Audiogon Along the lines of the Harbeth suggestions Spendor (1/2e or SP100) might also fit the bill. | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp For the time being I'd like to keep tubes for my amp. So the VAC or Atma-sphere come to mind (my speakers were voiced with the latter, but the designer also feels the VAC amps work well, which they have so far with the Avatar SE).I've seen the Hag... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Ultimately I would like to go to an all balanced set-up. I might be getting a set of VAC Musicblocs in the future with the balanced input upgrade to go with the Capri, but for now it will run unbalanced into the VAC Avatar SE. However, I may try t... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp I'll be getting a Capri with the phono boards. For the time being it will be run through the amp section of a VAC Avatar SE, 70 watts ultralinear push-pull.I've enjoyed reading many of the threads on this preamp. I'm looking forward to auditioning... | |
| Cable elevators - conventional wisdom wrong? The reason I use cable lifters (homemade version) is that it makes it easier for me to vacuum the rug without accidentally running over them. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I just got my Soundsmith adapter and mounted my B&O MMC2 (original NIB I had in storage for over 12 years) on my Micro Seiki MA-505 arm. I was surprised at what I heard. Peter at Soundsmith said that if the suspension, stylus, and/or cantileve... | |
| Best Power amps in $7000 range Second the Moscode 401. | |
| Thinking about selling Vinyl collection - long Ken,I used to live in Arlington and visited the Audio Associates store on Fairfax Drive quite a bit. I bought a Hafler amp and preamp there, along with a Yamaha DSP unit. This was back in the late 80's to early 90's. Back then Myer Emco and Audio ... |