clio09
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| What Turntable to Buy I have been in contact with Thom and am awaiting the release of the Serac. I intend to use mine with a Micro Seiki MA-505 tonearm, which Thom also has and occasionally uses in his set-up. I'm actually in search of a cartridge and have been focusin... | |
| VD Revelation Speaker cables - Ozzy - glad to hear you like the cables. These being heavy gauge solid core copper the 800+ hour break in is a good estimate. Besides VD cables, my custom amp and preamp used solid core copper and the break in on those was a good 500 hours. Well w... | |
| Interfacing Computer Music to D/A Converter ? Audioengr - those prices seem pretty reasonable. I have the North Star Model 192 transport which you are familiar with. I also own the Audio Mirror, as well as the Monarchy M24 which I'm pretty sure uses the CS8414, I assume adding a I2S input to ... | |
| What is the best $1000 CD Player? Altmann is sold direct to my knowledge. If you follow the link in Herman's post you'll get all the information you need. | |
| JADE AUDIO Cables I took possession of my Vermeil yesterday. I put it in my system where I had an Oritek X-2. JD cooked it for 120 hours on his cooker, and it has been in my system for about 24 hours. So far I would have to agree with the aforementioned comments. I... | |
| Glider upgrade? I noticed exactly what your dealer said. The wood body series are faster, more detailed, and if set-up properly the imaging and soundstage are much better than the Glider. | |
| Glider upgrade? I went from a Glider to a Benz M2 wood body on a Kuzma Stogi tonearm (I have an L2 now which is the low output version of the M2). If you like the Benz sound you will appreciate the upgrade to the wood body models. I believe Benz offers some type ... | |
| Best SS amps with sound similar to tube amps TRL D-225, dual mono solid state, 225 watts per channel, $4k new. | |
| nakamichi 480 Please reconsider on the 700. When I referred to it as a Ferrari I meant that when it works it is great, but reliability is not one of its strengths IMO. There is a place in CT that specializes in NAKs, ESLabs. Here is the link:http://www.eslabs.c... | |
| nakamichi 480 I have a 480 and I will not part with it. While IMO the 680ZX is the best NAK I own, the 480 is a tank and great for your purpose, not to mention the price you paid makes it a steal. I have owned the 700 (a Ferrari even by NAK standards), 550, and... | |
| Power Cord suggestions Try a Oyaide Tunami GPX from Audio Excellence AZ. Just under $400 and it made a big differnece on my DAC. Also, a bit higher, comsidering they just raised their prices, but if you like the Virtual Dynamics cabls, the Nite and Master series also wo... | |
| DK Design VS-1 Reference MK3 Noise Issue I had a similar issue with the volume control on my tube preamp, a Joule Electra. From about 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock each move up in volume resulted in a static noise being emmitted from the speaker. My preamp had two volume pots and only the righ... | |
| CDP/Preamp/Amp In my system I opted to put a good shielded cable on my DAC. I chose the Oyaide Tunami GPX which I purchased from Audio Excelence AZ ($395 including cable cooking and double cryo). You might be able to by one a little cheaper from Take 5 Audio. Th... | |
| Anyone into quality vintage direct drive? What would the disadvantages of a direct drive table be. I am selling my belt drive rig to upgrade to a new rig and during the down time thought about getting a vintage table to play with. I have seen some nice direct drive tables for excellent pr... | |
| JADE AUDIO Cables I just ordered a Vermeil from JD and he is going to cook it for 10 days prior to shipping it to me. Hopefully that will alleviate some of the burn in time. I'll post my impressions as well when I have had a chance to listen to it. |