darkmoebius
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| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE I use a solid state Gram Slee "Elevator-EXP" transformerless stepup(+21.5dB) into a GS Era Gold mkV phono preamp. It provides excellent gain while being dead quiet. I've never had the chance to compare it to a quality MC transformer stepup, but am... | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE A question for those who found stepup x-formers to be flat - how many hours did you run them before coming to your conclusions? | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED Blindjim,Since "attack", "exceptionally dynamic presentations", "great accuracy of scale" along with "harmonic richness and texture, and still have enough jump in it to bestow an involving re-creation" are you primary goals - POWER is what you are... | |
| Sweet sounding SE tube amps under $3K USED Hey jim!Sorry I didn't respond o your last email, been boxing up everything in the house getting ready for move-out on the 22nd.10-15wpc SET range gives a pretty good choice of amps - EL34 (12W), 845(15W+), 6C33C-B(12-18W), etc.What are your new s... | |
| townsend rock reference mkv Oh, the usual audio envy type of insanity!Actually, I haven't found a place to rent yet(until this housing bubble pops), so I have no idea how much I will have. I currently live in a 4 bedroom, 2,600 sq. ft house with a living room that is 15'x20'... | |
| townsend rock reference mkv victorGod help you if you do screw upWITH PRICES LIKE THAT AND MANY OF THEM.... OUCH!Should be a good deterrent!Add on to that, she's a lawyer, and a damn good one, too.Keeps me on my toes! Actually, I'm constantly amazed that she puts up with my ... | |
| townsend rock reference mkv Thomas,My girlfriend has stated that if I ever really screw up, and screw up BIG(cheating, crime, etc.), there's is only one thing likely to help her get past it - Manolo Blahnik, and LOTS of it, regularly. | |
| townsend rock reference mkv Silly me!Lordy, I thought it was six "K", nine puts it a whole 'nother stratosphere. There is some seriously sick competition in that range - Galibier Gavia w/ Gavia platter, Redpoint Model A, Amazon Reference, Verdier Platine, Nottingham Dais, et... | |
| townsend rock reference mkv But I can't find any info on the model you're talking about. Here's the Townsend webpage for the new Rock V. Here's just the picture.How much does it cost$4,500 Euro($6,200US) for the turntable and $2,400 Euro($3,300US)for the Excalibur tonearm. $... | |
| Cartridge Man MM3 vs. ZYX R100 Fuji FS? ***Raul:"You own both cartridges and I think that you know that are not " giant killers "."***At the time that I posted this question in April of '05, I didn't own either cart or had just gotten them but hadn't mounted them yet. Having used both n... | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage "03-06-07: Drubinis it correct to describe the TAP as solid state? It's passive so it has neither tubes nor transistors. Same for resistor-based passsives. "I don't think so. TVC's are best described by the primary component that does their job, t... | |
| Review: Bent Audio Tap Linestage Actually, I think TVC's have seperate windings(taps) for each volume level and need to burned in on each one or at least the ones you use most often. | |
| Richard Gray's 400 Pro = Emperor's New Clothes?? Athipaul,I think Albert qualified his statement fairly well by ending his post with this:"If you have problems of operating off a terrible local electrical grid, live in an apartment or high rise where everyone in the building is beating on your s... | |
| Speaker suggestions for an Art Audio PX25 CMO - every once in a while, an ad comes along that has me thinking "What can I sell of it to get that?"But, it always comes down to - I can have the monoblocks, but then no speakers. Or, I can have those speakers, but no amp/preamp/cd player. Or,... | |
| Speaker suggestions for an Art Audio PX25 CMO,Did you see the used PX-25 monos for sale here last week at ~$6k? Didn't last long. I didn't even know they existed. Man, I wish i had the scratch for such an indulgence. |