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| Linn Tables. Where to start? Please Help I owned a Linn for years and enjoyed it. The upgrades are; Armagedon/ Lingo power supplies Cirkus Bearing set(mentioned by Musicdoc) Trampoline Base New arm of course. The upgrades are not cheap, typically £800($1500) for power supply, or bearing ... | |
| Sonic Frontiers to Conrad Johnson . CJ 17 LS 1 or 2, little difference and you will be happy, listen to Brainwater. It's all you'll need unless you get into very rarified megabucks systems. I use one and could'nt be happier, the last item I can see myself changing | |
| Please recommend a good Tube preamp. I agree with Czbbcl, the Conrad Johnson Pre in your price range. Great company, good support, reliable, woderfully musical. All the virtues of a tube pre, great midrange, sounstage etc, but quiet and reliable. I have heard others but use the Premi... | |
| CJ Premier 10 - still competitive? The Prem 10 is really a 14 without remote, little to choose between them. I have heard both and bought a 17. It is better, but not dramatically. All are wonderful, musical Pre's with a magical midrange, you can keep your ARC's, they lack the CJ ma... | |
| Older higher end or newer mid-fi...better bargain? Old is best, my whole system bar Shanling CDT-100 is 2nd hand and I have never had reliability problems. Go for the large, reputable, established manufacturers. I have always had helpful fast response from Pass and Conrad Johnson, but I have heard... | |
| Older PURE CLASS-A Amplifiers Pass labs Aleph series have to be in there with a shout. As David 99 says, the Aleph 3 has to be one of the great power amps out there, not the most dynamic, but such a sweet, detailed sound. I have been using it into my Living Voice Avatars for 3... | |
| solid state gear- leave on? One issue that does'nt seem to be discussed is fire risk. I am told that one of the commonest causes for house fires is TV's left on standby and not turned off at night. Has anyone heard of fires started by Hi Fi gear left on. I would be worried b... | |
| Should we have an Audiophiles Anonymous May I agree with Ken and Lola, no offense to the real AA, which is quite literally a life saver to thousands of people. I like his 12 steps, but he has forgotten the telltale signs. 13. The tendency to listen by yourself. and 14. the tendency to l... | |
| is interconnect more important than speaker cable To try and answer the question guys, I use an all Acoustic Zen loom and introducing Hologram speaker cable made a startling change, in comparison with the benefit from Silver Ref interconnects. I had recently changed my Living Voice auditorium to ... | |
| Any expericience with Nordost Valhalla powercord ? Sorry, but I do'nt get it. I have a good medium price power cable by Merlin and bought a 2nd hand Vishnu. I tried it on my CJ Premier 17, Pass Labs Aleph 3 and Shandling CDT-100. I noted a marginal gain , if any. I am sure the Valhalla is better, ... | |
| cj preamps I've borrowed a friends Premier 14 and bought the 17. I do'nt ever envisage changing. I did'nt do a back to back comparison, so can'nt give the fine points of difference. Both have a wonderful soundstage and midrange, outstanding. I agree with pop... | |
| Favorite live LPs Very little classical guys, even less opera, someone has to listen to it:Puccini La Boheme Thomas Beecham EMIRichard Strauss Der Rosenkavalier karajan EMICavalli Callisto Raymond Leppard ArgoWagner The Flying Dutchman Nellson PhiilipsGluck Oerfeo ... | |
| Koetsu Cartridge Question This thread is quite old, so nowone will read this, but I have just installed my Rosewood signature bought from Audiogon classifieds of course. sounds pretty good straight from the box, but its improving all the time. I replaced my Kontrapunkt B w... | |
| Conrad Johnson Premier 10/14 preamp? I have heard the 14 and bought a 17 on Audiogon. I can'nt see myself changing, a wonderful soundstage and midband particularly. Personally I much prefer the CJ to the ARC, a less clinical more musical sound. As far as I'm concerned, you can'nt rea... | |
| Origin Live LP12 Upgrade Setting up an LP12 is a bit of a mystical art and is done best by those with a lot of experience, so the answer is I had mine balanced professionally and mine was a mid 80's vintage too. Was, I just replaced it with an Origin Live Resolution which... |