ddrave44
Responses from ddrave44
| I need your help. I have an ARC Ref 3, ARC 110, Vandersteen 5As, but no turntable. The ARC Reference 3 a magnificent phonostage. So is the Ref2.Shelter and Lyra make terrific cartridges.I have a Linn table that I love, but there are a lot of good ttables out there. No question that matching arms and cartridges gets tricky. Good... | |
| What are the best entry level integrated amps and speakers? +3 for NAD | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? With OPs original question on this it wasn't clear to me that the equipment had even been broken in. | |
| Who thinks $5K speaker cable really better than generic 14AWG cable? Wow, just reading this 15-month thread would be a education in cable theory and practice for a newbie. Anyway to the point, I think there's an element of the weakest link in this. If your system is very transparent the differences in cables will... | |
| Shopping for Interconnects Transparent +1 | |
| Recordings with incredible effects or imaging that we may not know about The first few seconds of Simple on Collective Soul's CD Collective Soul come in above my right ear. +1 on 10cc | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? Yes, the Unitiserve looks up the album title and song titles online. It runs through several online lookup services till it finds the title. It also picks up the cover art, performers, composers... If the title isn't available it generates a ran... | |
| Is using streaming services worthy of an audiophile? Hi Defiant, To your original question about whether streaming is worthy of an audiophile, I'd say the answer can be yes. I don't have Tidal, but there are other methods. I'm using a Naim UnitiServe which gets the broadband music feeds from radio... | |
| Need suggestions please! Electrical noise in my system and it's driving me crazy! A TII 220 ground loop isolator put in between the cable line and cable box did it for me. Best $22 I ever spent. This was after checking grounding, electricians that found nothing and adding a hydra 8 into the system. Good luck. | |
| Help ! Best MC cartridge for Linn LP12? Papafrgog, you mention Lyra as a possibility. I'm using a Skala, table about the same as yours and an AR Ref 2SE phone pre. Great combination. Open top end, nice mids and strong control of the bass. No 'house sound'. Might be worthwhile to give a ... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? *Kore | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? * Radikal | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? Dual table with, I think, a number two slide in cartridge in the 1980s. By about 1990 bought a Rega Panar 2. Nagoka MP-11 boron cartridge. Had the opportunity to upgrade so I bought a lRega Planar 3 with a Rega Exact cartridge. The yellow one.Then... | |
| Meadowlark Blue Heron - gas tweeter leak problem? Yes they're still doing the repair. I just got my HD3P's repaired by Moca Audio for my blue heron's. 65Euros/tweeter. Adding in USPS shipping and fees (bank transfer or PayPal) took it to a bit over $200, so not bad. | |
| Most unusual/mesmerizing female voice. Try Sunny Sumter's album Sunny on Mapleshade records. The first song called Nick of Time is mesmerizing. |