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| Preamp combination question If you like the Aesthetix, y9u might consider trading it in on a Janus. Or if you can stretch a bit, go for a Rhea? With the right tubes, the Rhea is very synergistic with the Calypso. | |
| Eico HF-81 with Klipschorn Have you done any tube rolling in your Eico? I put a pair of Mullard rectifiers in mine, and some NOS Amperex Holland EL84's and gained a tremendous dose of palpability compared to the modern production tubes that I had been using.Nice to hear it ... | |
| Best $5,000 system for a small apt. in Stockholm Just wanted to update this thread...I returned yesterday from Stockholm. I took the advice of several members on the board here and bought most of the system locally. My sister ended up with the following system:Sources: Musical Fidelity A5 CD pla... | |
| New to tube rolling, where to purchase tubes? Tube rolling is a slippery slope. There is NOT a direct relationship between price and sound quality/results. As a result, it's a good idea to play around at the cheap end of the spectrum first if you are truly experimenting.OTOH, if you find some... | |
| Best $5,000 system for a small apt. in Stockholm I wish I had the time (and money) to spend a week or two shopping high-end audio in Sweden!! I know my sister will not do it for herself. I figured I'd buy some stuff there, but wanted to take advantage of Audiogon to get some bargains on used equ... | |
| Which music server to buy? When building your own server, you need to take a few things into consideration. Specifically, power usage and backup. A lot of folks re-task an old PC for server duty, set it up with linux and stick it in a closet: this can work really well. But ... | |
| Hearing Aids? As others have said, the technology has really come a long way. Most of the mid-range and high-end hearing aids now use digital signal processing (DSP) to "shape" the response of the unit based on each individual's exact hearing. They also use a f... | |
| MintLP/Dynavector 17D3 question I just went through this last week, putting a new Dynavector on my Scoutmaster using the Mint LP tractor.As the previous posters have said, great lighting is really key to the necessary precision. I set it up using the hand-magnifier, then discove... | |
| tube amp noise If you gently tap on the faceplate do you get any noise? If your tubes are going microphonic, they'll definitely be noisy.Sometimes, however, this could be a sign that the tube sockets themselves have some slight corrosion. Removing and re-inserti... | |
| Tubed Pre question? It's a playground. I'm a tube guy, but right now I've got my speakers bi-amped with a 600wpc solid state amps on the bass speaker drivers and 100wpc tube amps on the tweeter/mid drivers. Gives me everything I want, bass drive/slam + purity of tone... | |
| Turntable - On the Wall or to the Floor? You can try shelf materials that will allow you to tailor your sound a bit.My TT is on a Target shelf, but I replaced the stock shelf with thick glass, and the TT is on a Ginkgo Cloud 11 platform. Before the Ginkgo, I'd used the original MDF shelf... | |
| Scoutmaster Isolation A third vote for the Ginkgo Cloud. I've got a Cloud 11 under mine, on a wall-mounted Target turntable shelf. Solved all my vibration issues! | |
| Phone Preamp help for VPI Scout w Grado Sonota MM I went through this too, with the same combination as you. I had trouble getting the Grado Sonata to sound very good with the VPI arm. Eventually I got a VPI head weight (from Musical Surroundings, I think) which gave me the best sound. The Grado ... | |
| AC / DC - What are you using? Dissapointed by .... How clean is your power? Have you ever looked at your power on an oscilloscope? When I was in the city, my power was crap, and a power conditioner made a huge positive difference. Now that I live in the shrubs, my power is pretty clean and reliabl... | |
| Opinion on Nakamichi azimuth tape decks please Dragons can be found pretty cheaply these days, but the electronics (as you suspected) can be a bit wonky. I have a Nak 680zx which does have azimuth adjustment, but it's set based on recording a tone on one head & checking with the read head,... |