dgarretson
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| New favorite VINYL Album? My Morning Jacket Circuital. A big step forward for MMJ. A kaleidescope that starts out echoing Savoy Brown, Tommy-era Who and darker 90's bands like Morphine and Acetone and one wild White Stripes femalisation in Horehound mode, then gradually so... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, the stock Atma MP-1 phono preamp is all-tube with cascoded 12AT7s at input. Lewm creatively adapted the MAT02 hybrid input stage from an Allen Wright phono stage schematic. RIP AW. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Raul, Unfortunately I don't. I'm hoping to try one, but first need to get back on track with repair or replacement of my low-gain phono stage.Lew, Allen Wright once mentioned that a low-impedance cartridge is less noisy into the MAT02 cascode. ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Hi Lewm and Raul, my observation was strickly about the high background noise level that I experienced with a high-impedance MM/MI cartridge driving MAT02 transistors at phono input in the bottom of a hybrid cascode. Lewm, please post your results... | |
| New favorite VINYL Album? Thurston Moore's Demolished Thoughts has great synergy with Beck as producer. Sounds like unplugged Sonic Youth with Beck in Mutations/Sea Change mode, channeling Nick Drake. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, the MMC1's medium-low output may work well with your modified MP-1 phono stage. However if the cartridge's DC resistance is in the hundreds of ohms as is typical of most MM/MI,you will likely experience high background noise level and lacklus... | |
| Capacitors in Cary PH302 phono amp In my ARC phono stage an upgrade from Multicap PPMFX to PPFXS and RTX was a big step up in SQ. From web images it appears that the original caps may have been Hovland or Auricap. You have room inside for a 630V cap such as ClarityCap MR--but that'... | |
| Most expensive Audio disapoinment? Duke, Thanks, gotta love these experiences. I bought the headphones in '94, and still have them available for one last go-round with factory service. When working they sounded fine. | |
| Most expensive Audio disapoinment? Koss ESP 950 electrostatic headphones. Before giving up on them they were returned three times to Factory for repair under lifetime warranty.Headroom More Static line-level cross-feed processor with outboard power supply. Expensive device with com... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... The James Blake album is a hynoptic lullaby-- the best accompaniment to an afternoon cat-nap since Susanna "Flower of Evil". | |
| When does the law diminishing returns kick in? The further I go, the more I separate the cost equation from the more interesting subject of how we measure sound quality. A certain expenditure buys a high quality system. Above that price point, a relatively small and sometimes even inexpensive ... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Hot Tuna "Steady as She Goes" is a welcome surprise from Levon Helm's Woodstock studio. Well crafted at moments nervy combo of electric & acoustic blues Tuna, softened in spots by Jorma's country heart persona. With aging the voice is less ree... | |
| Jamming with JAMO? There is a R909 review in which several other open-baffle designs are considered at:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/jamo/909.htmlOf those discussed I've heard Linkwitz Orion and Legacy Whisper sound good at shows. In addition to these, the Lowt... | |
| Best CD I've heard so far 2011......... Ditto Fleet Foxes. On first listen new TV on the Radio is mostly a flop. Keep hoping they'll top Desperate Youth, Bloodthirsty Babes. New Eleventh Dream Day, The Walkmen, Low Anthem. | |
| Denon DL-103R cartridge update Are you sure that the speakers are the equidistant from each ear? In a high resolution stereo, even a small disparity in timing can sound like a shift in L to R balance. The HF extension of vinyl reveals this more than CD. Try moving the louder sp... |