djspinner
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| MM phono preamp upgrade for $1000? Take a look at the Darlington Labs MP-7 and its no feedback, high voltage approach. | |
| recommendation for phono pre amp and mc cartridge, around 1000$ each I’m running an Audio Technica OC9XML into a Darlington Labs MP-7 with an SUT (all for under you budget) and it sounds sweet to my ears. You can probably go up to a Hana SL or even stretch up to an Art9. Also waiting for DL’s new active/head amp, ... | |
| Does Anyone Buy Schiit for the Sake of Schiit? Using your Walmart/Target analogy, I think Schiit is more the audio equivalent of Trader Joe's. American company, reasonably prices, has a definite style that is not for everybody's tastes, but has many enthusiastic fans. Some might say overly en... | |
| shiit Freya+ muffles the base? Recommendation for preamp please Are you using balanced or single ended connection? Those two may be a mismatch, given the impedance matching: https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/amp-preamp-impedance-matching-can-anyone-explain Check the specs, but I think if you use XLR co... | |
| Help.... I'm scared to 'upgrade'! I upgraded from the iFi Zen to the Darlington Labs MP-7 for a modest price increase and it really delivered, most notably in a tighter and deeper bass. You're not going to have the gain settings flexibility that the Zen provides, but just get a q... | |
| Replace inner sleeves on used records? Old record sleeves can have dirt and debris that can scratch vinyl when you slide them in and out. Many new releases have those hard, almost cardboard sleeves that can also cause rub marks against the record. Unless a plain white paper inner sle... | |
| What phono cartridge is suited for metal and heavy rock? Don’t know about sonically, but visually the Ortofon MC A95 looks like it should play heavy metal well | |
| Qwest -- Qunicy Jones' Music TV Streaming Thing It's not clear how deep their programming/catalog is. I guess that's what free trials are for. Has anybody else dug into their catalog? Looks similar to The Coda Collection. Signed up for that free trial just for the Wax Trax documentary (which... | |
| Klipsch Cornwall IV would rather listen to about any vintage Altec speaker or a newer JBL than any Klipsch I have heard. Have owned them all. You've owned all varieties of Kipsch speaker? Why would you keep purchasing every variety of a speaker you didn't enjoy? | |
| Integrated vs. Separates on a Budget Take a look at the Rogue Cronus Magnum III in that price range. Decent enough internal phono (especially if you're just now getting into vinyl). Used ones pop up fairly often too. | |
| Suggestions for next cartridge... Not from personal experience, but from other forum posters who’s opinions I trust, I’ve always lusted after:Benz Ruby Z (or one of the other Benz models kron is selling at discount)ZYX Ultimate Airy (from local distributor Sora, who has demos for ... | |
| Commander Cody @roxy54 "I don't think that it's a great loss musically"Thank you for your contribution to this thread! | |
| Who are GenX'ers music icons? When I was listening to classic rock radio in high school, Hendrix, The Who, Creedence, etc songs were about 20 years old. Nirvana's Nevermind is 30 years old this year! | |
| Who are GenX'ers music icons? Guess it depends on your meaning of icon, but from their generation: R.E.M., Kurt Cobain, Paul Westerberg, Ian MacKaye, Chuck D, Beastie Boys, PJ Harvey, 2Pac, Metalica, Kathleen Hanna, Lauryn Hill, Radiohead, Beck, Bjork. | |
| Felt Kuti for newbies Moderator deleted my previous post apparently because they didn't like the second album on my list, trying again...ZombieExpensive Sh#tSorrow Tears and Blood (aka Black President)GentlemanConfusionRoforofo FightShakara |