dlwask
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| VPI Scout and Scoutmaster owners. good read guys. your findings mirror my own with the arm. give the nordost wire time to run in (i put in about 50 hours on it) and then do your final adjustments. once the nordost wire is run in the bass becomes more extended (its real lean at fir... | |
| Extremely budget minded system for under $500.00 ? Toshiba or Sony entry level DVD player (unbeatable for $50-$60), Infinity Primus 150 bookshelfs and a Cambridge 340A integrated. I've recommended that system to several friends and almost turned one into an audiophile with it. Stick with basic cab... | |
| Warped Records I should add that the 180g and higher LPs typically have no issues, but at the current prices and labels they are coming from I would expect as much.I just saw the new Dire Straits re-issue at Music Direct...wish me luck. | |
| Warped Records Yes, exactly the same problem and it is discouraging. After spending the money for new releases on vinyl its dissappointing to see warped records and hear surface noise. Its happened to me maybe 3-4 times of the last 10 new records I bought.Meanwh... | |
| Great Album Purchases of 2005 Follow up, include Ryan Adam's "Love is Hell" to my above post. The_kid (Chris) was right, it is a fantastic album! | |
| Used Preamp for $2000 to $3000 What pre-amp are you running now? Anything in particular you are looking for sonically or feature wise?BAT gear seems to work rather well with Pass amps. My system is a baby version of yours (X150, VR2s) and have recently replaced a Pass X2 pre wi... | |
| Why do you never near anything about Spectral Does Spectral show their gear at industry shows like CES? | |
| Cleaning Record Jackets Good thread, I was wondering the same thing.Any issues with doing the above recommendations or similar and then storing in a sealed outer jacket sleeve?I vaguely recall Fremer making a mention of cleaning LP jackets a while back with some all purp... | |
| Denon budget cartridge compared to $700 cartridge try the dynavector karat...i run that on my scoutmaster with jmw 9 signature arm and a lehmann cube se. in my opinion its a very good cartridge and one that mates well with the arm. output is a little low for the cube, but its a real nice combo. | |
| Just moved - sound destroyed Be patient is all I can say and experiment as much as you can with your gear and positioning. Intentionly place your speakers in the wrong position so you know what it sounds like, really. Its fun and you really will learn a lot about your equipme... | |
| Mark Knopfler Recommendations Pretty much all his stuff is good. His recent solo efforts are real good, but I still favor the early Dire Straits stuff too. The man is just a great musician and puts out great recordings.New compilation album coming out eh? I'll have to look for... | |
| First Watt Amps I think the Aleph J is the closest to the original Aleph 30 amps. Try 6moons.com, they have been following the First Watt amps pretty close and have some good articles on the amps. Also email Mark at First Watt. | |
| Looking for a tubed Preamp around $2000 Used BAT VK3i will get you a phono section. Modwright linestage can be had new for that amount, no phono stage though. Both should be strong performers. Neither is really "tubey" sounding, instead they add just a touch of that tube magic. | |
| Great Album Purchases of 2005 I third the Ryan Adams "Cold Roses" album, great music and great recording. I'll probably buy the CD and take it with me to CES this year.Also, New Mississippi Allstars "Electric Blue Watermelon". It was Stereophile recording of the month and its ... | |
| How come there is no thread on the RealityCheck? Stanhifi - have you even heard the unit in question on this thread? it is certainly a product open for debate for what it is/does...but not so far fetched as to be compared against $8000 isolation devices. its actually a reasonably priced product ... |