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| The very best sound: Direct to Disc I have several of the Sheffield Labs - love them - Lincoln and Amanda on Hollywood Town with The Rose - love her version of it and did not know she wrote that; a Mozart violin concerto; Dave Grusin mentioned by others; Marni Nixon - she had an inc... | |
| WAF -- LOL. Very funny. Thanks. I've been married 38 years and have a man-cave in the new downsized house. Works for both of us. She watches TV in peace and quiet upstairs and I blast whatever I want downstairs. And no, she has no idea what stuff is and ... | |
| What do you think causes the crackle and clicks we hear? dirt. I have found DCC, Analogue Productions, Umbrella D2D and Sheffield Lab D2D pressings are VERY quiet. ANY record I purchase - new or used - gets cleaned in my CleanerVinyl RCM. Some of them multiple times. | |
| Bare cartridge design, Sumiko Blackbird Low Output I have HO BB. No issues with it. No static. Just as with any other cart, you need to be VEWY VEWY careful mounting it. I have only had 4 or 5 TT's with 6 or 7 cartridges, so am not an expert by any means.I have it on a VPI Prime with VPI arm. And... | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? reading - mostly non-fictionskiing - even in NC lolridinghikingphotography - lots of photographers here - interestingwalking my crazy 3 year old labhelping my wife when she is trying yet another wild recipe that turns out greatgoing to live music/... | |
| Pure Class A SS vs Tube Amp check out Decware.com - all tube gear, made in IL - excellent amps. I have their entry-level amp paired with a 99db 8" open baffle. Have not heard it with your Klipsch, but the owner, Steve Deckert, can probably help you. He is very open, honest a... | |
| Tubes @zkidd - Great post. Thank you. what have you found to be the best new production tubes? I agree on your comments on the small signal tubes. I have been fooling around with 12AX7's in the V1 in my phono preamp and my fav so far is the RCA Command ... | |
| New tube preamp I would also add Decware to your list. All tube design, pt to pt wiring. I own their amps, but not their preamp. | |
| Affordable cables Blue Jeans Cable out of Seattle. Nice. Inexpensive | |
| Banana Plugs too narrow any chance you can change out the connector for locking banana plugs? | |
| American Made Speaker Cables Bulk Belden makes speaker cable here in USA. Also Blue Jeans Cable - but they would be a competitor to you I would think. | |
| Budget Tube Amp (newbie) check out decware.com - made in Joliet, IL. Top quality sound, build and service. | |
| Is it even possible to set up a system in 12x12 room? Yes. Also try setting up your system at 45 degrees to a corner this eliminates a lot of the dead’s and highs with a square room and setting the sound coming from one end | |
| How have I missed out for soooo long!!!! Great story! Thank you for sharing! Enjoy your listening!! | |
| Flea Watt Amp: What Speakers Are. You Using With Yours? Recommendations check out Decware.com - I built their 8" open baffle - using it with my 2Wpc tube amp and very happy. |