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| Equipment Report: Linear Tube Audio's New Ultralinear PLUS Hey Ron—using a Herron Reference line stage with the LTA. I’ve been a big fan of Keith’s for years having previously owned the prior VTSP 3A (R03). I have heard many great things about the LTA line stages paired with their amps but have yet to try... | |
| What do you have on order RIGHT NOW. I was asked to be a Beta tester for the new LTA Ultralinear amp. It is in transit now and I have the weekend after this cleared to A-B with the latest original version. Should be fun! | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? 10 years into my audio odyssey I spent a year in England where I purchased a pair of Harbeth Compact 7s and custom Target Audio stands. I hooked them up to my roommates cheap mass market receiver and CD player in his loft, a lovely room with high ... | |
| Next step in Turntable @Mijo--In my experience all drive system represent trade-offs--none are perfect but some better than others. The TE-2 approach is to extract the best of what belt, direct, and idler systems have to offer while minimizing the downsides. I think the... | |
| Next step in Turntable At or below $10k I would encourage anyone to take a long look at the Sempersonus TE-2. Innovative yet simple drive system, very flexible and dead quiet. I’m using a 12” Raven arm but one could strap on an OL Conqueror or Encounter for much less an... | |
| Importance of the Preamp in a system Maybe 10 years ago I discovered the relative importance of the preamp in the chain of reproduction. IMHO only the speaker-room interface and the amp-speaker interface are more important to getting good sound. There are lots of threads on this topi... | |
| Sound Labs 645-8, A Review Thanks for sharing Mijo. I have been interested in Sound Labs for years but never had a listening room that could accommodate—I do now and am considering a second system that goes in a whole different direction. Would love to audition a pair if so... | |
| What is your favorite album cover? Spinal Tap “Smell the Glove” | |
| The Grateful Dead tune that would still make for a great James Bond Theme Song Estimated Prophet | |
| New turntable: please help with cartridge selection: Ortofon vs Lyra vs Charisma vs Hana I haven’t heard a ton at your price point but synergy with your arm should be your first priority followed by synergy with the overall sonic attributes of your system. I own the Signature One and it it incredibly well balanced and transparent to t... | |
| Favorite Cowboy Junkies? Favorite album is "Lay It Down". Some great tunes on that one. Favorite song is "Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" off "Caution Horses". Saw them live early on--really great show. | |
| Favorite Guitar Solo Something very moving about Garcia's solo on "Cold Rain and Snow" off the Steal Your Face LP. Simple, brief, yet beautiful. My favorite for this moment but ask me tomorrow and I'll have something else in mind. | |
| Kind of Blue SACD on a whim. I own the recent MOFI 45rpm KOB release. Love it. Sounds like you are interested in venturing further into the era of classic jazz. Might I suggest Cannonball Adderley's "Something Else" as your next purchase. Miles appears on trumpet and Cannonba... | |
| New turntable: TW or Obama? The TW Arm is brilliant. Simple, elegant, competently engineered. The TW table is also nice--I spent many hours listening to a friends TOTL Raven with the 10.5 arm. If you are at all interested in a different drive system, check out the Sempersonu... | |
| Who else is using old cables/interconnects, and is happy? Still using several Empirical Design power cords and ICs in my system after a dozen years. In fact, system move left me needing a power cord recently and could not imagine anything better for the money so called Karl and picked up another ED-316 f... |