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| VPI Scout Rear Stub Measurement Romaxim--you rock. Thanks. | |
| VPI Scout Rear Stub Measurement Stringreen:The early Scouts do not have the threaded insert. Mine is one of those. Thanks though. | |
| Bought Some Music Friday Not too bad this trip since I spent too much time at the Triumph brewery and only had about 30 minutes in PREX! | |
| Getting The Most Out Of My Scout Cmalak:The Mint Tractor arrived today and a digital stylus force gauge should be here by the weekend. I plan to redo the setup with the 20XM and then put the Scout back in the system to see what improvements can be wrought from a more precise setu... | |
| ARC 100.2 Vs McCormack DNA-1 Not a direct response to your post but you may want to look at the results of the ARC amp shootout we did over Labor Day weekend. Of related interest to your question is how the SD135 compared with the DNA500. It may give you something to think ab... | |
| Amp for Compact 7ES3, to replace gainclone In my experience the Harbeth C7 is not all that picky when it comes to amplification. They sound good with just about anything (competent, but not necessarily expensive) in front of them. Having said that, my pair did like power--at least 100wpc. ... | |
| Phono stage for tube system - recommendations? I'm running a Whest PS.30 into an ARC LS26. The Whest has got great transient attack, detail, dynamic swings and PRaT. Tonal balance is spot on with good dimensionality feeding through the LS26. A nice combination which outperforms some of the tub... | |
| Getting The Most Out Of My Scout Markd51: You are correct--I do not plan to buy all the upgrades listed--only the one or two that provide the biggest bang for the buck. I understand that it would be foolish to double down on an entry level table. But, for reasons I do not wish to... | |
| Esoteric X-01 power cord To add "weight and body" to the sound you are getting you need to think about more substantive changes to your system. Changing the power cord to your Esoteric ain't gonna get you there. Speakers? Electronics? An different CD player? Yes. Power co... | |
| Next Analog Steps: VPI Scout Users Thanks Dan for your helpful suggestions. I've thought about upgrading my turntable but the models I've considered are quite a bit more expensive than the Scout (Hanss T-20/SME IV and Raven One/Graham) and I'm not sure I will be getting all that mu... | |
| Speakers for a 12 x 13 room I ran a pair of Harbeth Compact 7's in an 11 X 11 room that opened on two sides and it was a close run thing. They sounded good but could overload the space at times. The Harbeth's like some room to breath and when I moved them downstairs to a muc... | |
| Cowboy Junkies "Trinity Sessions" put them on the map and is a classic audiophile favorite but I like "Lay It Down" the best. Also, "Caution Horses" has a few good songs--"Cheap Is How I Feel" is one of my favorite CJ songs of all time. I saw them at a bar in Ne... | |
| The audio research arc line- from top to bottom. Guys:The stock ARC tubes in my LS-26 now have around 2500 hours. A few questions for LS-26 owners:These tubes are rated to 5000 hours--will they really go that far or should I consider replacing them soon? The unit sounds as good as the day I boug... | |
| Turntable in cabinet Rick:Not sure if your situation will permit but take a look at my system photos for a possible solution. What you will see is a target PS-1 wall mount shelf that passes through the back of the cabinet and is bolted to 5/8" birch ply that itself is... | |
| Phono stages belong to which tier? I haven't heard what many here would consider "top tier" phonostages but I ran the Whest PS.30 (using a Dynavector 20XM mounted on a VPI Scout) against the EAR 834P, Acoustat PH1 and the ARC PH5 and it was markedly better than all of them. Very th... |