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| Free speaker tweak that's a must do Yeah, well, Erickminer, you have a good fix on why the ProAcs drove me nuts. "Careful" snugging only meant that the screws would work themselves loose almost immediately, but I was aware that using too much torque would be worse. | |
| Free speaker tweak that's a must do I remember this happened all the time with the ProAc speakers I used to have. Never occurred to me to use something like Loctite on the screws :-( | |
| Best Speaker under $3K - New or Used Gallo Reference 3 or 3.1. I've had mine for 7 years and am now in the process of upgrading within the Gallo product line. Superb speakers, IMHO. Can be had for $1200-1500 used. The new Gallo Stradas with floor-mount stand+ TR-3 subwoofer are real ... | |
| Favorite 845 tube monoblocks Mine were designed and built by a friend. KT-77 driver tubes (or EL34). ECC31 input tubes (or 6N7) Solid state rectification. Huge Magnequest trannies. Built directly on two-inch-thick Mapleshade platforms. Rated at 12wpc by my friend, but I have ... | |
| Pre-amp with balanced suggestions? Aesthetix Calypso. Has everything you want, and then some. Used ones sell here on Audiogon in the $2500 range. | |
| Can I build a Proac Response 3 I agree with Stanwal. And as a former Response 3 owner, I think that you would be just as happy with something else. My Response 3s (MSRP, $6500) couldn't hold a candle to my Gallo Reference 3s (MSRP, $2600 at the time I bought them). But if you'r... | |
| Great Low Cost Phono Stage Recommendation For You Hmmm, Dhcod, so why do you suppose the PSAudio phonostage sounds so good to you?:-) | |
| Great Low Cost Phono Stage Recommendation For You It could be that you're enjoying a holiday from the Vinyl One. A friend bought one and invited me over to hear it. We both found it underwhelming and he put it here on Audiogon within a couple weeks. Pretty, though. | |
| Best 845 tube out there? You might consider a new suffix. There already is (was?) an 845M. I have a pair. | |
| Pangea AC-9SE vs AC-9 A friend who has both AC-9s and AC-9SE power cords told me that the upgrade is well worth the difference. Haven't decided myself ... yet. | |
| does a stylus retip makea cartridge as good as new All the Soundsmith retips noted above do replace the cantilever. Under certain circumstances Peter will replace just the diamond, but my understanding is that this costs MORE, not less. | |
| does a stylus retip makea cartridge as good as new I hope you're wrong about that 5-year thing. All my carts except one are either older than that or M U C H older than that As to stylus retips, I've had everything from Denons to Koetsus retipped by Soundsmith and haven't been unhappy yet. YMMV of... | |
| Rogue Audio Cronus .... reverse polarity ? Since there was very little consistency in the way polarity was handled when our stuff was recorded in the first place, and since many speakers do not maintain polarity coherence in the way they are wired (making polarity changes inaudible or near... | |
| VPI Tonearm connector wire and record tracking I prefer the twist, am using a Zephyr on a 10.5i armtube that does incorporate the kludgy AS mechanism (which I don't use, didn't know Peter recommended it).An easier way to adjust wire tension I've used for a while is to get all parameters set (V... | |
| Why do NOS Tubes sound better than new tubes? Agree with Tpreaves. I've replaced Mullard xf1 EL34s as driver tubes in my SET monoblocks with current-production Genalex Gold Lion KT77s because they sound better. OTOH, NOS tubes are often preferable. But it's not a sure thing and always worth t... |