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| Anyone heard the new Cary CAD-500MB monos ? Elberoth.Since you live in Europe, try to get and have a listen to them first and ask what transformers they have in them.Me I have had nothing but problems with mine living in Australia. First the transformers the used were insufficient in qualit... | |
| Denon DL 103r What Preamp or Step up If you want some cheap good sounding fun, buy the matching denon au-300 transformer. sounds great for the price | |
| Benz Ruby 2 vs Ruby 3 don't buy a ruby 2. a denon 103r is a better cartridge that that by far. | |
| Lyra Skala - Suitable for JMW Memorial Arms the helikon sounded great with my HRX. I know Roy Gregory from hifi+ uses his titan in a VPI as well.Should sound great | |
| Difference between JMW 12.5 and JMW 12.6 tonearm the main difference is that the 12.6 does not have any damping or need for the fluid and the new drop counterweight. probably the new 12.5's even have that. other than that not much | |
| Anyone heard the new clearaudio MC cartridges? What do you have now?. Yea I have heard the old clearaudio and liked the dynamics, but not much else, especially the brightness/edginess. Sounds like they are a great step forward. | |
| Using a phonstage to by pass a preamp ? You can always use endler stepped attenuators at the amp end and use that as a volume control. crude but very transparent. | |
| Wanted:Warm, Sweet preamp. The new cj pre amps are no longer warm, so only look at the older ones | |
| Focus Audio Master two's or three's The 3's are the same as the 2's except for the 9 inch bass drivers v the 11 inch drivers.I also heard the 3's but in a small dealers room, so impossible to tell what they were doing. Trying to orgainise with the dealer to bring them home, but they... | |
| new CJ sound compared to old CJ sound this is the great thing about hifi. everyone's taste is different. One person's neutrality is another's brightness and visa versa.My tastes are firmly in the slightly euphonic warm personality with midrange clarity and musical drive which enables ... | |
| new CJ sound compared to old CJ sound interestingly there are 3 ACT2's for sale on audiogon. for me and my musical tastes I believe the new cj pre amps go just a liitle too far in the search for neutrality. that is a pity as I have always liked cj products and for the first time in a... | |
| Wanted:Warm, Sweet preamp. cary slp-98. super sounding pre amp with nice tube warmth. | |
| Prana Deva vs. Nordost Valhalla It would depend on your tonal balance of your system at the moment. The good and bad thing about the valhalla is that it is essentially neutral. if your system is warmish it will tighten things up slightly but allow all that warmth to flow thru un... | |
| Conrad Johnson 140 or 12A monoblocks? The cj prem140 will have a tighter bass where the 12's will be a little looser and sound slightly bigger. The mids and treble wil be quieter and more transparent with the 140 and the 12's will be IMO a little more musical and have a bit of that cl... | |
| How to Manage Rhea "Noise" I hate to say this. sell the rhea and get a phono stage that is not noisy.LOMC's with the rhea produces tube noise. I have had the rhea in my system twice 3 years apart and both times I had tube noise.BTW do you still have the high output benz. yo... |