effischer
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| Dynavector 17D3 with a Denon AU300LC SUT The 17D3 is a super-musical, but unforgiving cart that will reveal the smallest flaw when properly set up. Don't know if you would like it with Denon electronics; it's not a combination that strikes me as ideal. Still, it all ultimately depends on... | |
| Rush Live in 2013 - Clockwork Angels Saw them in Cleveland for the Time Machine tour when they made the DVD/BD movie. Great show! Saw Roger Waters do The Wall in Pittsburgh last year, too. Hands down, that was the best big venue show I've seen since the early 90's. The sound was simp... | |
| McIntosh D100 variable vs fixed outs soundstage I agree that the MA6300 isn't needed any longer.The C2500 is a tube preamp with MM/MC phono inputs and a DAC section - that is the enhancement over the C2300. C2300 sounds wonderful (to my ears anyway) and was very well reviewed.C48 and C50 both h... | |
| Change the cartridge or phono stage Elevick is correct; you want no coloration out of the table/arm/cartridge at all. Start with a good protractor, scale and a powerful magnifying glass. Adjust the VTA so the scale is at record surface height when you've dialed in the tracking weigh... | |
| Thinking of Upgrading Speakers Speakers are absolutely the place to start when upgrading. Your transducers are the key to your overall sound. You don't say what cartridge you have, and that will make a difference about how things sound. If you like the Sonus Faber sound in the ... | |
| Mcintosh c-2300, is it worth the money? Had a new C2300 in my system for awhile. It was far and away the most musical, natural pre-amp I've heard. The dual MC/MM inputs were especially nice as I have two tables. Build quality is second to none. Downsides? It took forever to warm up (the... | |
| Turntable use with Mcintosh MX-132 Not directly. You will need a RIAA phono equalization stage at the very least. You will also want to check output voltage on any stage you are interested in and input voltage capacity on the MX132 to make sure they are compatible. Be careful about... | |
| Tonearm with removable head-shell Markpao is correct; proper alignment is essential. Still, you have alternatives. New, you have to go Graham. Beau coup bux and unless you are seriously into vinyl, not worth the investment. You might want to look for Bang & Olufsen pivot arm t... | |
| One artist, band, you keep coming back to Tie - Frank Zappa & Steely Dan / Don Fagen. A lot of FZs later pressings were actually on virgin vinyl as standard (not sure if it was JVC Super Vinyl, but it is translucent). Always entertaining, humorous and educational, regardless.Steely Da... | |
| Phono Hum w/ Pro-Ject Debut III What you are describing sounds like a ground fault in either the tonearm or the table. Start the process of elimination. Disconnect the cartridge and see if the hum is still there. If so, touch the table spindle and then the tonearm to see if thin... | |
| Rogers Studio 1 Monitor The mid is a Celestion, the tweeter a KEF and the woofer is a Rogers. Black walnut cabinets with centered, round tapered lip forward vents. That makes them later production and cures the "bloom" of the earlier square vented models. They have a pha... | |
| Speaker cables: $3000 or $380. What do you get?? Here is what a noted engineer and speaker designer has to say on the subject: http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm. It's your money and you will have to decide for yourself. | |
| Need advice on a turntable question The 2M Red is a really good-sounding cartridge for a MM and will outperform most others out there. The Pro-Ject table should be able to extract everything it has to offer. The comment about your old ML1 is a bit biased as it was also a nice piece,... | |
| Does Mc Intosh make reference gear "Well below reference." What a disingenuous comment. Reference is whatever a given manufacturer is willing to pay for or someone's ego insists it is. Everyone's hearing is unique to that individual and what one likes another may dislike. Note that... | |
| Why do some audiophiles beat up McIntosh? Was in the biz back in the day, sold SME, Ariston, Dynavector, Accustat, H-K, Hafler, Crown, Rogers & more. Had a ton of it all in my home, and auditioned Threshold, Krell, Levinson, Logan, Snell, Magnepan, Grace, AKG, Empire, Conrad Johnson, ... |