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| Hum/buzz from VM740ML cartridge congrats on finding the loose stylus. I doubt the washers had anything to do with it. It is probably a good time to re-check all the alignments and adjustments, volume: 4.0 mv, how does it compare to your vm95e which is also 4.0 mv? the 740's ... | |
| Budget integrated amp needed used, I go to hifishark, sort by ’first seen, new first’ see if there is a great new listing no one else beat you to. next, put your max price, I put $305. after that, re-sort by price caution: many do not have remote if that matters https:/... | |
| System Set-Up Suggestions? those speakers, with supplemental bass, seem a good pick for an Av setup, I imagine you get a wide area with decent l/c/r imaging. lots of quickie info from a search, including rebuilds https://www.google.com/search?q=DCM+Time+Windows&rl... | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? btw, the Burr Brown 1796 DAC data sheet shows 8 X oversampling filter https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/dsd1796.pdf | |
| Better CD Sound: The Search Absolutely LOVE this Sony SACD/CD Player SCD-xa5400ES ALL CDs sound better, first 2 comparisons: equal to LP SACD without intermediate PCM conversion: Awesome, now I know what some have been hearing. .............................. If someone ... | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? LP/CD Comparison: after two: Zackly-Idenstical-Zimla. 1. Friday Night in San Francisco, 3 magnificent guitarists https://www.discogs.com/master/68141-Al-Di-Meola-John-McLaughlin-Paco-De-Lucia-Friday-Night-In-San-Francisco First, the CD's im... | |
| External phono stage for Luxman 509x wait until you hear it. my Luxman SQ-N150 in my office, built-in phono sounds great, I never think of something else. ANY phono, get return option, it’s always a mystery. | |
| Impedance Matching Confusion amp's manual, page 8, shows you can use A and B to Bi-Wire | |
| Impedance Matching Confusion that amazing Sony TA-N1 amp is very rare, only 100 were supposed to be made, I would definitely get Sony involved before breaking the rule. http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TA-N1.html https://skyfiaudio.com/products/sony-ta-n1-amplifier-and-... | |
| 6LF: RCA/RCA or XLR/RCA. AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE? Really? I have a spare pair of matching cables, 6 nines copper, locking RCA's both ends. they sound terrific now. I'm gonna change the connectors on one end to XLR female, leaving locking RCA's on the other end. I've got some Cardas silver solder. That ... | |
| Goodfellas-They Call Him "Tony Two Times" good 2 | |
| The hunt is over i'm one pair of interconnects away from DONE! https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/6lf-rca-rca-or-xlr-rca-audible-difference-really-2 I must say, I sure am good at typing DONE correctly, takes practice. | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? is dave_b still with us? he loved this thing way back when https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-sony-scd-xa5400es-cd-player evidently he ignored his advice (my take on it) "I can't believe that SONY could deliver such an amazing p... | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? mountainsong, others who might know: I see lasers and lasers in mechanisms. literature says two lasers, one for sacd, one for cd. these show 1 laser. is it that both lasers shoot thru the same lens? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1000... | |
| Sony SACD Player SCD-XA5400ES; YAY or NAY? If someone you let go regrettably used you as a job reference, and you get a call, you respond "I cannot say enough good things about ..." I truly cannot say enough good things about this Sony SCD-xa5400es. Very familiar, very revealing content,... |