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| Bad idea? Roger Russell's yap about speaker wire http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm I like connectors from Parts Express, no solder, a pair of set screws Solderless Tightening Bananas Similar solderless, Spade Connectors Personally, I won... | |
| polishing pins of NOS tubes what about the sockets the tubes were in? corrosion? loose? | |
| Record Store Day https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialReleases | |
| 5ar4 rectifier tube I also recommend Brent Jesse https://www.audiotubes.com/audtube.htm just scroll down to the 5ar4 section I would let him know I was going to buy two pairs of 5ar4’s 1 pair psvane’s at $49.99 and one more expensive pair (you pick or he recommen... | |
| New Review on Pine Tree Audio cables I highly recommend Pine Tree I needed a special long din connector (with no wider shoulder) for my Mission arm as it's din pins are deeply recessed in a small diameter tube. Pine Tree made me a custom braided phono cable using the connector I as... | |
| Considering switching to XLR cables, I like the positive lock of XLR connectors I never heard a quality difference, and I never had an interference issue, or long runs: however I did get more quantity, i.e. slightly stronger signal out of XLR opposed to same unit’s RCA outs (not alw... | |
| 'Record Out' does not work when using a balanced input McIntosh C48 Preamp I presume A quick glance at the manual: pgs 9, 13, 15 involves complicated options: 1st assigning an unused high level rca input name (i.e. CD2, or SRVR) to the Balanced Input 1 for instance (then plug your direct stream into... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) your amp has remote volume correct? like me, you could use a full featured Vintage tube preamp with manual volume, get remote volume from your integrated amp. I feel lucky that I chose a McIntosh MX110z tube tuner/preamp after reading this http... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) bgross I feel lucky to live near VAS, I think you are lucky to live near Holthill | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) I showed a few I never had personal experience with I owned the Thorens SME combo, terrific within a solid space I setup the Luxman 2 arm unit for my friend, it’s terrific I setup one of these for another friend https://www.ebay.com/itm/296674... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) need a project? end up with Garrard 301 in a box with 1/2/3 arms (note: 50hz model) https://www.ebay.com/itm/405238011206?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=06fa1c54-12fd-11f0-bd33-... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) two arms, no dust cover https://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/650196514-galibier-gavia-turntable-with-triplanar-vii-tonearm-lyra-kleos-sl-schick-12-tonearm-miyajima-premium/ | |
| SACD Player/Transport Choices I got some answers here https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/sacd-players-models-with-dsd-processor-used-and-new-not-dsd-conver?highlight=sacd%2Bpcm also, I searched, learned bit by bit, and chose Sony XA5400ES, https://forum.audiogon.com/di... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) The JVC Victor CL-P2 Plinth that I chose, (when you can find one), is a very substantial 7 layer composite they engineered at the peak of the Vinyl Era, with two removable arm boards here’s a peek at my arm board removed (it is a 5 layer compo... | |
| Looking for a more solid-feeling turntable (and maybe a new preamp) I owned the TD124/SME 3009 combo above, in a larger dustproof cabinet, but my wood floors are too springy for it’s amazing bearing which is sensitive to vertical movement. For a friend, I helped assemble a two arm Luxman PD-444 with both long and... |