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| Can anyone recommend a Phono Pre Amp? The EAR 834P is admired by a lot of tube-lovers (including me), and 2nd hand is usually under $1000. Benefits from tube rolling. I preferred it over a Musical Fidelity phone pre that I had (forget the model, but it cost about $500) and thought it ... | |
| Cassettes.......pre-recorded and otherwise.... There was a company, I think called In Sync, that made audiophile cassettes in the 80's. I have a stack of them somewhere. They were very fine...I recall they used Maxell tape, and were dubbed in real time. They had a very interesting collection o... | |
| Will a new Preamp sovle my Problem? Agree with Mechans. The room may contribute, but you've got some equipment that, in my experience, is just bright, namely Revel and Krell (and maybe some of the other gear as well). I've had to deal with WAF issues as far as rooms go, and did what... | |
| ARC LS2 versus B.A.T. VK-3i I've compared the ARC LS15 and SP8 to the BAT VK31. I thought the BAT was generally fuller-bodied and a bit darker, though not lacking in air. I put some Bugle Boy tubes in the BAT and it's pretty hard to beat, now. ARC is good gear, but I think i... | |
| Audio Research SP16 annoying volume control Kingmonkey88 - Had the same problem with an older SP8 that I had upgraded. Not enough options at the low end of the volume scale. Also had some of that problem with the LS15. This was with an ARC amp (and several other amps). I think Elberoth2 and... | |
| Record cleaning machine makes more surface noise? A second for the vpi. Was great in the '80's and, now that I'm doing vinyl again, still great. I read another post awhile back describing a similar experience with surface noise after cleaning, and I think the conclusion was that the guy wasn't ge... | |
| lps sound bad I rejuvenated my vinyl rig 9 months ago and have had some of the same issues, but I'm not sure to that extent. I mostly listen to classcal and some jazz. Quite a bit of the classical sounds terrific, whether old pressings or new. (Although some of... | |
| Emm Labs SE combo versus Wadia 581-SE I've never heard the 581. Also, as noted but not explained, my 860 is modified, fairly significantly, by Steve Huntley at Great Northern Sound, who used to work at Wadia and before that ARC. He's well-known for his Wadia mods, and I was amazed at ... | |
| Emm Labs SE combo versus Wadia 581-SE As someone who owns both an EMM CDSA and a GNSC Wadia 860, I can second Rtnl, at least from the standpoint of the "house sound" of those makes. And, in fact, in terms of (almost embarassingly) completely agreeing with Rtnl (has that ever happened ... | |
| Cardas Golden Cross Power Cord... Actually, I think you'd likely get a more noticeable kick if you switched out that silver interconnect for some Cardas Cross. I used to have Audioquest silver interconnect (Cheetah?), and the switch to the Cardas was like going from a cold shower ... | |
| Cable elevators - conventional wisdom wrong? When we talk about elevating speaker cable off the floor, we never talk about the embarrassment factor. What do you say to your mother-in-law? I finally concluded that, if there is a difference, I don't want to know. I'm glad to hear that there ar... | |
| Which is the best CD-Player up to $ 10k ? For classical music, I strongly recommend you try to audition the EMM CDSA. I A-B'ed it against the Linn CD12 (which I owned at the time), and pretty much wrote a check that day. It does amazing things with redbook CD, and is highly regarded for i... | |
| Cardas Golden Cross Power Cord... I use Cardas Cross power cable on everything except the amp. I use BEL power cable on the amp (not well known stuff, but my local hi fi store likes it). I have some Cardas Neutral Reference power cable (is that what it's called, or is it the Golde... | |
| Laid Back Speakers amps, players etc Atmasphere - agree that "laid back" is not necessarily a coloration, although some would say it is, which gets back to the argument that more detail must therefore = more accuracy, which is silly, but whatever...I respectfully dissent as to the ch... | |
| Laid Back Speakers amps, players etc Shoe - Harbeths and ProAcs. But it's not just speakers. Everything matters. Tubes often help, but it depends on the designer. Cable (Cardas Cross)...but I think I may have already been through my own list above. |