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| Replacement for DeHavilland Ultraverve Thanks, appreciate hearing from someone who’s heard both. The BP26 lots of flexibility for sure. | |
| I need your help. I have an ARC Ref 3, ARC 110, Vandersteen 5As, but no turntable. I have and recommend the Amadeus turntable. I use it with Dynavector 20 low output moving coil. The sound is great-dead quiet. I use a Luxman E1 phono preamp (you can find this used for 1K) This combination sounds great. I won't be making any chan... | |
| Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday! I have the SA14 and I love it. It rivals or betters my vinyl rig (Amadeus with Dynavector 20, Luxman E1 phono) depending upon the recording but especially with SACDsThe rest of my rig is DeHavilland Ultraverve, Bryston 4BSST, Vandy 3A Sigs. | |
| The longest you have owned any gear? Bryston 4B-bought used 24 years ago. Now does the duty for my peripheral zone, 4B SST for my main speakers | |
| R.I.P Glen Campbell Virtuoso guitarist (Gene Norman Group-Dylan Jazz) and perfect pitch voice (no software pitch correction needed), what's not to like? | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening The Luxman looks nice. I have the (now discontinued) Luxman phono stage that I love. I don't know the pin designation on the Luxman balanced connections but they may be different than the US standard that atmasphere mentions above. If you are stil... | |
| What's been your turntable ownership over the years? High School/College Dual-don't remember model with Lafayette Integrated and Marantz 4'sEarly Adulthood-Technics Linear Tracking -don't remember model"Middle" Adulthood-Artisan Fidelity Thorens 160 with Origin Live ZephyrCurrent-WTL Amadeus with Dy... | |
| What is your speaker ownership history since 1995? Klipsch Forte I (new)-now in my brother's systemThiel CS 3.5 (used) (in a peripheral zone in my home-powered by Bryston 4B)Vandersteen 3A's (new) (main system speakers-powered by Ultraverve/Bryston 4BSST)Atlantic Tech home theater bundle (new) (ho... | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile DeHavilland Ultraverve | |
| Best Tubed Preamp For A Warm, Rich Sound, Yet Still Detailed and Agile second the recs for DeHavilland Ultraverve. Love mine. It's single ended only. | |
| Best value record cleaner/cleaning system I use an old plastic Technics table with the belt removed for record support while I apply Disc Doctor cleaning fluid and scrub using the Disc Doctor cleaning pads. Then vacuum on the KAB EV-1 and back to the table for rinse using reverse osmosis ... | |
| $5,000 to spend for analog front end - advice please...:) WTL Amadeus or SimplexDynavector 20X2Van Alstine phono preamp | |
| Looking to upgrade my preamp, suggestions? DeHavilland Ultraverve, quiet with great imaging. | |
| recommendations of phono preamps < $3000 range Thanks, will research this! | |
| recommendations of phono preamps < $3000 range I'm thinking of trying to build the K and K Trio. I have a Dynavector 20XL on my WT Amadeus. Rest of system is Ultraverve Premap, Bryston 4BSST, Vandersteen 3A Sigs. Currently using the Van Alstine phono stage which is actually very good. |