fsonicsmith
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| Power cable from Audio Research Ref 6 I bought a brand new Ref 6 from a local dealer about four months ago. It is every bit as good the stellar review Mikey gave it in S'Phlle a year ago. Now about your question; I find it weird and disjointed. Why would you buy a 14K pre-amp (assumin... | |
| Amp recommendation and setup advice please Ralph, re: your comment about eliminating or minimizing the effect of interconnect, could you please elaborate? I own an ARC Ref6 and ARC Ref150se and I keep getting advice from certain dealers that I should upgrade my IC between the two. I will s... | |
| My experience with Galen Carol Audio Galen is one of my favorite dealers too. I purchased a VPI Classic, Simaudio Moon phono stage, a VPI 9T tonearm, Benz Glider, and an Aurender N100H from him. He once talked me out of a $5000 preamp purchase from him on the basis that he did not th... | |
| New Yggdrasil - First (and second) Impressions The DAC you have is Schiit's most expensive DAC, you can find out now or find out later, there is no getting around the fact that USB cords matter and none are better than the WW Starlight Platinum 7. Is it insanely expensive? Maybe, Is it worth t... | |
| What direction is VPI headed? Clearthink, you are entitled to your opinion. If you wish to believe that voluntarily ceasing operations means that an entrepreneur is non-trustworthy or somehow a lesser person-as you clearly state-that's your choice. I don't think most us see th... | |
| What direction is VPI headed? Mat, I pretty much bled my pancreas of bile upon you (undeservedly) and rather than blast something back, you responded like a true gentleman. A true gentleman you are. In particular, I know many think very highly of the 3D arm and my attack on it... | |
| What direction is VPI headed? Better yet, VPI should rename the "dual pivot" an "outrigger". | |
| What direction is VPI headed? ...for those with problems with their VPI unipivot....they make a 2nd pivot which makes the arm as stable as any and improves the class A sound of the 3D version as well. I have it installed on my Prime and with all due respect to Harry and Mat... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Fson... in your paradigms - where are the Luxman - Accuphase SS class A types fit -- These are SS but do not seems all that "powerful" relative to most of the other SS offerings That's a great question. When I brought up the concept of "tried a... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Well, I happen to think this thread has an incredible amount of bad information. One poster says "Tekton DI's are all the rage these days and many people are selling their far more expensive speakers for them", and suggests they merit strong consi... | |
| Wonderful visit and 5-star customer service at Audio Doctor in Jersey City, NJ! This debate has gone on for decades. I don't agree with this constant harping on Sonos and the blaming of lazy-minded Millenials. There have been easy cheap alternatives for thirty plus years, probably more. The truth, in my very humble opinion, i... | |
| Wonderful visit and 5-star customer service at Audio Doctor in Jersey City, NJ! Allowing interenet sales is dooming many industries into a downward spiral getting people into stores all stores needs to be embraced, for the only way for people to purchase better anythings is to be introduced to them in a meaningful way. It ... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Ralph-I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for being the resource that you are. You lend a tremendous amount of reliable information in simple layman's terms to this Board. | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening Most phono cartridges are inherently balanced; they have separate left, right, grounds and shield. There are many fine, truly balanced phono stages, such as Audio Research, and a good argument can be made that the phono section is the most benef... | |
| Just retired and want to get back to vinyl listening They do have balanced outputs - don't let the RCA connectors fool you. And you can feed those balanced outputs into a balanced phono preamplifier - some of which also use RCA connectors on the input. OK, you will have to explain this one to me... |