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| Luxman L509Z introduced in Japan @arturgorniak You posted a nearly identical post about a new Luxman turntable in the analogue forum. You did not say anything of substance and instead announced a new product of no particular significance. Every highly esteemed manufacturer come... | |
| VdH cartridge on heavier tonearm Interesting. I have a VdH Crimson Strad XGW on a 12" Reed 3P cocobolo arm with effective mass of 18g and it tracks fine and sounds great. After 200 hours I sent it to VdH for inspection and re-adjustment if necessary thanks to John McGurk and ther... | |
| Whats the ultimate goal with your pre amp ? audphile1 2,368 posts 01-22-2023 at 08:45am @krelldog I’ve not yet heard an active preamp that didn’t color the sound. If you ever ran your source direct into your amplifier at unity gain vs it going thru an active linestage, you would most... | |
| You know when you are dealing with a BS company.... I agree that his marketing is suspect and said so years ago on this forum. Back when I posted, Mike of Morrow Audio was putting up focused ads on the sales side of Agon for $2,000 IC’s and SC’s and it was fairly obvious he thought that by having... | |
| Question about the headphone amplifier in tubed preamps @mulveling you are without doubt one of the most knowledgeable contributors to this Board. Always learn something from you. | |
| Esoteric A100 Service Nightmare I can not recommend Steve too highly. However, he is not a fan of tube gear so he might say no. https://www.theservicedepartmentct.com/ | |
| VPI upgrade? I am also in the minority in that I believe that the tonearm contributes more to ultimate sound satisfaction than the drive unit or cartridge once a certain high level of overall quality and set-up is reached. Put differently, assuming that the fo... | |
| Why aren't all modern vinyl releases 45s? Why aren't all modern cars replicas of the Mazda Miata? | |
| Headphone amps Since the ones you list are SS I would take a look at this https://www.luxman.com/product/detail.php?id=7 | |
| Devore 0/96 and Room Size I resisted chiming in. Until now. You need a larger room. Or go with O/93's though they do not sound the same. The O/93's are arguably the better balanced speaker while the '96's are more fun, more lively, more likely to make you start shaking you... | |
| New MOFI speaker (Andrew Jones) jetter 2,623 posts 01-09-2023 at 09:21am @fsonicsmith @fsonicsmith1 Off topic, but just noticed similarity of familiar name and wondering if you are you the same or two different people. Same. Somehow my account under Fsonicsmith started sh... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions End-game. What does it mean? It is different for every individual. With wine, there is a saying that "all roads lead to Burgundy". With audio, there is no such consensus or even a similarly evocative saying, something that raises a knowing smile a... | |
| which tube amps have strong drive/150+ watts under 15k? The ARC 150SE I am about to put up for sale for half that budget. If I can force myself to part with it. I have a brand new ARC Ref 80S. I love both of them and will likely keep the 150 SE. Seriously. Just half an hour ago I got my strong son to l... | |
| Don’t buy used McCormack DNA 1990s amps @soix Convinced of your belief, you are being harsh and extreme, IME. You also have no basis to claim the converse-that every 1990's McCormack amp has either failed or is on the verge of failing. IMO, kchamber's viewpoint is likely more realisti... | |
| Vinyl - One Word - WOW!! My jaded and jaundiced take is that one day you listen to a record and you are in heaven, smiling ear to ear. The next day not. One day you listen to your very good digital set-up and you again smile ear to ear, the next day not. Some days you try... |