gallus
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| New Yamaha integrated amps Well, the resources Yamaha has at its disposal should bring something interesting at least. If not releasing anything outerwordly, at least the prices are much more reasonable than the high end industry got used to charge unashamedly.I'd love to s... | |
| New Classe Delta amps and stereo pre amp Great info, @mike_in_nc ! What attracted me on the Classe is the analog bypass, disabling all digital filtering. I just tolerate the digital artifacts for theatre purposes, but that’s me - maybe due to my lack of good experience | |
| New Classe Delta amps and stereo pre amp @mike_in_nc thank you! Well, considering the Classe is a 10k unit, I think a proper multichannel processor to be bypassed through the preamp would be a better solution. Do you recommend the Anthem so far? I considered the Bryston SP3 as well.Class... | |
| LONDON Decca, Tzar DST and similar cartridges I auditioned the Tzar on a Reed 3p tonearm - can’t remember which armwand - and Reed turntable. The best cartridge I could ever listen to and hope one day to get. It benefits from a heavy mass arm as far as I understood. | |
| New Classe Delta amps and stereo pre amp These amps are made in Japan by the same company that owns Marantz. They claim the new mono amps run up to 35W in pure Class A whereas the stereo delivers around 25W in Class A. Looking at the design it is very clear it is indeed a class AB projec... | |
| Acoustic Solid Turntables made in Germany Acoustic Solid and Acoustic Signature are the outcomes of a split of the partners some time ago. It’s easy to grasp the many commonalities among both companies’ offerings.The Solid units compete very favorably in the entry-level segment and give y... | |
| Preamp with HDMI inputs There is the (relatively) new Cambridge Audio Edge NQ with a separate digital board whilst the preamp section is entirely analog. It offers an HDMI Arc input. | |
| So many great golden era DD tables out there, what do you recommend for $1000? @lewm Actually it is a line switch, and I seriously doubt whether it would work between tonearms and phono thus my warning. Luxman also offers the AS55 which is a speaker's switch. Both are produced first and foremost for dealers and collectors in... | |
| SP10mk2: OMA Graphite plinth vs.Dobbins plinth In Europe, there is Vinylista from Berlin producing plinths for Technics SP10R, Garrards etc. | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Thanks a lot for the feedback, @mulveling ! Although also expensive, if I´d purchase the Ikeda I will be sure of getting an original, which is not always the case with the B60 offerings... | |
| Help me decide between these two turntable/cartridge combinations Now the dealer chimes in bringing "facts" about his products, thanks for illuminating us the consumersDon´t forget to advise him to play records only with the windows closed since a mild wind is able to destroy the soundstage | |
| How much do you need to spend to get digital to rival analog? how much good ears and good brain cost? | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Thanks @chakster ! | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms @chakster Does your IT345 tonearm come with the vta tower (IT-VTA-06)? It is claimed to work both with Ikeda and FR tonearms. I am considering purchasing a FR64s and quite interested in reports about the Ikeda vta tower, since the original B60 is ... | |
| Who needs a Diamond Cantilever...? 💍 @edgewear Well, the SX5000II was priced at around 16000 DM in 1987 and later the very few SX8000II that entered Europe were charged not much more than that (17 or 18k I think). If you consider that the inflation values are irrelevant in Germany si... |