glennewdick
Responses from glennewdick
| Amps from the 1980's -- What gear holds up sonically? Reliably? Pass labs stuff the big class A amps were great. Luxman the class A stuff the L560 I have recently had in my system and it was wonderful. Acuphase was mentioned as well. Classe dr stuff was good too | |
| Best Class A Amp under $2,000 used? don't forget the Acuphase's and Luxmans that were pure class A many out there for under $2000 now. | |
| Upgrading Turntables. Stick with Rega? and yet another option I would not rule out used you can get more value for your dollar. turntables-custom-lenco-restoration-based-on-the-l-75-heavy-layered-plinth-upgraded-rega-tonearm-2017-04-21-analog-98292-stanwood-wa | |
| Upgrading Turntables. Stick with Rega? here's something to considerturntables-linn-lp12-turntable-2017-04-23-analog-94501-coast-guard-isla-cabetter then the rega and future resale proof | |
| Audiophile quality streamer/server-in-one without a DAC. Does this exist? for the money i think your first poster was spot on the bluesound vault 2 will do everything you need even though its got a dac just by pass it. its a good piece for future upgrades down the road. and the fact you can stream tidal from it controll... | |
| What to upgrade next? I vote for tubes as well heres a good review of most of the new manufactures tubes. I like the gold lions as well run them in my 300b Finale audio F3008. http://wallofsound.ca/audioreviews/triode-roundup-seven-common-man-300b-tubes-compared/ | |
| Small room electrostat/ planar speaker? AudioNote speakers are designed to be placed in the corners they may be ideal for your situation. there is a few models to look at and they come up used from time to time. I've owned electrostats and AudioNote and the AN's are very satisfying. | |
| Table upgrade: SOTA Comet? or ? Get rid of those stock tubes first thing in your phono stage that is your first upgrade. Then like others I’d go for a better cart. If you can swing it a MC will be a huge step up to better sound, something like the audio technics at-art 9 is a hu... | |
| Distortion mystery -- MC cart mistracking? / transformer / head amp input saturation?? Ok just re read the entiler post and the other guys could be on the right track with the over loading. but also look at Load of the cart as well. | |
| Distortion mystery -- MC cart mistracking? / transformer / head amp input saturation?? I didn’t read every post here so if I’m repeating sorry. But I has a similar situation and like you when I added more load on the cart is seemed to go away after some talk with my audiophile club friends they recommend more loading. I think you ar... | |
| Has anyone considered rebuying a speaker you once owned?? I still dream of the musical enjoyment I had years ago when I ran a set of ProAc Response 2.5's still miss them to this day they just did something that sucked me into music. as well as the tablet 50's they were also lushes | |
| What speaker cable made a major difference in the sound quality of your speakers?? I never believed the cable thing for years. then a friend of mine who owns an audio shop was trying out the Siltech line and asked me to give a few of the models a try I ended up buying the FT12 silver ribbon and I became a believer.. Dam it ! I'v... | |
| INTERNAL CABLING- Heres some choices, give me your two cents on these cables..... Please _ take grannyrings advice go to parts conneXion and look up their hook up wires buy in bulk and be done with it. they are a reputable supplier. they have many choices to look at as well. they are one stop shopping for all audiophile parts | |
| Denon DP-60L vs Technics 1200 MK III by narowing your selection to those two tabels your missing out on many better tables out there . hell the Rega tables used are better tables in the long run. and i'm not trying to start a war here i know the denon and tech's are good tables but t... | |
| Do blown preamp tubes cause other issues? out put transformers stop DC always a good thing to have in a tube amp, Pre/amp |