goheelz
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| Best Bang For The Buck I've Ever Spent A photo of the installation would be great to see... | |
| Dynavector XX2 MKII? Your thoughts of it? Offer $200 for the cartridge. That'd be a fair deal, in my opinion, given the long hours, no warranty, sketchy story, etc.Good luck. | |
| PHONO PREAMP I've been enjoying the ModWright PH-150 Reference Phono for the past year. It's a very flexible MM/MC, 2-input, RCA or XLR tube phono stage that fits in your price range (MSRP $8K). Sounds great IMO with the stock tubes, although others have tube... | |
| power for mc452 and c2600 Using McIntosh MC352 amplifier + C2300 preamplifier (similar to your gear), I tried several things in this order. Each step improved the sound, in my opinion:1. Richard Gray 400 power conditioner.2. Dedicated 20 amp lines (2) + PS Audio outlets.3... | |
| Thinking about buying an Lp12, Lingo table. $3K for a 20 year old Linn? How about a newish VPI for a lot less and forget the LP12 headaches? | |
| mc452 vs 601 vs. pair mc275 for classical music My system might give you a few ideas. The Mac electronics I've got are similar to the ones you are looking at. Glad to answer specific questions if you have any.I am very pleased with the Vandersteen 5A speakers in this system. | |
| what country has the worst graders of "collector" rock records Thanks (not!) for that bummer of a post! Maybe more positive thinking will move things in the right direction. Why paint with such a broad and negative brush? Most eBay dealers, regardless of geography, with decent feedback do a fairly solid job ... | |
| New Release CD Players $1000 - $1500 @rsfphil Very observant. I'm well aware of what the Sony does. Maybe keep an open mind on this subject? That was the reason for my suggestion to the original poster. The Sony will play everything on a CD, except one does not need to handle the... | |
| New Release CD Players $1000 - $1500 In that price range, I picked the Sony HAP-Z1ES high resolution player/DAC. Loaded all my CDs onto its hard drive. No looking back to digital physical media. Sony iPad/iPhone app for album/song selection. Really liking this and highly recommended. | |
| Subwoofer hummmmmm Dedicated lines fixed hum problems in my system. | |
| Looking at upgrading to a new MC cartridge any thoughts? Go for the Dyna XX2 MKII. Maintenance is not a problem, and it sounds great. You'll want a good phono stage in order to get the most from the Dyna. | |
| McCoy Tyner Are you sure it's McCoy Tyner making the hum and grunt noises? He's not especially known for this, as far as I know. Keith Jarrett, on the other hand, is well known for expressing himself with grunts, etc., during piano performances. Maybe you'... | |
| SOTA Sapphire speed issue 30 year old motor. Might be time to replace the motor. You know, for the next 30 years or so. | |
| Is Anything Really "Future-Proof"? How much future does one person need? Analog LP playback is fairly future-proof, measured by the typical scale of human experience on the Earth-planet. I have no doubt that my vinyl records will easily outlive me and be usable more than a centur... | |
| VPI Avenger Reference + Stillpoint Ultra V's I think Stillpoints under a VPI table could be beneficial, if the entire rig is set on a solid platform/shelf first. Stillpoints would then be placed under the solid shelf, so that they would serve the same function as the rollerballs in a Gingko... |