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| New Phono Cart with Character Needed Soundsmith Carmen II | |
| Moving Magnet Phono Cartridges A lot of good ones mentioned..I am enjoying the Soundsmith Carmen mkII.. just a touch of warmth...beautiful, vivid midrange | |
| Best Amplifier for LS3/5a I have seen various versions of LS3/5 set up with Naim Nait 50 integrated. | |
| Pro-ject vs Rega Since you like warm, smooth sound I would consider the Planar 6/ Exact combo if you can swing it. Furthermore, I am not sure the Planar 3 can get the most out of the Ania cartridge. | |
| Great Small Room Speakers for $3-5k The P3 is a very safe bet. It is smooth and very laid back with full sounding midrange; and easy to pair with other equipment and just consistently good with most genres of music— and with recordings that may not be the best quality. Having said t... | |
| Turntable purchase advice sought I think the turntable you are looking at is definitely worth consideration; however I wonder whether the value of all the additional mods is worth the additional price (above market) that you would be paying for this particular Technics SL 1200. A... | |
| End Game Turntable suggestions At the lower end of your price range I really like the Well Tempered Versalex. | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. Another option is the Pioneer PLX-1000 ($650) with Soundsmith Carman cartridge (can be had for $800). Then you may be able to find a gently used Soundsmith MMP3 phono stage within your budget. PLX-1000 has had some really nice reviews. | |
| Getting back into venal with a $2,000 budget. I like the Marantz- the star in that particular package is the cartridge. Having said that I’m not sure I would buy it used not knowing if the cartridge was set up properly and taken care of properly. It depends on how much confidence you have in... | |
| Fritz Carrera or other possibilities! Another possibility is the Dynaudio Contour 20i. Really nice mint pair on USAM right now. With these you may be able to get away with not using subwoofers. | |
| My first tube integrated: which one to get? Since this is your first tube amp, you probably don’t know what type of tube sound you prefer… something more lush or something more dynamic.. there are a lot of different tube types that sound totally different. I would recommend that you get so... | |
| Time for a new MM cartridge If you want to stick with MI, Soundsmith Carmen mk II ES is a nice option. | |
| turntable light Old thread. A lot of good suggestions. Thought I would add my two cents, as I was shopping for a turntable light recently and could not find much recent discussion. I purchased one from Amazon (linked below) and was really pleasantly surprised a... | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. For $1600 you could get a brand new Cayin A-50T MKII Integrated Tube Amplifier. Highly regarded. Very well made. I believe there is a Stereophile review that had it paired with full range monitor audio speakers. | |
| Late Night Jazz Last night, I enjoyed Harry Belafonte Sings the Blues featuring sublime performances of numerous Billie Holiday, Johnny Mercer, and Ray Charles titles. Great singing, great band, great recording, great pressing — Analogue Productions (AAPF 1972). |