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| Warm vs Revealing—the struggle for balance Hey, My favorite way to get warmth and revealing is a tube preamp and a SS amp. I use ARC Ref 2se with a Luxman M10X. Even if you went with an much older preamp and went reasonable class D amp. Even some of the Chinese stuff as long as it can driv... | |
| SNAKE OIL! A new TV Show hosted by David Spade Hey, I can tell you that certain cables are not snake oil. I have tested a lot of them. I did an interesting test with Nordost c7 ( figure 8) Purple Flare against the Nordost Blue Heaven with a C7 ( figure 8 adapter) on a BlueSound Node 2i. It def... | |
| Amp recommendations for KEF R7 speakers Hey, You have to audition the amp with the R7s regardless of the brand. That being said. I would try any of the Hegel line. In fact they have a new integrated amp coming out called the 600. I am sure it is awesome. That being said, the old Hegel... | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge Hey, I have heard most of the carts you are choosing between. I am going to say go with the Hana ML. Part of the reason is sometimes cost is important. Especially when it comes to Hana. They punch 2x -3x their weight. The Hana ML is in your pric... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier Hello, I agree with a few above about Audio Research Ref 6se. The preamp is the soul of your system. It is on my wishlist. I have the Ref 5se. It’s amazing! The Ref 3se phono stage is also on my wishlist. Right now I am using the Hegel v10. I beli... | |
| Cartridge suggestions for my rig Hey, Another option and in your price range is the new Hana Umami Blue. It retails for $2500. Hana ML is an incredible cartridge. Chocoholic is right. Price is not the deciding factor here. Some brands of carts you are paying for the materials in... | |
| ARC Ref 6 Tube Microphonics Hey, I am not sure how physically close to an ARC dealer you might be. Try borrowing a Ref 6 or even better the SE version and hear if it happens with the demo. I have the 5SE with the Luxman M10X. I bought them in that order. Maybe your 6 does no... | |
| Not sure for power conditioner my amp or not. Hey Facten, The only tube equipment I have for now is my tube preamplifier. It’s an ARC Ref 2 SE. I only have it on when listening. It has a lot of capacitors so it needed about a day and a half after I moved the power cord from the Puritan to t... | |
| Not sure for power conditioner my amp or not. Hey Smoornc, If you have all of your components plugged into the same surge protector which is plugged into the same outlet then it would be grounded together. One problem is some manufacturers float the ground on the power cord input. In that ca... | |
| Looking for people who had heard both the Kuzma 4point 9 and the SME V... Hey Charliee, Sorry for the delay. The first thing is JR will analyze the cartridge to make sure it is within manufacturing specs. Next if you decide to just have the cartridge analyzed without your Kuzma headshell JR will make a special shim to ... | |
| ? about Smoking Power Amp Hey, I would unplug it. Let it sit for a day to let the capacitors drain out. After that remove the screws and try to find out what melted. The wood sides can be easily removed too. You should be able to see a brown mark near the component that ... | |
| Looking for people who had heard both the Kuzma 4point 9 and the SME V... Hey, I know someone who knows a ton about this. It’s JR at Wally Tools. He has a SME 30 with a Kuzma arm and a Lyra Atlas cart. Before you spend a fortune trying to diagnose this you could fix this for $500-$800 by sending in just your cart. If th... | |
| Not sure for power conditioner my amp or not. Hey Facten, Sorry for the delay. If the capacitors discharge then he the op will need enough time for everything to charge up and level off. This may not be for 100% tube amp. That might only need a day. I have tested a lot of power cords and com... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge Hello, Baylinor is correct. This should increase the mids. If the sound becomes a little dull lower the VTF while keeping it within specs. Meaning if you have an Ortofon cart instead of using recommendation of 2.3g then use 2.1g. Just so you know ... | |
| Not sure for power conditioner my amp or not. Hey, No amps on power conditioners. If you have a really nice preamp that stays off the conditioner too. If you don’t believe me then play three songs with your amp plugged into the conditioner. Then plug it right into the wall, wait three days,... |