iramirez

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Finding ultra-pure water locally...
Pawlowski,I am afraid not. I live in Ann Arbor. Cheers,Ivan 
Finding ultra-pure water locally...
I own an aquarium shop in Michigan. We use RO water in our reef tanks. I also use the water as a rinse on my VPI record cleaner. It works very well. I don't know anything about ultra-pure water, but I find it difficult to believe that it can be si... 
Biamping with Jolida/McCormack/Proceed
Wow, Steve, thank you so much for taking such extraordinary care in answering my questions. I certainly was not expecting such a coherent and detailed clarification. Many, many thanks.I use an external crossover to bi-amp my own speakers. I chose ... 
Biamping with Jolida/McCormack/Proceed
Steve,I'm sure you are right. You are the expert, after all. But now I'm really confused. Is the method that you suggest considered bi-wiring or bi-amping? I bi-amp my own speakers with an external crossover, the links are removed at the binding p... 
Biamping with Jolida/McCormack/Proceed
Hi,To truly bi-amp you will have to defeat the speakers internal crossover. You need to use one amp for the mid-hi and one for the speakers low end. If you do it as you stated you will be sending the full range of frequency to the speakers low end... 
One TT, 2 arms, 2 cartridges for $2,000 used?
If you want to use different cartridges with ease, then you should get a VPI Scout. You can get a second armwand for the Scout and switch cartridges on the fly... the Scout is a brilliant turntable and it takes about 2 seconds to switch armwands o... 
Does Anyone Bi-Amp With both SS and Tubes?
T-Bone,My system is somewhat like Peter's. I use a pair of Manley Neo-Classic 300B SET monoblocks for my midrange and tweeters and an NAD solid-state amplifier for the bass. I did try to use a pair of Manley Mahi monoblocks for the bass, but I fou... 
Linn Linto phono stage with Scout/JMW9
Your question recalls my cartridge quandary from a few weeks ago. I also have a VPI Scout and a Linn Linto phono stage. I recently purchased the Linto and had to either lower the gain on the phono stage or change my cartridge (Dynavector 20XH). I ...