jasonbourne52
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| Good cartridge for a Sony PS-LX5 with original headshell I had a look at the PS-LX5. That's a lightweight arm! It will work best with a high-compliance cartridge like a Grado, Shure or Stanton. | |
| Good cartridge for a Sony PS-LX5 with original headshell I have the Grado Sonata in my cartridge collection. I prefer mc cartridges instead. Those require a step-up device or a high-gain phono stage. The Denon 103R (~$340) is another fine budget choice, but not a good match with the phono stage gain of ... | |
| How much does a DAC do the more expensive it is? Unless controlled listening tests are done all bets are off! A DAC is really just a sound card - and needn't cost four and five-figures! | |
| point-to-point or solder to CB: what should I be considering? Small signal tubes don't present much of a heat problem. Output tubes are best used with their sockets attached to the chassis' metal work. | |
| point-to-point or solder to CB: what should I be considering? Circuit board is better than point-to-point. Easier to achieve a lower noise floor and better grounding. | |
| Good cartridge for a Sony PS-LX5 with original headshell A Grado Sonata wood body cartridge (~$300) is an easy recommendation. | |
| Just wow… "Wonderful!" - if you say so Howard! | |
| Martin Logan CLS II New Panels (Worth it)? I would rather have à working pair of CLS's than any Magneplanar! Far more transparent, especially in the midrange! | |
| Emotiva XPA DR2 Gen 3 Single-end or balanced connections either is good. I think balanced is over-rated. You may be right about the Rotel being fake balanced! Me, I stick with RCA. | |
| Emotiva XPA DR2 Gen 3 Excellent amp! I see several available on eBay for around $1200. It will work great with the Vandies! | |
| After Nordost Superflatline Do a blind listening test between the Nordost and a generic power cord to determine if these differences really exist. You might be surprised! | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report CD #2 of the 3 CD Led Zeppelin live set How the West Was Won! LA Forum and Long Beach California 1972. | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? The LS50 Meta's are certainly better balanced sound-wise than the Linn Kans and the Proac Tablettes, both of which have their fans! | |
| KEF's meta material gimmick? You are correct! KEF needed something they could claim was "special" to distinguish their small box from all the other small boxes - some of which were cheaper and sounded excellent! | |
| New Synergistic Master Fuse @coralkong : what about all the miles of very fine wire in the power transformers in each component? Plenty of resistance and high inductance there! Compared to that a half-inch of fuse wire is nothing! Add that to the fact that the audio signal d... |