jasonbourne52
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| 1st full tube amp Oldchen EL34 Changing the internal wire to silver will do nada for the sound. | |
| 1st full tube amp Oldchen EL34 Made in China junk! You should have bought a Dynaco ST70 instead. They are the hot rods of tube amps! Easy to work on, easy to mod. I have two, one with a new input board, one with a full-on mod (custom chassis, new input stage and external power ... | |
| SME 3009 S2 Improved Tonearm problem...possibly The Soundsmith cartridge does not mate well with the SME arm. It obviously mistracks on some recordings. Get a better arm! The SME 3009 is late- Fifties technology. A Fidelity Research arm would be a lot better. I have two. I had a 3009 44 years a... | |
| SME 3009 S2 Improved Tonearm problem...possibly Ah, the joys of buggy-whip technology! | |
| Power cords or power conditioner @secretguy +1! If changing an interconnect or power cord brought a real sonic improvement it would be a wonderful world indeed! Alas ... | |
| Help me decide! Marshall & Orange heads for high gain stacking Since you are so dependent upon pedals for sonic flavoring just ditch the amp heads and get a Crown XLS series for power. You will not miss a thing! | |
| Why not? Go ask Nelson Pass. We can hold a seance and ask the spirit of Sidney Smith (designed the classic Marantz tube gear of the Fifties) what he thinks about power cords. Ditto for Stewart Hegeman (designer of the classic HK Citation tube gear). I am s... | |
| Proton 950 Receiver question I have its sibling, the integrated amp. Quite a fine piece of gear it is! Made in Taiwan at the same plant that produces NAD. Same designers too I assume. | |
| Amplifier recommendation How about the Audio Research D75/76? I have one, along with an SP6 preamp. Classic ARC gear that exemplifies tube sound. Quite affordable too! I paid about $1300 for the pair not that many years ago. | |
| Dua Lipa denies new allegations of plagiarism of her hit 'Levitating' Worthless present day pop. I saw her perform on Jimmy Kimmel. Five minutes was plenty! | |
| Shave your CDs Rocky the Squirrel to Bullwinkle the Moose: "You don't have to be a squirrel to be nuts!" | |
| High output MC cartridges for phono with 40dB gain Get a Bellari MT502 SUT for the Denon 103. That’s what I use. There are two for sale right now on eBay. $299 and $349. I recommend this combination over a HOMC or MM cartridge. | |
| Do older power cables still hold up to newer ones? A typical power cord will start to lose phlogiston after several years of use. The result will be flat, uninvolving sound. You will start to wonder where the "magic" went! Since phlogiston can't be replaced the only solution is to buy another powe... | |
| Best High Current amplifiers stable into low impedances Perreaux 2150B - 340/680/920 wpc @ 8/4/2 ohms. Can be found on eBay for under $1K. I have one! | |
| Could someone with a Garrard 401 Measure for me... Buy a ruler! |