jasonbourne71
Responses from jasonbourne71
| Tube preamp with Adcom amp Audible Illusions is a good recommendation! Also an Audio Research SP6! | |
| Going from MM to MC @asvjerry : You are correct! I had forgotten about the SL-10! I only encountered it once years ago when I was buying some tubes from a fellow that had one. He showed me his SL-10 and told me it came with an mc cartridge. I was surprised! | |
| Using a 110V to 220V step up transformer No problem at all. Get one rated for the current draw/amperage of the SET amp - which can't be much! | |
| Going from MM to MC Oh for the good old days when $1000 bought a TOTL Koetsu! | |
| Going from MM to MC Just buy a Hana SL for $750. This has a superior Shibata wide-contact profile for better tracing and extended life. | |
| Sugden A25 OK with KEF104/2? The KEF 104/2 are rather low sensitivity. They benefit from higher power amps. Especially if you like to crank up the sound at times! The A25:will work fine at low to moderate levels. For loud rock/symphonic stuff no! A 100wpc at a minimum for th... | |
| Best cables for Shindo gear. @jond +1 I stand corrected! I recall reading something about Switchcraft and Shindo in the late Art Dudley's column in Stereophile way back when! Art of course owned some Shindo amps. | |
| The Ultimate in Smoke and Mirrors? BUT... Same effect as those stick-on-the-wall wooden mpingo discs. | |
| Best cables for Shindo gear. Ken Shindo (RIP) used and recommended gray Switchcraft IC's. The ones commonly sold at Radio Shack. | |
| Phono preamp, all suggestions welcome Schiit Mani 2 for ~$160 is the best value here. I recommend going for transparent rather than "warm" - which is really just added harmonic distortion. | |
| ARC SP-14 tube question Go ahead and remove it. I don't see how it can have any affect upon the SS high level stage. The SP14 is a curious design using one dual triode for the phono stage and transistors for the rest. | |
| Table,cartridge,phono...where to put most of my money? @baylinor +1 I too have a Pioneer PLX1000/Denon 103R ($1040 total) and it does sound excellent! Of course one can spend multiples of that but diminishing returns set in quickly! | |
| Streaming through upconverting DAC - can I even improve audio quality? Upsampling does not add more data to a source. Nada! Therefore useless! It's not like analog where a more advanced stylus profile will follow those tiny groove undulations to extract more musical detail. | |
| Do I upgrade my cartridge or my turntable Buy an earlier generation LP12 and transfer arm and cartridge to it. Later you can do the bearing/sub chassis upgrade. | |
| Grounding Box Q More confirmation that audiophiles are nuts! |