jasonbourne71
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| Advice and recommendations needed for a turntable rig... You can buy a Pioneer PLX1000 for $700 and then spend more on a mc cartridge like a $1300 Hana. Herb Reichert gave the Pioneer a very positive review in Stereophile. I bought one to add to my TT collection and am very pleased with it! | |
| Copper vs. Silver tonearm wire An old wives tale that silver is brighter than copper! Believers should do some blind listening tests. Without such tests it is just anecdotal. | |
| Brigid Monos or Mono Blocks? A bridged amp sees half the load impedance. This can be a problem with certain speakers and amps. Current demand doubles. | |
| New video OCD Mikey nat amplifier December 26, 1991 the Soviet Union (Communist Russia) ended, to be replaced by a gangster state ruled by Vladimir Putin. Tubes made before that date at the old Reflektor plant are considered better than current production. I use them in my Golden ... | |
| how to test tubes with your multimeter(filament continuity) Buy an emission tester which will give you a good indication of how much life is left in the tubes. | |
| Yamaha NS 5000 w/ NAD M33 You don't need the extra wattage. Typical listening levels for most systems are just a few watts. The rule of thumb is 10X the average power to handle dynamic peaks. | |
| Why do some amplifiers throw a bigger soundstage than others? What you heard is a subjective opinion by a person who has not done a careful blind test. Therefore the premise that one amp has a wider soundstage is suspect. | |
| Pre-amps for Leben CS-600x Mark Levinson ML-4 or a pair of ML-6’s! Then you might as well get a pair of ML-2 amps to replace the Leben and Bottlehead. | |
| Looking for integrated solid state amp for daily usage NAD! | |
| Transparent Audio is anything but Transparent Transparent is just like all the other cable companies taking advantage of the gullible by clever advertising and obfuscation! | |
| New Streamer, DAC or Let it Be Save your money and leave things alone! Your streamer and DAC are fine! Spending more is a sideways move! | |
| AR-XB. Is it worth a new motor? New motor definitely! The stock AR-XB is a formidable TT that can compete with others in the four-figure price range. I have one modded by Vinyl Nirvana with a Technics tone arm tube and headshell replacing the stock arm tube and damping applied i... | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear Back in the late Seventies when the small manufacturers/underground hifi was taking off McIntosh was considered stuff for the Carriage Trade! Pretty much still is! | |
| Seeking Honest Opinions: Your Experience with McIntosh Audio Gear I sold my C28 preamp. I am keeping my ARC SP6! | |
| vibration control - cd player Heck, just put a brick atop of it! |