jfrech
Responses from jfrech
| Turntable Wars- Reviewers take sides I've had my Grand Prix Monaco turntable now for over 7 years. And my Nagra VPS phono stage. Lot of other stuff changes in my system...but those two pieces never seem to. | |
| Nagra Jazz Only reason I sold the PLL was I fell in love with a preamp that cost 3x the PLL (Robert Koda K10), the Jazz wasn't out yet also. Was sad to see the PLL go...really liked that preamp. Any now since I bought a Nagra Classic amp, I could have had ... | |
| Nagra Jazz Honestly I don't remember on the XLR's...for the PLL...I think the answer is yes...but the balancing transformers were a option like your Jazz. Nagra knows what they are doing on transformers...my dealer loves his input/outut transformers on his... | |
| Nagra Jazz I sold my Ayre MXR's for the Nagra Classic...Maybe that says a bit what I think about the Nagra... | |
| Nagra Jazz My Classic amp has plenty of "juice" I have a big room 25 ft wide, 30 ft long and 12ft ceilings plus a tough speaker load...it's a fantastic amp. | |
| Nagra Jazz The Jazz has balancing input and output transformers. So if you have a balanced source or a balanced amp, these should be a help. I used to own a Nagra PLL with balanced output transformers...Nagra winds their own transformers, they are very goo... | |
| Transparent Audio Gen4 vs Gen5 Could be ! and nothing wrong with being a MIT guy !! ...like ford or chevy some like one and some like the other...and my wife would say it's just wire what's wrong with you 2 :-)I'm very smitten with gen 5...have a full loom now..vs my prior mm2 ... | |
| Transparent Audio Gen4 vs Gen5 So in my experience gen 5 was totally superior vs mm2. Especially in that opens and palpability thing. I wonder if Dave b had a tuning or breakin issue...something seems amiss here.Dave b, not doubting what you heard...just I had a very different ... | |
| Phono Interconnect I'd consider Transparent. They make dedicated phono versions...check out their website...offerings at quite a few price points. | |
| Are the Koda K-10 and K-20 real? That K-10 is way cheap. Would worry me.I think the best way to verify is to contact Koda...The K-15 price is pretty nice... | |
| Phono Stage Hiss I think you're doing the right thing...use the settings that result in the lowest noise. Good luck ! | |
| Phono Stage Hiss hiss and hum are usually different things. Hiss, especially as you describe it is likely normal. Just the noise floor in your system. If you have to turn your preamp to hi gain to hear it, with no music...then Yogiboy likely has good advice. My gu... | |
| Dan D'Agostino Momentum amplifier- which preamp? First your Aviors are fantastic speakers. I assume you have them properly set up and your room treated if necessary? I've heard my dealers Aviors with a Nagra Jazz tube pre and a Nagra Classic (ss) amp. Absolutely fantastic. Transparent cabling.My... | |
| SACD player that will read the SACD layer I'll have to echo Kr4. I've owned Esoteric and dCS. Never had this issue... | |
| Shunyata Hydra idle current draw Great to hear. Shunyata makes great stuff ! |