jimbo3
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| Preamp-phonostage selection for analog lover The Audible Illusions M3A might be your cup of tea- Choose the standard phono section for medium and high output cartridges, the "Gold" phono section for low output cartridges. RegardsJim | |
| help please. i need opinions of high output carts Hmmm- don't recall offhand the outputs of the three you are contemplating, but the 4.5 mV on the Grado you already have is most definately high output. Doubtful that the any of the other three you mention have significantly higher output. What do ... | |
| Fair market value of a turntable/arm/cartidge? Jeff- I'm with Natalie on this one- why not keep the table/arm and upgrade the cartridge?? If you are compelled to sell, though, you might want to consider selling the table/arm as a set and then sell the Grado separately as chances are that a pot... | |
| Need advice in coming out from the analog dead 4yanxs- If you are searching for a tube sound without the hassles of tubes, you may wish to consider some of the hybrid amps. I have a Counterpoint SA-220 (under $1000 used)that is outstanding- warm and detaile (yes, it can happen1)with plenty of ... | |
| Replacing TT with CD I'm also recommending that you keep the table, especially if you have alot of records. Particularily with jazz and classical, many wonderful recordings are simply not available on CD. If you do sell your table, I am confident that you'll regret it... | |
| best way to clean Grado Sonata THanks, SDC, I had forgotten that there was the problem with migration of the fluid, which is why I never used it when getting started years ago. (I knew there was a reason, but couldn't remember- y'know, for us old guys, the mind is the second th... | |
| Lyra Lydian Beta, Rega hum? WOW!! Who woulda thunk it?!? Thanks for the update- I was wondering how this would turn out...RegardsJim | |
| best way to clean Grado Sonata Fro years, I have been using a Discwasher brand stylus cleaner before playing each record. It is similar to SDCampbell's Signet, but without the vibrating action. The flat, 1/2" round brush has short,very compacted, fine bristles that one draws ov... | |
| 19th Nervous Breakdown... I had a P3 with a Talisman (HO MC)with an Acurus P10 phono pre and solved the upgrade dilema by upgrading the pre to an Audible Illusions M3A w/ the optional MC phono section (used, $1400)and hooked up a Well Tempered Classic ($900, used)with a Be... | |
| Thinking about buying a Canadian Thorens Turntable Charles-All joking aside, be careful of eBay. My experience there has been mixed at best. You'll probably have much better luck here on Audiogon as the folks that are buying/selling are more knowledgeable and tend to have taken much better care of... | |
| Thinking about buying a Canadian Thorens Turntable Jeff- Hell, them Enron folks wasn't even Texans, they was YANKEES tellin' us how they done it "up North"! To answer your question, we need to make steers of them, if you know what I mean.... | |
| Thinking about buying a Canadian Thorens Turntable Jeff- Down here in Texas we get a full 120 volts, but I think Enron only exported 15 volts to the US and gave the Canadians that extra volt because of a negotiated settlement with Quebec and Canada so Enron didn't have to print it's Quebec stateme... | |
| Lyra Lydian Beta, Rega hum? Jfreck is correct that the Regas ground through the RCA connectors, but I do recall somewhere that this sometimes is not adequate. Perhaps certain pre's and/or phono pre's need additional grounding as Jfreck suggests. Perhaps you can locate anothe... | |
| Lyra Lydian Beta, Rega hum? Jsbail- A constant hum such as you are describing is most probably some sort of grounding/misconnection problem as it is happening with both cartridges. I used to have a P3 and recall that there is some way to ground it, but I can't recall exactly... | |
| Lyra Lydian Beta, Rega hum? Jsbail- At the risk of stating the obvious, do you have a good ground? Have you tried it w/o a ground? Are you axperiencing hum all the time or just when a record is playing? Is the hum from both channels or just one? Could you provide more specif... |