jimjoyce25
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| phono preamp crackling Is there any effect when you touch the controls on the preamp? Or is the crackling independent of that? | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Since you have two chassis, you're breaking in not only the preamp, but interconnect and the power supply as well. These are probably complex interactions. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre Yes, no question that any comparison should wait until break-in is complete.I guess the question is whether the power supply and digital portions of the cable are separable (ie, whether they share the same input on the preamp or separate ones). | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre If you have other cables that will carry the DC power, it would be interesting to know if changing the power cable makes a difference in the sound. In my experience it does. | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I'm curious: What is the interconnect between the battery/power supply chassis and the preamp itself? What kind of wire? What kind of terminations does it have? | |
| Should I buy a VDH Colibri or Black Beauty? Question regarding loading: I believe the Colibris are 47k. Is your experience that they work best with a phono stage that is also at 47k? | |
| Graham Phantom vs Triplaner Aoliviero and Syntax: Have you tried either of the Continuum arms? | |
| Pros posing as hobbyists? Truth in advertising? The whole truth? That's positively un-American! | |
| Why is the price of new tonearms so high Has anyone actually heard either of the Continuum arms? Your thoughts would be appreciated. | |
| Audio Research Reference 5 Preamp Isn't it amazing that after all this time and effort, there's still room for "substantial" improvement in even the most expensive products? | |
| Own a Sunfire Signature Cinema Grand???? You'd do better buying separate Signatures for each channel: Much better channel separation that way. They could be used Signature 600s, or whatever Signature amp is least expensive used.IME the Sunfires have issues with RF. These can be solved, t... | |
| battery powered stage - replacing PS Audio Ogre Systems preamp and phono with separate battery power supplies are very fine.Consider a Marigo Ultra 5 power cord to deal with your RF issues. | |
| Music or Lyrics? Maybe I can put the point like this:Real poetry stands alone: It has no need for instrumental background.But are there any rock lyrics that rise to this level? I don't know of any. Viewed as poetry, rock lyrics, at best, are third rate, or perhaps... | |
| Are all "Floor Protectors"& TipToes Created Equal? Marigo Audio Mystery Feet would change your musical life. Very expensive, but there's no comparison to anything else. And the manufacturer will give you a 30-day free trial period. There are separate designs for different applications. | |
| Stylus just falls off? You sound like your own story is clouding your judgment here.The tonearm was removed from the turntable base just to make it easier to carry the turntable to my car. The tonearm assembly would have been placed in the turntable base for the ride ho... |