jmcgrogan2
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| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? Yes, more efficient speakers would definitely help if you seek to run an SET amp.Look for names like Daedalus Audio, DeVore Fidelity, and Coincident, are among a few manufacturers who make more SET friendly speakers.I'm sure that Charles can recom... | |
| Hearing is believing?........power cables....... sigh....here we go again.Tastes Great! Less Filling!! | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? Thanks for clearing that up Charles. From you other posts, I've always taken you as an amp first guy, because you always seem to recommend SET amps, regardless of speaker selection.Personally, I struggle to believe that the OP's Wharfedale Jade 5... | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? As this discussion demonstrates! There are numerous approaches to improving one's audio system,. Spread the wealth certainty has merit. I probably feel more strongly about the impact of amplification than some others here. Charles, your tak... | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? I will agree that the VPI TNT IV w/ SDS is NOT entry level.The cartridge, phono stage, Melody amp, and speakers are entry level though.So you say that you just bought the TNT, a VAC 30/70 is a nice pair of amps IF you are planning to keep on the u... | |
| Teo Game-Changer IC's - get on the bus! @wig , did you get your Splash R's yet? Any thoughts? | |
| Should I Upgrade My Krells @4425 , you do realize this thread is over 14 years old, don't you?Good chance that the "Itch" has been scratched by now. ;^) | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? Don’t know if getting a sub 2k pre would do them justice (CJ ET3, etc). So they could be waiting for 6-12 months to pair up. Well, to be fair, I'm not sure that the rest of your system would do justice for those VAC 30/70 amps either.Your system... | |
| Wilson New Speaker Master Chronosonic My God, those are hideous!!!! They look like R2D2 took a bunch of steroids!!Just because you have money does not mean that you have good tastes.These speakers are Exhibit A. | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? I have owned the ZYX Airy 3, Original UNIverse, and 4D cartridges.The 4D was actually my favorite of those three.Now, there may be other reasons for that. The Airy 3 and original UNIverse that I owned had the silver coils, whereas the 4D had the c... | |
| VAC 30/70...pick your pre? You do not say what your budget would be for a preamp.You can find used VAC preamps for much less than $5-6K.A VAC Standard LE usually goes for around $2K-$2.5K,A VAC Renaissance Mk I or II could probably be had for $3K- $4.5K used. | |
| Best full range loudspeaker for the used price of 10 to 13,000 dollars You may need to listen to some single driver designs, like Omega, Ohm, etc. to gain that same mid-range purity.After all, that is one of the keys to the purity of the mid-range in the Grand Veenas. The fact that the mid-range driver is run full ou... | |
| ZYX Ultimate with carbon fiber cantilevers -- listener reviews? $15,000 for a cartridge.No matter what anyone says about the quality, that is absurd! I agree. ZYX is not alone though. Koetsu has a $14K cartridge, Air Tight has a $15K cartridge, Lyra has a $12K cartridge, etc. I also never believe cartridge ... | |
| I dislike so much new music, but I am liking this very much! I have tickets to go see Band of Heathens live on June 15th. I'm looking forward to it! | |
| Allnic H-1201 Cartridge loading? I've owned a H-1201 for a couple of years now. Great phono stage, IMHO. I run my Transfiguration Phoenix S at the +26 setting, sounds great. $3K seems to be a lot of money for you, but remember, the H1201 is Allnic Audio's entry level phono stage... |