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| Need Help Systemdek and Grado Cart..Possible? I pulled the trigger with the Sonata. It hummed, of course.It turns out that Audionote supplies a motor shield for their current-production version of the IIX. I bought one directly from Audionote ($36.00 maybe?) and installed it. It still hums, b... | |
| Yamaha PF-1000 vs Systemdek IIX ? I am a big fan of Grado and I thought the Blue (at $80 a few years ago) sounded terrific with my PF-800, which is a very similar deck to the 1000 and has what looks like the same arm. I'm using a Sonata on my Systemdek IIX right now and wonder if ... | |
| Need Help Systemdek and Grado Cart..Possible? Wow, thanks guys, this is really encouraging.. I might be worried over nothing, whew! The turntable should arrive in a week or and I can't wait to see what I'm in for. Thanks again! | |
| NAD 304 - Best SS amp ever? My sources are: SONY DVP-NS715P as a CD / DVD player, Technics SL1200 with KAB Fluid damper and Cardas arm rewire w/several cartridges :) I replaced the jumpers with 20" of Kimber PBJ which is different, though not an obvious improvement. I can al... | |
| NAD 304 - Best SS amp ever? You know, I'm using the 304 as a pre-amp now. After a few months with my Triangles, I am hearing the 304's limitations... namely rolled off extreme highs and lows. Shortly after writing this, I spent some serious listening time with the Parasound ... | |
| Audio Technica AT-ML150/OCC - Too Old? Yeah, well NOS is in quotes above because neither the seller nor myself are the original owners. I just wondered if it had been used.I will patiently play some records and see what happens after 20-30 hours. | |
| Audio Technica AT-ML150/OCC - Too Old? I'm using the technics 1200 arm with the KAB fluid damper (and cardas rewire). The cartridge has about 2 hours of use so far. It has been suggested that I haven't let it break-in yet, but should it sound this bad to start with?The VTA looks pretty... | |
| Budget Amp and CD player for B&W DM7's Thanks, that is a sparkling review! | |
| Budget Amp and CD player for B&W DM7's Not to de-rail the thread, but Johnnyb53, you have me curious! But what speakers are you using with it?I have Triangles...super efficient and while a little on the warm side in the bass, they are very revealing of everything that comes before them... | |
| Budget Amp and CD player for B&W DM7's Oooh I have an answer!I highly recommend the Parasound HCA-1000A (100W) or HCA-750a (75W) high-current amplifiers. HCA100As sell for $233-$300 on eBay, the 750 for under $200.00 In a smallish room, the 750A (75 watts) will surprise you with its tr... | |
| Using bi-wire cables on non-biwirable speakers Having bananas at the speaker ends makes it difficult. If you want to keep the biwire capability of the wires for later, I suggest swapping one of the speaker-end pairs (either one) of banana plugs with spades. Most binding posts will accept a spa... | |
| Details of Beatles Vinyl Master Recording BOX Set? Interesting! I am now very curious about the earlier records as interpreted by MFSL. I love the quiet vinyl and the half-speed mastering theory, anyway. | |
| Details of Beatles Vinyl Master Recording BOX Set? Late post! I've only heard the Abbey Road MFSL LP and it was a crime. The high treble range is boosted to the point of thinning out the whole mix and all the magic is lost. I would have been extremely angry at having paid $60.00 for this (or worse... | |
| Which part reduces surface noise most? I am going to conclude, then, that stylus profile plays the biggest (not the only) role. | |
| NAD 304 - Best SS amp ever? Right on, Dred, thanks for sharing your experience!The 304 is one of those products that really merited its excellent Stereophile review. I wanted to update my findings in that, after further listening, the Parasound HCA750A *is* an upgrade in ima... |