john_l
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| Best Phono stage for a .3 mv Ruby 2 ? Has anyone set up the ph-3 with the ruby 2 ? I am using the aleph ono now. Very very transparent and revealing. I would like to hear the ph-3 too. Has anyone set up an ph-3 with the ruby ? What resistors do you use ? My preamp has a variable gain ... | |
| TAS's recommended speakers under 2500 You right on da money kirk. I think both the magnepan 1.6 and the vandersteen 2ce's are outstanding speakers, yet they couldn't be more different. The matrix might work. I wish the audio magazines would be a little more up front in describing a co... | |
| TAS's recommended speakers under 2500 You right on da money kirk. I think both the magnepan 1.6 and the vandersteen 2ce's are outstanding speakers, yet they couldn't be more different. The matrix might work. I wish the audio magazines would be a little more up front in describing a co... | |
| Best Phono stage for a .3 mv Ruby 2 ? Has anyone set up the ph-3 with the ruby 2 ? I am using the aleph ono now. Very very transparent and revealing. I would like to hear the ph-3 too. Has anyone set up an ph-3 with the ruby ? What resistors do you use ? My preamp has a variable gain ... | |
| Cables other than MIT with Spectral I read in a review once that they had good luck using nordost as well. Perhaps this only means that nothing blew up during the review period. It may have been the 1996 stereophile review of the 3d system with the avalon radians. | |
| Study finds your Amplifier reveal your personality Freakin hysterical Trelja ! | |
| Audio Aero Capitole 24/192 too foward and bright? I've heard the aa mk I and II. (note: jtinn and I are friends). Not bright nor fatiging at all. It's the smoothest, most analogue sounding cd player I've heard. The tube output stage is simply magical with a tube amplifier. You feel like that 3D, ... | |
| Study finds your Amplifier reveal your personality Communists from Australia ? How about speakers?VANDERSTEEN:You wear cotton at all times and drive a '75 Chevy pickup that never breaks. You are not quite sure what a 'salad' is. You are rude to people on the phone. AUDIOPHYSIC:All fashion dilema's... | |
| Equipment reviews, are they credible? '"Bose Lifestyle Acoustamas 5s" sound great ' !?!? - Ohno ! He's failed another test !Twas good t'know ya !----------------------------------------The reviews are of course biased because people buy what they like. It didn't take long to realize ... | |
| benz ruby The current ruby 2 is extremely low output - .3 mv. They also make a ruby h which is higher - .8 mv I think. Not very many phono stages can handle that low of an output. I am using a pass labs phono ono with my ruby 2. It has 76 db of gain and I f... | |
| Acoustic Zen speaker Cables ..In general It could just be the systems. My comparisons were done with pass labs aleph equipment and audio physic avanti-century speakers. These are very high detail/low distortion and are known good matches for nordost cabling. The aleph's have a sweet soun... | |
| Acoustic Zen speaker Cables ..In general Neutral with a touch on the warm side for the satori's. You really have to spend big bucks (spm) to better it. The above posts are right on the money in their descriptions. Anyone out there compare the hologram to the satori ? | |
| What is the best used ARC Pre-Amp to get? Honestly I feel that preamps like the bat vk-30/30SE w/phonostage are quite a bit better than the modern day arc preamps. I haven't heard the ref 2. I use a vk-5i and feel that it's in the same general league as the ref 1 which I also owned. The r... | |
| Tubelike solid state: Ayre Vs Aleph I've been listening to a couple high end ss amps this weekend- the rowland 8tihc, and the edge nl10 (not in a high enough resolution system). I have to admit that the solid state amps in the big leagues are very nice to listen to. They don't sound... | |
| Best bargain find ever ? I'm with Bill E. I've met some of the best people through this site. The equipment is just 'stuff'. |