johnnyb53
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| Best value $1500 TT and cartridge. I checked back with my Oct. 2017 Stereophile, and I had overstated the Class B prices. The S'phile Class B turntables ranged from around $1500 to $8500 (no 5-figure tables). But the $1500 turntables didn't come with tonearms and the G.E.M. Polytab... | |
| Best value $1500 TT and cartridge. A little over your budget, but you can now get the new Technics SL-1200GR stateside for $1699 incl. delivery. Also, the G.E.M. Dandy Polytable (http://www.hifigem.com/polytable.html) starts at $1795 w/Jelco 750D tonearm (a few months ago it was av... | |
| Bent Stylus....what to do? You guys are in timeNot bad for a post from 2001 I can’t believe I *still* forget to check the date range of some threads. | |
| Hana SH vs ortafon 2m Black "I don’t have experience with either cartridge, but — "After acknowledging you don't know either cartridge, you offer a decisive opinion of both. How do you do that, it's a skill I'd like to learn...I wrote:I don’t have direct experience with eith... | |
| The Most Realistic Speaker Technology? ncarv:I hope leroyc33 has decided by this time . . .Well, there have been several more realistic-sounding loudspeakers that have come along in the nine years since his original post.For me, it’s Magnepan’s *.7i series, which is both a boxless pane... | |
| Hana SH vs ortafon 2m Black What brand is your phono pre?My phono pre is a somewhat obscure and hard to find MAGI Phonomenal . I think the new ones run about $1K or maybe a couple hundred north of that. I got mine used in 2014 for $1K. It’s an all tube handwired PTP unit tha... | |
| Hana SH vs ortafon 2m Black I don’t have direct experience with either cartridge, but I *do* have experience with the Shibata stylus, high output MM carts, and (relatively) high output MC carts. I also have experience (from playing guitar) with the characteristics of alnico ... | |
| WTB Magnepan 2.7s will my amp be sufficient. Why 2.7s? The last time I saw a pair of 2.7s for audition in a store was 1996.I could be wrong here, but I’m pretty sure the current 1.7i design is at least the equal of the old 2.7s. and to paraphrase mofimadness, with 900 wpc into 4 ohms, your B... | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200GAE What phono stage are you using with the AT150 and are you using shorter ICs?Thanks,BillMy turntable is a Technics SL1210 M5G. It’s the Grandmaster edition with a few improvements over the standard SL1200.The interconnect is hardwired. It’s 45" lon... | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200GAE vegasears:AT-150MLX which is out of production but still available on the web.Specifically, you can get it from LpGear as an authorized dealer here.However, when my MicroLine stylus got bent, I decided to try out AT's Shibata stylus for that cartr... | |
| Budget MM Phono Cartridge Recommendation Audio Technica AT7V, direct from Japan to LpGear (so it's an authorized US dealer):o Nude, square shank elliptical (.0002 x .007 inch) o Uses the same cast aluminum body as the AT150 series (which is a great improvement sonically over ... | |
| Good Bass Recordings on CD for Subwoofer Testing I just remembered a good tool that helped me integrate a pair of small subs with my Maggie 1.7s.I have a pair of small subwoofers to add some depth and slam to the Maggie 1.7s. The self-canceling nature of the 1.7s minimizes the upper bass hump th... | |
| Good Bass Recordings on CD for Subwoofer Testing Holly Cole: TemptationThe audio store where I bought my Mirage M5si's used this CD to demonstrate the speakers. It made it easy to hear the differences among various amps, especially for bass extension and control, but also natural midrange and tr... | |
| My jazz collection told me to get a *real* system Speaking of tube preamp and amp connected to Maggies, The Absolute Sound reviewed the Rogue Cronus Magnum powering a pair of (then) brand new Magnepan 1.7s. The review was a total rave and the Cronus and Mag 1.7s were a great match.Since that revi... | |
| My jazz collection told me to get a *real* system randy-11 wrote:a tube pre with a SS amp will be fine and give you the euphonic sound people are urgingthat’s what I use with my Maggie 3.7i’s - and they Maggies are xlnt for jazz1.7s would fit your budgetThis describes my own electronics evolution... |