johnss
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| Develop a hierarchy for phono playback The order can change depending on what components you are using and what is the overall price points a person is targeting. If a person is getting into LOMC land then I would move the SUT way up the list. | |
| Audio Technica AT-ART1000X OP, I had the same Q. It works quite well. The G was replaced with the SL-1000R. One thing you may want to consider is what phono stage you are using and what SUT you are considering. | |
| D'agostino amplifiers: where's the beef? Not just D'agostino amplifiers. Just about everything seems to have doubled in retail price in the post covid audio world, way outstripping the inflation rate. | |
| Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation? | |
| Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation? @oberoniaomnia close, one digit off. You'll need this one. Rug doctor part no 92727. It's a bolt in replacement. Stronger than factory stock motor (draws a bit more current), so you will have to also change out the main AC fuse on the Project fr... | |
| Freight Movers? plycon blanket wrap is another great source for moving large heavy speakers. Be sure to ask for their blanket wrap service. Plycon.com | |
| Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation? @oberoniaomnia, Just an FYI. I use US cleaning followed up by an H2O rinse using a Pro-ject RCM. The vac motors is a weak point on this design. Found out a rug doctor Wet vac motor is a bolt in replacement. will cost you 99 bucks plus tax and ship... | |
| Phono Preamp - LoFi to MidFi. So many options! for a LOMC cart you and your budget you may want to consider a step up trans with an EAR phonobox clone or a Marantz 7 phono clone. Both plus a step up should be do -able in your budget. And don't limit yourself to new step ups, plenty of used ver... | |
| Seeking a recommendation for 12Au7 tubes for Conrad Johnson ET6SE preamplifier There are so many NOS or UOS 12au7s available you may want to try a few. also the industrial versions and military versions of this tube are quite good such as the 5814 and 6189. You may want to buy a few and see what you like. | |
| purchasing tubes Have done both. Aliepxress is like amazon. Just a middle man. Most of the tubes you'll find on Ali are China sourced tubes. Their QC specs are a mile wide so you are likely to get some duds as well as some OK tubes. If your tube amp is ARC or VTL ... | |
| Primaluna evo tube preamps with Coda S5.5 You may want to consider looking for a used VTL TL 6.5 series 1, Well within your price range and will easily drive your coda amp using the balanced outputs. Super dynamic sounding pre. | |
| Rumble - turntable or background noise DG LP The copies I have are quiet. You may want to try US cleaning one and see if that helps. These new DGs are all pressed by Optimal in Germany. Pallas would have been a better choice IMO. | |
| Help me mod my tube amp Two main areas you can improve. A. the tubes. B. the cheap film caps used inside the amp. pretty simple if you know how to solder. 1. Upgrade the input tubes to get rid of the Chinese tubes. Plenty of NOS or UOS US and Euro tubes available... | |
| Preamplifier options - seeking help to determine which one If you are using the Denon 103R you may want to consider a step up trans in place of a LOMC phono input and run the step up output into an MM stage. | |
| Audible illusions need Balanced output you may want to consider an ARC or VTL fully differential fully balanced preamp. The AI is a nice preamp but would need a ton of work to convert it to fully differential. |