johnss
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| phono preamp < $500 At that price point, I'd be looking at the marantz 7 clone available on ebay for under 400; not much can touch its performance. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hi-end-12AX7-Tube-MM-RIAA-Turntables-Phono-amplifier-base-on-Marantz-7-L7-4...here is one sell... | |
| Looking for a phono stage with pleasing coloration @arize84, roll in some shuguang 12A_7 TG types...very musical sounding tube and none of the analytical qualities. | |
| Reel to Reel information, user tips and tricks... would agree with atmosphere on the noise. Yes, have heard the decware head unit several times. Its pretty nice. regarding noise, would also suggest using vishay bulk foil VSR types as your load resistor for terminating the signal from the heads. | |
| Reel to Reel information, user tips and tricks... if you are handy with a soldering iron and can run the EQ curves, you can also use one of the tube phono stages as a tape head preamp......I have done it with an EAR 834 as well as the Marantz 7 clone phono stage. Amazing how much better it sounds. | |
| Sutherland 20/20 v Manley Chinook +1 for @stevecham comments. I have owned both as well, he pretty spot on. have not owned the Sutherland. only comment I will add on the Chinook, is buy one of the older units. The latest models all dumped the big toroid for a switcher power supply... | |
| Reel to Reel information, user tips and tricks... If you are looking for blank tape source, a good one to consider it tapetape.com they sell single pass reels and pancakes from several manufacturers. | |
| Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact? @hilde45, regardless of how quiet the system sounds, it can be quieter. If you look at the specs for self noise, metal film are good, but are far from the best. The lower you can bring down the noise floor, the more micro info will be uncovered. I... | |
| Measuring TT Speed its a bit extreme but the proper way to measure is with a calibrated test tone disk and a frequency counter. You can also send the output to a scope and visually watch the deviations. | |
| NOS Tung Sol 6550 VS Tung Sol 6550 New Production sorry, meant regulator. | |
| NOS Tung Sol 6550 VS Tung Sol 6550 New Production you may want to consider the Shuguang KT88-T nature sound series. among the best sounding 6550/KT88 I have heard, in a power amp, but do not know what it would sound like as a rectifier. | |
| Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact? as mentioned, the manufacturers can not afford to install high end copper foil caps, they retail price increase would just be too much. Also if you want to go further, replace the bias and plate load resistors with wire wound. will make the amp mu... | |
| Looking for a vinylesk sounding DAC you really also need to look at what you are converting analog to digital with as well as the reverse conversion.You may want to consider the Denafrips line of DACs; great bang for the buck. | |
| Upgrading Quicksilver preamp or amp caps -- warranty impact? @hilde45, if you are going to go to the trouble of replacing caps, go at least to the copper foil caps from Jensen or Jupiter. Other than the Duelands, they are the most organic sounding caps I have tried. Will make a big difference on your quicks... | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Have to side with Atmosphere here. He is correct. Would agree on the minimalist method of doing most things, and most of the major labels do have climate controlled storage conditions for their session masters. That is not to say many production o... | |
| Please identify these NOS 6550s would agree with @jond , get them tested before you do anything. no point in using your amp as a tube tester. a 20 yr old Shuguang is going to be good for the trash, likely not good for normal use......that shuguang was made back when you had a ... |