johnss
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| Top vintage receivers vs. modern high-end equipment just adding my 2 cents, if I had the Paragon would not be looking at 1970s receivers, would look for a Marantz 7 pre and a pair of MAC MC60s...... | |
| Has anyone upgraded from an AudioTechnica ART9? have the art 9, think its great, but have tried to upstage it with more expensive MC carts, but have not done so. pretty hard to beat it unless you step up the 1000, but even then, it does not blow away the art 9. forget LOMC carts from some of th... | |
| Best Tubes on Market today? get the black carbon Shuguangs, recently released. | |
| VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match I have owned most of the MF phono gear. the more expensive units are quite nice. if both are an improvement over the sony AV receiver, then take the jump and buy one of the EAR clones. I have the real EAR as well as several of the clones. Clones a... | |
| Tube DAC without output transformer? its from a few years ago, but the trivista is tube without transformers. | |
| Separate Dac, and what kind? crossfree, have about the same digital system you have. buy the Denafrips Ares II dac, about 700 new. will be a huge step up over other dacs in the sub 2k range, and much much better than the D to A conversion in the sonos. | |
| VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match 2ndtrumpet, yes, there is quite a range in what is offered though. Doukmall sells what is basically a nearly direct clone for 430 bucks +/-there are also several sellers now offering Marantz 7 phono stage clones. I just picked one of those up. Exc... | |
| Gold Lion KT88's Upgrade you should consider the Shuguang Western Electric red base KT88s. best KT88 I have heard, including many NOS varieties. Shuguang has done their homework on plate and cathode metallurgy.they are not cheap, but are open and airy, give a great sound ... | |
| Primaluna evo300 here is the linikhttps://www.ebay.com/itm/matched-Quad-Shuguang-WEKT88-PLUS-Tubes-4pcs-upgrade-KT88-6550/264153652587... | |
| Primaluna evo300 now all you need is a set of Shuguang WE Red base power tubes, and you will be good. | |
| VM540ML cartridge - what phono preamp is a good match I have the same cart. Lots of choices for phono preamp. try the EAR 834. if price is too much, then go for the doukmall clone on ebay for 369, then add some PSVANE tubes and becomes quite musical, very detailed, but no harshness. where you are loc... | |
| Denafrips Ares Price Jump Have two Denafrips DACs, both have no competition at their price points. can't go wrong with them. | |
| Identify a Resistor in an Audio Research PH3 I would not replace the vishays unless you want to degrade the sound. vishays are known for their super low noise and fine audio performance. only way I would replace them would be going to Vishay VSR series, but both are really good. | |
| External DAC For Oppo 105 At What Cost? 670 bucks for a Denafrips Ares will do it. outperform the internal dac in the 105 player. | |
| Vintage MC-75 restoration I would contact Terry Dewick, he has been doing them a long time, and a bit closer to you than the east or west coast. http://www.mcintoshaudio.com/dewick_repairs.htm |