johnss
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| Digital to Analog-Converter needed? HiFi, I would suggest you look at a decent DVD Player with digital out (Pioneer, Denon, etc) and buy a rosetta 200 for the conversion to analog. | |
| How many gangs check out wwww dot fmtunerinfo dot com. They will have more info there on your Marantz than most other sites. | |
| Differences in electric outlets Buy a good quality commercial out let and take the extra $$$ and have an electrician added a dedicated 12 gauge wire / 20 amp circuit from your electrical panel to your listening room. Make sure it goes to the panel and not tapped into another cir... | |
| Amp Basics: Tube Preamp w/Solid State Power Amp. I agree with Jmcgrogan2. One thing to add is if your preamp does not have a cathode follower, then you'll want to keep your cabling between the pre and power pretty short. Depending on the cable, longer runs could roll off the high frequencies. If... | |
| How Much Is TOO MUCH for a Analog front End? If you are going to consider going to that level, a much more audible improvement can be had by a different route for your LP playback. Get someone to upgrade the resisitors your phono section; This is completely independent of the brand, how much... | |
| "Original Jazz Classics" Yep Vinylrowe hit it right on the head. Pick up as many of those OJC pressings as you can. They are a steal for both the performances offered and in many cases the sound quality. The originals are not as quiet and would cost much much more than th... | |
| yet another KAB mod question Also don't forget the cardas tone arm re-wire, that is def. worthwhile. the Cardas head shell leads are available from the needledoctor or musicdirect.com. | |
| parasound hca 2000 vs hca 2000 mk2 The Mark 2 is completely dual mono with two tranformers, much higher current delivery and able to drive low impedence loads. | |
| Baby Koetsus? ie, Poor Mans Koetsu I agree with Oregonpapa. have compared the 199.99 low output version of the Benz micro to some kilo buck MC carts. They sound different, but one can not conclude they blow away the $199 Benz. | |
| Need help buying a used turntable for $500 Yep, I agree with Waltersalas. Get the technics 1210 available from several sources; or better yet, get the Technics from www.KABUSA.com and on their option list, order the cardas arm wire and the arm dampening trough; and you may not have to upgr... | |
| Audiophile Quality 2 Channel DVD Audio? DVD-A can sound much better than SACD or CD, problem is the source material is mastered poorly, and no attention to detail is really made on the commercial side. The exception being the sound mirror Living Stereo releases on SACD which sound reall... | |
| VPI Aries 1 upgrades? You did not mention what pre amp or phono stage you are running. I'd be careful of the upgrades. I have the same VPI system you do. orig. Aries with JMW 10 arm. I got a bigger bang for the buck going through my phono stage with all Vishay resistor... | |
| What is a significant upgrade to a Pioneer DVD 414 I agree with Bob. The 414 is a bit long in the tooth. Prob. works fine, but will not read DVD-R or some CDR discs. No offense but the EAD 3000 uses a fairly old chip set by today's stds. If it were me, I would be doing an A - B comparison of the 4... | |
| Parasound HCA-1000A Modifications I think there may be a limited market for this. I agree, I have modified a number of Parasound amps including the 1000a.Very nice sounding amp modified. I replaced over 30 parts on the main board, added new soft recovery bridges, etc. One gets sim... | |
| Adcom GFA-5802 -vs- Parasound HCA-3500 Amps? I have had both amps in my system for a period of time.The Adcom is a nice amp, but Parasound is definately a step up in sonic quality. Both amps are rated at similar power levels but the Adcom does not sound as powerful. On the used market now th... |