johnss
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| Looking for a tube phono pre I have had two chinooks. very reliable, Never had any issues with either. If you can stretch your budget to 3500, would suggest you pick up a used VTL TP 6.5 series 1. Super excellent sounding phono stage. | |
| Turntable parts upgrade @jmphotography , sounds good. nice phono stage. A super simple upgrade is to replace those .47uf wima caps with .47uf nichicon XY series of caps. Parts will cost you about 1.29 each. They are located right next to the opamps at the rear of the uni... | |
| Question on PrimaLuna EVO 400 Amp: Fully Balanced (Differential), or No? while the evo 400s have XLR connectors, they are not fully differential designs. still a traditional design. a pretty easy way to measure it compare the black speaker output terminals reference to ground. if its at same potential cannot be ful... | |
| Snell Type A III vs. Klipsch Cornwall IV I have had quite a few pairs of Snells, including 2 pairs of the A3is. They need TONS of power, the more the better, not sure 200 watts is enough. I ran my last pair with a quad set of JC-1's. They really came to life with the added power. The ot... | |
| 48kHz vs 96kHz: audible? yes, significant difference between 48k and 96k, has already been done in studios quite a few times. next level up is 192k, which is slightly better than 96k, but at these 192k sampling rates and higher, you need a master clock to sync the data. | |
| WILSON ORIGINAL SOPHIA'S @golfnutz is correct. Just have to take your time, use no metal tools. When you need a break, take a break. Its not a fast easy process. | |
| Turntable parts upgrade I would consider getting a better phono stage. What you have is nice, but there are some really nice units if you watch for them on the used market. | |
| VTL preamps and amps, co status? @emergingsoul , yes, VTL gear is excellent sounding. Have owned quite a few pieces of it. with regards to service, VTL will service it, but may take a while, much longer than many 'philes are able to handle. Their newest gear, has improvements... | |
| CJ PV12 or VTL TL2.5 Have owned both the PV12 and the TL2.5 , would say there is not a huge difference between them. Both were very reliable, had no issues with either, And yes the TL6.5 is tons better than both, even the series 1 6.5 (have one of those too). | |
| Conrad Johnson PV12 vs. Audible Illusions Modulus 3a Have owned both preamps but not at same time. Would agree completely with @hedwigstheme , the 3A is far from bleached sound. The PV12, and PV11 were nice as well. But my fav of the PV series was always the PV-5. A bit warm sounding but could hold ... | |
| Mc 240 vs. Prima Luna @oldhvymec makes some really good points. The MAC tube amps bridged to mono never sound as good as they do in stereo. Have tried it myself several times with a 240, 225 and 275. The Klipsch are pretty easy to drive. As far as the PL amps go, woul... | |
| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained "Total BS. Analog tape under the best circumstance is equivalent to 13 bit digital." Ha!! thanks for the humor, I thought it was closer to 12 bit.... | |
| The "great" sound of reel to reel explained once you start a regular diet of analogue tape, really tough to go back to any other source, especially if that diet consists of 15 and 30 ips tape... | |
| Tube Line Stage around $5k at 5K would be looking for a used VTL TL6.5 series I or maybe a series II for a touch more....pretty tough to beat at that price pt. | |
| Tube Amp, Preamp upgrades -- what did you do that improved your units? besides the caps, you may want to also consider MILLS wire wound or Dale wire wound resistors for the plate and cathode values. Much more detail and better resolution due to the lower noise floor offered by the wire wounds over the metal film or w... |