johnto
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| Need some Cart recommendations, $300 - $700 (New/Used) range…warm, full, yet great def. Check out the Soundsmith web pages lots of great cartridge information. I snagged a used Carmen MK2 with low hours on usaudiomart and it sounds fantastic. | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Hudson Hifi has a great cleaning, care kit for under $30 with everything you need. | |
| Ok ..I have Maggie 1.7is on Magnarisers but one keeps blowing the "tweeter" I would try a different be amp. You’ve lucky it’s just the fuse I had Emo 1L monos with my 1.7 and the amp kept blowing. I finally moved to a Parasound Hint which drove those babies with no problem. | |
| Magnepan 20.7i Amplifier Pairing I would think most of the larger Pass amps would do a wonderful job. I use a 250.8 with 3.7i and it hardly ever leaves class A. I know in the past Magnepan discouraged class D amps. You definitely want a high current amp | |
| Audio By Van Alstine DVA M225 mono amps The May/June issue of The Absolute Sound gave them a terrific review. One of my friends is using older Van Alstine amp and pre with his Philharmonic 3 speakers and the sound is awesome. AVA has been making well regarded audio equipment for years. | |
| Large room with low budget for speakers No box speakers but the Magnepan 30.7 should fill any room a bit more than you want to spend. You could also go with the 20.7 and a couple of subs. | |
| Led Zeppelin 11 If someone's crazy enough to pay that I guess it is to them. I'd love to hear a comparison to the Page remaster or other available pressings. | |
| Favorite religious song Byrd's - Turn, Turn, Turn Bob Dylan - Gotta Serve Somebody | |
| Why is most everything remastered? Don’t forget most of the music released in the 50’s and 60’s was meant to sound good on a 3" car speaker or mono record player. | |
| The price of used LP's. Many of the prices are just crazy. In may cases I would rather have a better sounding remastered copy. I have a huge collection from the 60's to late 70's my children said they would get a dumpster till I told them otherwise. Wish I had the moti... | |
| recommended oil for well tempered spindle cup On my VPI Scout I'm using 40-weight motor oil and .25 teaspoon of white lithium grease as recommend on the bearing. | |
| Mogami 2921 vs Canare 4s11 vs ??? I purchased (2) 17’ runs of Canare 4s11 for my Magnepan 3.7 which are 4 ohm and it is excellent. Good prices from Redco in CT. Sorry no experience with Mogami. | |
| "What Is Classic Rock?" Overplayed music? | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Rolling Stones Ya-Ya's great rock defined the band dirty, dark and menacing great producing by Glyn Johns in capturing the band at its best. | |
| Best double studio vinyl? Beatles White The Who Tommy |