johnto
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| HOW MUCH DO NON-AUDIO FACTORS INFLUENCE YOUR AUDIO PURCHASES? Made in USA #1 if not Canada or Europe never never China.I like the Pass look quality and sound. | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? If you don't mind a bit of elbow grease try Vinylwipe it comes sealed, a wet wipe about 7"x7" I did 12 Lp's both sides with one wipe. It did a great job on some neglected, used Lp's I was given. They say the solution doesn't contain any harmful ... | |
| LS50 and Classical Why not add a subwoofer to get that bottom end. | |
| Back to vinyl need phono stage help! Take a look for a used Ayre P 5xe great build quality and sound at that price point. | |
| Amplifier tips On the speaker spec sheet power is listed as 50 - 200 watts so you are over that at 61 watts from the amp so it probably depends on the kind of music and volume you listen at. One would expect a higher power amp to produce better more dynamic soun... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Velvet Underground and NicoAll Things Must Pass (salute to Phil Spector) | |
| It has returned Have you thought of a MI cartridge, I picked up a Soundsmith Carmen 2 with about 40 hrs on it for a bit overv$500. Grado also makes great MI cartridges same loading as mm. | |
| Phil Spector, dead Great producer, those mini symphonies of the 60's and work with Lennon and Harrison were magnificent. | |
| Pass INT-250 for B&W 800's If you like the Pass sound which I do you should have no problems with the 250 plenty of power and current. It pushes my Maggie's without blinking. | |
| Tim Bogert has passed away Great playing in the Vanilla Fudge too.R.I.P. | |
| Live at Leeds Surprised I guess there aren't any Who fans here so I ended up purchasing the 3 LP Abbey Road half speed remaster for $30 myself.It has better bass, guitar, vocals, and instrument separation than before and Moons drums especially the bass drum are... | |
| 10agw +10agw=7agw? need some big Banana's Knukonceptz sells banana's that will accept 8 guage wire I have them and they really do others I tried that claimed to didn't work. | |
| Analog Lp I would say it varies but I have found most of the new remastered Lp's sound great more bass, more definition and separation of instruments. | |
| Preamp choices:Short list If you want to expand your list the Benchmark LA4 was recently given a glowing review in Stereophile. | |
| Pass Labs: INT-60 vs X150.8 + XP-12 Separates No sure I know the power doubles but I don’t think the class A output increases going into 4 ohms, anyone? I have the same amp and it is indeed great. |