jperry
Responses from jperry
| HiFiMan HE-1000 Headphones vs Reference Speakers ? I have heard The HE-1000 and they are great for headphones. They are not a replacement for speakers. | |
| audio desk ... is the one you buy from the manufacturer. | |
| False advertising of expensive special tubes? Business as usual on eBay. If someone is new to tubes, or anything else eBay is not the place to shop. | |
| Help with Turntable/arm/cart decision That is good news Matt. Before returning the turntable, assuming you are still having the woofer pumping problem, I would replace the belt. If that does not resolve the problem, I think you should return the turntable for repair/replacement.I have... | |
| Most suitable and effective isolation platform I have a Vibraplane from Sound of Silence. Works great for me. My SME 10 sits on Nordost sort Kone TC which sit on the Vibraplane. I think the SRA and HRS would work in conjunction with a Vibraplane or Minus K. Based on what I read the SRA and HRS... | |
| Woofer pumping WHY?? "07-21-15: DougdeaconWhen I play any vinyl it goes 4 very quick beats then nothing then 4 very quick beats and so on... it even speeds up when I play 45'sGood observations, which lead one to suspect an irregularity in the new TT's drive or bearing... | |
| Help with Turntable/arm/cart decision Matt, go to vinylengine.com and input the information on the arm and cartridge. It will calculate the resonant frequency for you. The Cartridge Resonance Evaluator is located in the tools tab. I did this and looks like compliance of 14 - 24 would ... | |
| RBH Speakers ??? "07-08-15: ShakeydealWhere is the Bose lovefest?Shakey"That is an excellent question, and I have heard of Bose. | |
| Does anyone have any opinions on the Spendor? The now out of production Spendor SP 9/1 was beautiful in both sound and appearance. | |
| Help with Turntable/arm/cart decision Matt, I have heard the Pro-ject Xtension 10 and 12 turntables many times. I think they are great price performers and will be a very nice improvement over your current setup.I would like to know your thoughts on your new v. old setup after you hav... | |
| Help with Turntable/arm/cart decision Matt, I would look for a used Basis with Vector tonearm or a used SME 10 including Model 10 tonearm (under $5K on the SME would be a great deal). Either of those would be a huge step up for you, even if you continued to use your current cartridge.... | |
| Phono preamp with two inputs: two MMs or MM+MC? Get an Aesthetix Rhea. You can also get rid of your transformer unless you want that sound in your system | |
| Best Female Vocalists Ballads Kate Wolf sings some great ballads. I would look for her live album "Give Yourself to Love" or her greatest hits "Gold in California"If you like this sort of western/cowboy/folk style music, I do not think you will be disappointed.Thanks to Lrsky ... | |
| Which phono preamps among these three? Further to the comments from Dougdeacon regarding the Rhea, I want to note that I thought the Rhea was much improved by using NOS tubes. I purchased my tubes from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. I saw that the Rhea currently listed has NOS tubes fr... | |
| MC Phono preamp gains "IhchoSo, virtually any combination is possible for all three inputs? Like, having all three as MMs, all three as MCs with different gains and loads, and mix of MMs and MCs?"You are correct and it is very flexible |