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Denon, Shelter arm choices
LP12 an upgrade? You're kidding, right? I like the Ittok arm on a friend of mine's Linn, but his rig, even with "better" electronics just cannot compete with mine. Especially since I added the battery option today. There was an immediate and notic... 
How do you clean your type of stylus?
Doug,I'm going to get the stuff to try this today. I just built my battery option for the Teres. Could have done it in 15 minutes if the damn Q1 transistor would have went in easy! Built a nice mahogony and copper box for it too. So, I figure I'll... 
Teres Owners Please Help
Vinyl Asylum? What's that?;0 
First Sound compared to Supratek, VAC, or Audio No
I've got both Audio Note and Supratek in my system at this moment. Soro SE Phono & Syrah. Right now, I'm using the AN just as an amp. The SYrah rpelaced the integrted functions. The AN pre is the same as the M2, and the Supratek beats it hands... 
NOn Audiophile Review of the Teres 160
John,Welcome to the club! Enjoy.Joe 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Larry,Oops, I forgot, TT on the way, Supratek in hand. I know there are a ton of choices for the 6922, but that Russian stuff is hard to figure. Not being a tube expert, I think that the 6c45n-e is a hi mu triode like the pi-e in mine. I actually ... 
Phono stage recommendations for under $500
Try the K&K tranny. Under $300 new. I liked MUCH better than the cube. 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Larry,Do you know what tubes Mick is using in your phono stage? If he uses an oddball tube like the 6c45pi, you are going to be very limited as to what you can use. And to top it all of, the damn things are expensive! Well over $100 for a quad. As... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
As soon as I can find some tubes at a reasonable price, they are going in! I'll start searching over the weekend. 
Bypassing pre in Audio Note Soro SE Phono
Just trying to eliminate all signal passages except for amp. You know, shorter signal path, etc.... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Cello,I know what you mean, but nobody has covered the 6c45pi-e, period. I read EVERY post on this thread several times. There seems to have been a tube-rolling thread, but it's disappeared. Until Slowhand let me know about possible alternatives, ... 
Denon, Shelter arm choices
Thanks Tom. I just wanted to get set on what not to use. I'm going to start keeping an eye out for another arm. Having 2 Regas just doesn't seem...right. Also, I figured out how I'm going to do a clamp/weight. Should be interesting....I'll put up ... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
Slowhand,Thanks, I'm was having a hard time finding something I could roll. I had a feeling...but I'm no expert on tube substitutions. I just wanted to know my options.So far, the Syrah is everything it's cracked up to be. Sounds so much better th... 
Battle of three amps
Patrick,For some reason, even thought I like Mac kit, the 402 just didn't do it. The ASL's sounded much better in very similar systems. Both were used in LP12 based systems, not one of my favorite tables. I prefer soild! The Macs drove Focus 20/20... 
Preamp Deal of the Century
One more thing. Am I the only one who has 6c45pi-E phono tubes? There is one post about 6c45n, but that's it. I have 4 NOS Russian military replacements. But, what else can I use? I have done quite a bit of research, and have found SOME data on th...