jtimothya
Responses from jtimothya
| Audio Research REF 3 and REF 5 Tweaks I tried various tubes, like classic Mullards in the PH-7 and found the stock tubes sound best.Never tried Mullards, but 6DJ8 Orange Globes or USN white label 7308 Amperex were a substantive enhancement over the stock Sovtek 6922 in my PH7. Nicely ... | |
| Recommend a 6922 input tube for CJ Premier 140 Do you think it matters whether or not I get the Platinum variety with the matched triodes?If they're quiet, then probably not. I was kinda surprised he has NOS Telefunkens. I'd be tempted by the Valvo 7308. I'm afraid the price on these will only... | |
| Recommend a 6922 input tube for CJ Premier 140 I owned a Premier 140 for several years - its a very nice amp. Congrats on your purchase - will your 140 be lucky enough to get its own SRA platform? At the time of its debut few components (mostly BAT) were using the 6N30, and the Premier 140 saw... | |
| A Copernican View of the Turntable System ... into the West.Do I hear Annie Lenox warming up ? | |
| Pass Labs Xono vs Audio Research Ref 2 Blue_starfish - with gain for the Xono topping out at 76db (balanced) and 74dB (balanced) for the Ref Phono 2, which low output cartridges did you find the Xono could drive that the RP2 could not? | |
| Pass Labs Xono vs Audio Research Ref 2 As a former Xono owner and former ARC PH7 owner I'll speculate you are not hearing all that your upstream front end is delivering. There is a comparison of the two in this review. The Ref Phono 2 is a significant step up from both and you're right... | |
| JADIS ORCHESTRA Trelja - nicely done! | |
| Music to soothe the mid-winter soul Ah, the listening season - chestnuts roasting by the Atma-Spheres, Ken-Rads nipping at your nose. I love it.Also love the Sibelius suggestion - a little Swan, or dare you bear yourself away on Symp 4 - i'd say go 'under the ice' but I hear JS glar... | |
| CJ Premier 11 driving Thiel 2.4? Its been a long while since I had Thiels (1.5) but from my experience with those and sub-100 W tube amps, I'd think not. Maybe Premier 12s or the Premier 140, if you're looking specifically for CJ, but I have no direct experience with that combina... | |
| Conrard-Johnson CT5 tube rolling? To my knowledge there is no readily available alternative to the 6H30.I have heard the 6H30-DR lend a positive improvement (vs the 6H30-EB) in ARC Reference gear, but not so much in a CJ ACT2 or Premier 140. Even then the result was no where as dr... | |
| Best Phono solid state under 2K? The under $2k phono stage is a tough category. First choice would be a used ZYX Artisan (reviewed one) - a superb phono at that price. Second would be a Pass XONO (owned one) - flexible gain, tight bass. Haven't heard the Ayre unit. | |
| Lamm 1.2 or Ayre MXR's Here's a link to the MX-R review with Lamm M1.2 ref comparo:Ayre Acoustics MX-R Mono Amplifiers | |
| What are the optimal percentages for analog system Where should most of the money go...cartridge, phonostage, or table?Imo, the priority goes like this: Table, Arm then Phonostage then Cartridge. For now, with your current gear, I agree with Elizabeth. What price range were you thinking? | |
| Stand out phono stages I have a lot of early to mid-50s jazz LPs (including the sublime Ella and Louis recordings) that are not cut to RIAA specs, so adjustable compensation is very appealing as well.Lately I've been using the ARC Ref Phono 2 with the MP-1. It is v quie... | |
| Classical music for newbie you can go to Brahms, Dvorak, Bruckner, MahlerGood suggestion to start with Beethoven - try his Emperor piano concerto and symphony #6 (pastoral)for starters.And don't forget Tchaikovsky, Wagner and Sibelius ! The OP lists some sonically outstandi... |