kingmacaw
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| Tube vs. Solid State-Basic Question i play bass guitar & love tubed amps. my '64 gold fender bassman used 6L6GC's. love my ss gallien-krueger, it emulates tubes. my 44wrms fender worked onstage at dances w/up to 1200 people. i never miked thru house systems. my g-k has 700wrms +... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? i've been happy w/my kenwood L09 300w monoblocks since i bought them new 30 years ago. they match up well w/the tube preamps i've had. good imaging & seemingly fast enuff transient response. my equipment has made me happy, but i could always m... | |
| Top ten DD turntables of all time? my pioneer PL530 has always functioned well. setup w/litz wiring & denon carbon fiber headshell. | |
| Ortofon 2M Black- Graham 1.5/Rega/Origin Silver i recently read a review comparing the bronze w/the black & it was not complimentary to the bronze. it said it was not as some cartridges in a line similar to each other w/the black offering more extended range but had different sound. since i... | |
| The BEST system you've ever built !!!! mfa preamp a-2 i believemichell hydraulic reference transcriptor table w/fluid armwin strain guage cartridge w/transducer boxkenwood L09 300w. mono blocksmaggie IIIa's rebuilt to 3.5's but original x-overskimber 8tc speaker wirefulton & kimber... | |
| clearaudio champion w/ unify but what cartridge? is the marantz tt15 unify arm the same as the satisfy carbon fiber arm on the emotion cmb table? are all unify arms sensitive to vibrations? the unify fluid arm on my michell reference hydraulic transcriptor doesn't seem to be overly sensitive to ... | |
| vinyl on the move wow marantz tt15 w/virtuoso cartridge as your seond rig? where is it lacking that it isn't quite up to snuff to be #uno? actually i was considering geeting same setup or emotion cmb w/maestro. of course, the cmb/maestro costs a little more. though... | |
| Opinions on budget TT jaybo, please tell me more about the clearaudio-interested in buying a marantz tt15 or ca emotions cmb table. | |
| Which low output MC cartridge Dkzzz-why? | |
| Which low output MC cartridge i agree w/hesson 11 for differences in dynamics & coloration-speakers & cartridges are the biggest difference of influence. it's nice that it's much easier to audition speakers tho trying different cartridges especially in this digital age... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? will my signet tk7e cartridge work w/a signet shibata stylus or must i replace only w/an elliptical stylus? also, i have an ortofon vms 20e cartridge. would this be a quality cartridge worth replacing the signet with? i have some new shure M91ed c... | |
| best speaker wire for buck for home audio i would recommend kimber 8tc as reasonable cost quality speaker wire. for home theatre- to me this is more for the surround sound, multiple channels & power as to emulate movie theatres rather than subtelties of music so don't s... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? my j.a.michell hydraulic reference turntable w/fluid arm & my original 1st edition win strain uage cartridge(over 30 years old). i also run L09 300 watt kenwood monolocks thru my Maggie IIIa's upgraded o 3.5's w/o the different crossover. my s... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? on the scale of vintage quality mm cartridges where would my signet tk7e stand? (use on pioneer pl530 dd table w/denon carbon fiber headshell & litz wiring)how about my win strain guage sd10 w/gold transducer box? (used on j.a.michell transcri... | |
| Which low output MC cartridge would either a Musical Surroundings Phenomenon 2 or a Jolida jd9a be respectable low cost phono preamps for use with a Benz glider low output cartridge? would one be better than the other? (i'm using a win strainguage w/transducer & good stylu... |