kleech
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| Minimum Cartridge output for CAT Ultimate Preamp I use an Ultimate and despite the measured gain, it comes up very short with my 0.6 mV Koetsus necessitating a step-up. Interestingly, the people who do enjoy lower output cartridges directly through the CAT also seem to use CAT amps so this may n... | |
| Nagra Service? Hi Art,Dimexs in Montreal is the Canadian Nagra distributor and they have qualified techs (http://www.dimexs.com/). If your amps are out of warranty it might be better to have an experienced local tech have a look at the amps. In any event, you're... | |
| Wilson Sophia This thread strikes a warm and fuzzy chord with me because I recall stretching my budget on dream speakers during my nine years (don't ask!) of postgraduate training. "Back in the day" I sacrificed a nicer car/apartment for Apogee Duetta II's and ... | |
| Wilson Sophia Congrats and enjoy! Keep us posted. | |
| Wilson Sophia I owned the Sophias for two years and they're absolutely wonderful. They work very well with smooth sounding SS integrateds such as your Mac; I initially heard them with a Musical Fidelity integrated. They will provide a solid foundation from whic... | |
| Apogee Duetta Signature or Mini Grand? Analysis Audio makes full range ribbons. They're not cheap from what I recall reading. Haven't heard them. | |
| EMM DCC2 vs Hi End Preamps While the CAT might sound a little unrefined with its readily available stock tubes, "harsh and unrelenting" might well be interpretated as "neutral and revealing" depending on one's system context. In this way the CAT is really not dissimilar to ... | |
| EMM DCC2 vs Hi End Preamps Well, I add my bit to the experience base. I prefer the DCC2 through a CAT Ultimate. It adds presence and texture without any coloration. As I am still satisfied with its phono stage, keeping the CAT is a "no-brainer" for me. | |
| Picking components -warm / bright which is righ? Opinions will differ. I like to first choose a neutral sounding speaker that matches the room. Then consider neutral sounding electronics (amp/preamp) that work well with the speaker. Finally, the sound is flavored/colored by the selection of sour... | |
| $6-7k to Spend on Turntable Just a couple of thoughts...have you checked if your belt is OK and if the main spindle bearing lube is topped up? | |
| Nagra VPA or ARC VTM200 Hi Jjwa. I'm another happy VPA user and suspect they would work very well with your speakers. When I had doubts about their ability to drive the Wilson Sophias, I emailed Wilson. Jerron Marchant hooked up their house VPA's and got back to me with ... | |
| Burned out Audiophile - Trying to Find some Zen Audio for many of us is a solitary endeavour. Consider developing or refining some human relationships. This has helped me in the past. | |
| Equipment Set-up Recommendations? I had the footfall problem with a non-suspended table in a livingroom system. Placing the table on a Symposium Ultra Platform which in turn was placed on Navcom pucks on the rack completely eliminated the problem without coloring the sound. | |
| Nightmare selling to Canada Markphd,I have to agree that it is wise to pay all applicable taxes when you buy an item new from a dealer, especially if you expect warranty and all else that being a new owner might entail. A transaction involving a used piece between two privat... | |
| Audiogon and the Hi-Fi Mags Hi Raquel, I hope all is well. Whether or not a magazine writes about it, it would be very interesting to learn more about AudiogoN. I'm not sure that they've consciously avoided writing about the goN and if so, we can only speculate as to why tha... |