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| TRAVELING TO JAPAN! Recommendations for shops for cartridges? Nagaoka MP-500. It has a warm musical character with stellar midrange clarity and fatigue free natural open airy treble. Very dynamic too. | |
| We Are Not Alone--there are those above us I’ve been a Roy Buchanan fan since the 80s when I first heard him play. My boys recognized his talent right away, and are always borrowing the LP. Very, very talented man. His guitar sings with the best of them. | |
| Midrange Increasingly Harsh Do the tweeters have ferro fluid? That can need to be replaced after many years, as it turns into sludge. You may also have some capacitors in the crossover that are drifting from original values. Tubes are a consumable, and should be checked... | |
| What is the science behind audiophile fuses? That's a fair question that I can't answer from experience. I would have been very interested in an actual informed answer if anyone can offer one. May just have to do some searching and reading if I truly want to know. | |
| Immersive Audio and How to Achieve It Honestly, I don’t understand much about anything other than a two speaker traditional stereo setup, other than adding a subwoofer or two, mainly because I never pursued it. Multi-channel, multi-speaker systems were an "effect" in my view, though I... | |
| Cabasse 320 m3 Sloop Power Amp...compatibility question Should be fine, depending on how loud you wanna go. Won't hurt a thing if you use some common sense. You'll get around 100db max. I'm driving the midbass and tweeters of my 89db sensitivity speakers with 12 watts triode (8 ohms)...no trouble i... | |
| How serious are you? My "interest level" has ebbed and waned over the 42 years I’ve been doing this...I’d guess somewhere between an 8 and 10, depending on what’s happening in life. I prefer to call it a passion more than an obsession, because it’s simply my activity ... | |
| I used to think pricey interconnects were snake oil... Unless you do a blind test sighted bias is in play. I've tried many cables I haven't liked much, and several that I have. I wanted to love every single one of them, but didn't. How are cables that we don't like explained without a blind test... | |
| Does someone’s opinion affect your opinion? What if he said your wife is ugly.... Next of kin will notified 😆 | |
| Does someone’s opinion affect your opinion? How a cart works in one system can have very little relevance how it’ll perform in another. There are a bunch of variables that impact how a cart sounds. The loading from the phono stage, cables, tonearm compatibility, VTA, SRA, VTF, different sys... | |
| KT-77 vs. KT-66 They’ll sound different in different circuits. I’m running GL KT66 in my Dyna/VTA 70s, and prefer them over any of the 6CA7s and EL34s I’ve tried. Midrange and lower treble are clear and lush. Bass had more extension with the Nesstone 6CA7, but th... | |
| Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are? Notting Hillbillies - Missing and Presumed Having a Good Time Eva Cassidy - Live at Blues Alley Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms Mark Knopfler - Shangra La Daft Punk – Random Access Memories (oops...never was much good at math...) | |
| Best amplifier for low to moderate listening levels Have you tried rolling tubes are swapping cables at all? | |
| First Tube amp suggestions Tubes4Hifi offers the VTA amps in kit or complete. These are power amps, not integrated amps, so would require a separate preamp unless your NAD has pre-out capability. I added the VTA mods to my pair of Dyna 70s about 3 years ago, and have bee... | |
| "SPECS, ATTRIBUTES OR CHARACTERISTICS OF AN INTEGRATED AMP TO CONSIDER" How it sounds isn’t a spec, but is always a major consideration IMO. It’s always best if you can try it in your system. What speakers are you going to be driving? The power supply and current flow are significant factors in the amps ability to dr... |