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| Evaluation of the Coincident Statement Phono Stage The crazy expensive Audionote M-10 phonostage is a MM stage that is intended to be used with, presumably, their own external step up transformers (also crazy expensive). I have heard this setup in a nice sounding system, but, I have never had it a... | |
| What's the greatest bargain in SET these days? I have found, generally speaking, that changing the small signal tubes in an amp have a bigger impact on the sound than changing output tubes. This is good news because most of these tubes are cheaper than the output tubes. Although my Audionote K... | |
| What is the future for Proac Speakers ? What matters the most is how they sound to you; if you like any particular current model, it really doesn't matter that much what is in their future. I like their current lineup; their stand-mounted speakers are certainly competitive with other mo... | |
| What is the future for Proac Speakers ? It appears that proac-usa is the importer/distributor of the speakers, not a dealer, and it speaks to stability if this company has been the distributor for 30 years. In my area (Northern Va./Washington DC), Deja-Vu Audio is the local dealer. They... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Hi Al,I actually have the Romeo and Juliet recording on the direct to disc LP and I have the Telarc Firebird, also on LP. The dynamic range of those recordings is quite staggering. The classical recording with the wideest dynamic range that I have... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Al,I listen to a lot of classical music too. While I agree that it is nice to have the ability to play large orchestral pieces at realistic volume levels, practically speaking, it is not something that can be done because recordings simply do not ... | |
| Is Louder always Better? Now that I think about it, Rhyno is probably referring to headroom--how loud a system can get beyond normal listening level before distortion, in all of its forms, becomes too obtrusive. It IS important that the amps not distort or clip before rea... | |
| Is Louder always Better? I find the use of the term S/N ratio and "noise" confusing here. Is noise a catchall for harmonic and intermodulation distortion, phase anomalies, frequency response variation, and signal/sound that is uncorrelated with the musical content (what I... | |
| Proper connection for Snell B Minor speakers If you are going the jumper route, look into either buying or making a jumper out of high quality wire--the speaker will sound much better with a good jumper than with the typical brass bar inserted between the terminals. | |
| Basis Vector cartridge recommendations Pops,I like your choie in cartridges. I don't think there were many restrictions on your choices with the Vector arm; it would work with almost any low compliance cartridge and probably most medium compliance cartridges as well. Although Transfigu... | |
| Basis Vector cartridge recommendations The Synchro wave power supply does a good job of smoothing the motor out, in part, because it splits the phase to the four pole motor and delivers two separate power feeds to the motor (the motor has to be sent back to Basis), instead of using a c... | |
| Ring Clamps. What do you think? I recently heard a dealer demonstration using a Clearaudio turntable that utilizes both a center weight and peripheral clamp and an acrylic platter. What is very dramatically evident is how well this table performs at suppressing ticks and pops. I... | |
| TV between speakers: Curved Screen TV, help? Hurt? In the all out assault on room acoustics done by the firm Rives, there is a very large curved hardwood reflector in the center of the wall directly behind the speakers. But, the curve is convex not concave like a curved screen flatscreen. These th... | |
| Can't get Acoustic Zen Adagios to sound smooth I have no idea what transpired between the OP and Richard Vandersteen, but, I would hazard a guess that the I-Don't-Suffer-Fools-Gladly attitude exhibited here might explain how that interaction went down.I think I have the answer to the problem, ... | |
| Dynavector XX-2 MK2 vs Shelter 901 MK2 AT the level of price and performance of cartridges like the XX-2, it is a matter of personal taste and system matching and is not a matter of inherent superiority of one cartridge vs. another. I have a friend who traded in a Transfiguration Orphe... |