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| Crossover and Wiring Upgrade Any crossover upgrade attempt has to be done with willingness to backtrack if your expensive substitution does not work. There is no such thing as a universally better component—if something changes the sound, thst change can be for the better or... | |
| Basis Audio - Exhorbitant servicing evaluation cost Abot two months ago, I made an email inquiry on maintenance and got a very prompt and thorough reply. I ended up buying a new belt and oil for the main bearing. These things were very high priced, but this is sort of in keeping with the price of... | |
| Open Reel Curious The pre-recorded tapes that will be much better sounding than other formats are very expensive and the selection of music is also very limited. Playing R2R tapes is NOT just as easy as playing records unless you have some strange problems with re... | |
| Low powered integrated recommendation My favorite integrated amp is the Synthesis A40 (pushpull tube amp using KT66 tube). It comes with a very good built in DAC. This is a warm sounding amp with a very lively, punchy sound. However, the chassis is on the large side (a good thing, ... | |
| Low internal resistance mc phono cartridges Etsuro Urushi makes several 3 ohm cartridges (others 4 ohm). I have not heard these cartridges. A cartridge I have heard and like a lot that is not in the stratosphere in terms of price is the 3.5 ohm Audiotechnica ART1000x. I own a Transfigu... | |
| Attention Horn Owners The only way to know is to do a trial. Any change in sound could be for better or worse, depending on one's taste and the set of other components. If you are really able to get vintage Western Electric are, you are looking for old, multi-strand ... | |
| Attention Horn Owners I like the Klipsch heritage speakers even though they don't come close to some custom systems using truly great vintage compression drivers. Drivers of this quality haven't been made since the 1960's. Klipsch makes do with what one can find of m... | |
| TU-8900 upgrade The P3ESR is much more than adequate to hear ANY improvements in the upstream components. It is surprising how well all of these speakers based on the BBC LS3/5A speakers sound and how much they appreciate good upstream components. I've heard, a... | |
| Garrard 301 - Project So many owners of vintage idler tables put, or leave on, vintage tonearms to achieve the proper look. But, if one uses a state of the art modern arm on these tables, they are remarkable performers--lively, engaging and fun. Many will, even when ... | |
| Altec 414-8c 807 Speakers Onken style cabinet You have a very nice looking system. I am a fan of Onken bass reflex loading too. I have a system with twin 12" woofers in an Onken cabinet. My midrange horn is NOT built into the cabinet like yours, and instead, sits on top of the Onken cabine... | |
| help needed for new headphone system You need to hear as much as you can of alternatives on the market. The best way to do that is to go to a major regional audio show. At these shows, there is a section where headphone people display their wares. Even if you are not a headphone n... | |
| Attention Horn Owners I have never heard a Zu speaker that I could stand--very bright, lean and harsh sounding. I think it gets attention because it is extremely lively sounding, and that is a BIG contrast with most modern speakers which tend to sound lifeless. | |
| Attention Horn Owners As I mentioned above, I have not heard your amps, but the description suggests that it is very well done--the construction is good, it uses an interstage transformer to help drive the 300B properly, etc. Nonetheless, if you find the sound is not ... | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth lewm, It sounds like you employed some pretty heroic measures to get your plinth to perform as you like. You certainly know more than most how resonant behavior affects the sound. This is a tricky business as it is not simply the case of reduci... | |
| Thorens TD124 “Mk1”/Mk2 plinth The Woodsong plinth I saw was exquisite in terms of appearance. I have not seen an Artisan Fidelity table, but the pictures look very promising. |