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| Your favourite cartridge I own two cartridges that I like equally well: Lyra Titan and Transfiguration Orpheus L. | |
| Pairing Tenor 75 OTL with Soundlab Majestics? I cannot speak about the compatibility of the Tenor OTL and the Soundlab speaker. However, I heard the Tenor OTL with other speakers and the impression I got was that it did NOT sound like an OTL -- it did not deliver incredible speed, vibrancy an... | |
| Tonearm choices Grubscrew,Thanks for your followup reporting. I did not quite understand your comment about unipivots and why the Basis arm was out of the running on that account. The Phantom is also a unipivot arm. Both arms do not shake side-to-side, as is the ... | |
| How can I fix this Phono Stage problem There could be a number of issues with the particular cable, apart from the difference in resistance that you measured. As others have noted, cables are grounded differently. You could try flipping the expensive cables around (many have directiona... | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs I'm too much of a chicken to be close by looking for warning signs. I lend my stuff to a friend who can power it up on a variac for me. | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Hifigeek1,You are far braver than anyone I know when charging up questionable caps. A friend had a cap blow up when he turned on an old amp and he said the explosion was unbelievably powerful. He is a gun person so he knows what loud is, and he sa... | |
| First Watt to Pass Labs Sensitivity has to do with the magnitude of the input signal (measured in volts/millivolts) needed to achieve full rated output. The F2 requires a fairly hefty signal to reach full output compared with most amps. This is probably a deliberate desi... | |
| Stand out phono stages A lot of tube units are basically tube MM stages with a SUT used to provide the higher gain needed for LOMC. Exceptions, like the Aesthetix Io, have a whole lot of tubes to provide more the extra gain through active stages. I like tube stages with... | |
| Stand out phono stages 1 1flat6,I have only briefly heard the Lyra phonostage and I thought it was terrific--VERY dynamic and lively, and at the same time, harmonically dense and rich (something that is almost never achieved, particularly with solid state). It is too ba... | |
| comments on Naim Audio I like Naim CDPs (I own a CD555) and I think their cheaper integrated amps are also quite good for the money. In my office at work, I run a Uniti (all-in-one CD player, tuner, amp). I also like their top-of-the-line phonostage.I am less enamored w... | |
| Danny Boy - Recommendations I like Jackie Wilson's version myself. Hearing it always makes me laugh (I can't take that song seriously anyway), because it is so over the top. But, it is also a spectacular display of his singing talents too. | |
| Best Late Night Low Volume Speaker Bumping up the bass to compensate for lower hearing sensitivity to bass at low volume (i.e., compensation that mirrors the Fletcher Munson curve) would result in a more natural sound. But, bass energy is more easily passed through walls and other ... | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Hifigeel1,Yes, the rectifier does act as soft start for other tubes and for the power supply caps. Perhaps you can help with the issue of using a variac for tube gear that use solid state rectification. A friend had such an amp that had problems w... | |
| How to restart tube amp and pre in boxes for 2yrs Two years is not a long time to be sitting idle. The electrolytic caps should be okay (assuming they were okay going into storage).You should not have a problem with speakers not attached if you don't put a signal into the amp.Elizabeth's approach... | |
| Best Late Night Low Volume Speaker I know that it is a gross oversimplification, but, as long as one has sufficient power, lower powered amps tend to sound better than behemoths. Also, some higher powered amps sound particularly dull and lifeless if they are made to loaf along at r... |