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| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? A friend of mine has the new J2 amp which he uses on a very high efficiency horn based system (105 db/w) and on some fairly low efficiency mini monitors. I believe he was using the Levinson No. 32 preamp in order to go fully balanced all the way f... | |
| Cartridge and step up / riaa for TW Acustic Raven Toffen,I've heard a Koetsu Airtight combination, which sounded terrific, but, the cartridge was a very expensive Koetsu Onix Platinum cartridge, which is quite different in sound from most of the lower priced Koetsu cartridges (the Onix Platinum i... | |
| Best bourbon? My cost-is-no-object favorite is the 23-year Pappy. The 20-year old is my "regular," and that is a terrific Bourbon too. I also like Black Maple Hill, but, it too is somewhat pricey.In the less costly category, I like Blantons and Jefferson Reserve. | |
| Best Remakes Of All Time A lot of terrific selections in this interesting thread started by Dawgbyte. Thanks everyone.I would like to add the following, not as being "better" than the original, but certainly different and interesting:Persuasions: Wanderer (U2 original)Sho... | |
| Is Kind of Blue the Best Jazz Album Ever Certainly a great album and a gateway for many listeners. The same could be said of Brubeck's "Time Out" or Mingus' "Ah Um," Oliver Nelson's "Blues and the Abstract Truth" and a whole bunch of other great albums.In 1959, the same year "Kind of Blu... | |
| Basis vs.VPI It is almost impossible for anyone to truly audition turntables and tonearm combinations in any sort of controlled manner. Home audition is pretty much out of the question. So, one can go around listening to different systems with different turnta... | |
| Basis vs.VPI Sbrown,I went from a HW-19 IV to a Basis Debut Vacuum/Vector arm combination. I later added a separate power supply/motor control unit. This is a terrific table, though the VPI was no slouch either.The vacuum clamping system is a particularly nice... | |
| Help. Wife says Teres 340 Is too bright. Artemus,Your statement that one of the differences is that you now play your system louder "because you can" raises a number of possibilities. Any comparisons made at different volume levels is almost impossible to assess. At lower levels, high fr... | |
| Next Analog Steps: VPI Scout Users Dodgealum,Given your stated preferences, I agree with Tfkaudio that the Lyra line is a possibility. I don't know about the specific compatibility of any of their cartridges with your tonearm, so this is based entirely on the nature of Lyra cartrid... | |
| Help. Wife says Teres 340 Is too bright. Doug and Tom raised interesting points about how the change could be bringing to the fore other system limitations. I agree that that is a distinct possibility. I think it is worth looking at other possibilities as well. It appears that the "brigh... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? I like the sound of the Joule OTLs. Still, I did hear one at a dealership that had a BIG quality control problem. Once in a while the amp would put out a loud pop. This occurred randomly and in both channels. It turned out that the tube sockets ha... | |
| Cartridge Loading There are those who believe that there is only one correct load and that is the one which achieves "critical dampening." From my own experience, the correct load is very much system dependent. Phono stages, in particular, seem to be quite dramatic... | |
| For Basis TT owners does the VPI SDS work? Lewm,Yes, one can generate a different AC frequency to drive the motor at a higher speed. But, what I am wondering is whether a capacitor "tuned" to 60Hz can effectively create the 90 degree offset phase. If not, the owner would be better off usin... | |
| For Basis TT owners does the VPI SDS work? How much of a benefit is a power supply that does not eliminate the phase splitting cap in the motor, and instead, supply two separate phases to the motor?The Basis approach, which involves modifying the motor and eliminating the phase splitting c... | |
| Phono stages belong to which tier? Pedrillo,A lot of fine phono stages listed here, but, I wouldn't draw any sort of conclusions based on the number of favorable mentions. Some are quite rare, like the FM Acoustics, Connoisseur, and Viva Fono, so I doubt that many have heard them. ... |