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| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State "Modernize" the 3160? The original is barely 10-15 years old. Not much has happened in audio electronics in those years. In fact, the bipolar transistor that Raul et al use in the MC gain stage is out of production and was not replaced by anythi... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State Pindac, Please show me where to buy an Essential 3160 for $2500. I see that there was one on US Audiomart for $3K and sold. I'd actually consider a second unit. They are quite rare, probably more rare than a Vendetta by John Curl. | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital Jazz is like caviar or lox. You need to develop a taste for it if it doesn’t immediately grab you. But also jazz as an idiom suffers in popularity owing to the myriad of mediocre musicians and styles that claim to be “jazz”. | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State Lalitk Yes, Raul’s 3160 (which I own) and his current 3180 phonolinepreamp both contain entirely separate and discrete MM and MC stages. The 3160 is the finest SS phono stage I’ve ever heard in my home. And the 3180 is said to be better. Both are ... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State I cannot think of any phono stage that does not operate in Class A. It should not be a bragging point, but manufacturers do it anyway. | |
| TDM 24CX-4 Stereo 3-way / Quad 2-way questions My guess is that you or someone competent to do it is going to have to open the chassis, take a look at the internal wiring, and then modify the connections to suit your desires. You have not really said what it is you desire, but I am guessing y... | |
| TDM 24CX-4 Stereo 3-way / Quad 2-way questions What do you want to achieve? | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State What Raul says is correct to the best of my knowledge. The first Levinson product was a pre-preamplifier, a small active gain box to boost the output of any newly arrived LOMC cartridge in order to drive a phono stage, at a time when all phono sta... | |
| TDM 24CX-4 Stereo 3-way / Quad 2-way questions What? | |
| What is turntable “liveliness”. I am surprised, after re-reading some of this thread, that apparently no one brought up Ivor Tiefenbrun’s acronym, PRaT. He coined it as a marketing tool for his LP12. Is that what the OP is getting at? The sense of the liveliness of a sprung turn... | |
| Recommendations for a jazz record which demonstrates vinyl superiority over digital jerroldis, The OP has since modified his question to say he just wants to identify high quality jazz LPs, even though jazz is not his cup of music. We all agree that the question about "proving" that analog is superior to digital is a can of worms... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State Scar, now that you’ve provided more detail in your past history, I would say you have about as much data as many of us have to support our convictions. At some point one wants to stop experimenting and move on to other audio dilemmas. But after I ... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State scar972, Your thinking is a good example of faulty audiophile thinking. Because you bought one SUT and compared it (evidently) to one high gain phono stage, you are drawing a universal conclusion that SUTs are superior to high gain phono stages (... | |
| Audio Innovations Series 800 SUT - looking for info The switch most likely has nothing to do with "loading". The switch more likely indicates the recommended internal resistance of the cartridge. In other words, for a cartridge with an internal resistance of ~3 ohms, use the 3 ohm inputs. For a c... | |
| Recommendations for MM Phono ~ Tube or Solid State More to the point, if you are investing in an outboard SUT, you can make the case that you don't need the H6500, because in paying for the H6500, you are buying its built in SUTs, which will become superfluous. The words that Raul quoted led me, a... |