listener57
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| Damping Rega Table An alternative to sorbothane feet are the ribbed rubber cork centered footers sold by Rcreations on Audiogon at a bargain $10 per set of four. Using three footers avoids wobble of the platform being supported, and you can check with this vendor if... | |
| Damping Rega Table Herbie's isolation feet beneath the solid undersurface might help your problem. For more money, Aurios MIB footers under the solid undersurface, away from the built-in factory feet made magic for my turntable, but it is weird when a turntable has ... | |
| Interconnects:Dazed and Confused Since there is absolutely no substitute for in home trial of interconnects, consider contacting the vendors mentioned by Audiogon members where a money back guarantee is available. One such vendor who has recently sent me his product for home audi... | |
| Stereo Tube Amp Recommendations Aronov Audio LS-960 new would be $2600. Used about $1600. It consistently allows best expression of bass capability inherent in a speaker. I have heard it bring out surprisingly deep, articulate, tuneful bass from well designed standmount monitors... | |
| What do I look for in used records? Wonderful, thorough introductory remarks, so far. My only extra thought is that certain scratches are less offensive sounding than others. If you find a famous performance or recording you really want to hear you can still take a chance that the b... | |
| To preamp or not to preamp??? The solution for me was to attach directly onto the RCA input jacks of the power amplifier one pair of EVS Ultimate Attenuators from Ric Schultz at tweakaudio.com. This eliminates the preamp with its interconnect, but allows adjusting volume even ... | |
| In search of Power Amp replacement Hi to a rare fellow owner of the Clements RT-7 loudspeakers. I use the venerable tube Cary SLA-70Sig with full range glorious sound. The bass extension and bass slam both quite incredible despite the general belief that only transistors really gra... | |
| Tube Amp Choices Aronov Audio LS960 amplifier is reliable, and sounds great with 60 watts per channel, and a distinctive ability to optimize a speaker's bass performance, while sounding clear and musical throughout the entire audible range. If you do not listen to... | |
| Cd players with variable output? By attaching directly onto the amplifier input RCA jacks with the Electronic Visionary System (EVS) Ultimate Attenuators there is no need for another interconnect when running directly from CD to amp, as there is no separate passive preamp box. Av... | |
| Scott Nixon - Sarudac+? TubeDac+? vs CI Audio Hi Nathan, I recommend you visit Scott-nixon.com for info about his SaruDac+, and TubeDac+ which are upgrades from his classic Anodyne ATAS DAC with tube output. Ten years later he has perfected the art of simplifying, and miniaturizing, and impro... | |
| Isolation feet/pads with minimal verticle height I have used the ribbed rubber-faced cork flat blocks from Rcreations, a dealer/member of Audiogon. May be cheapest alternative at $10 for four. Only use three between the two surfaces you are separating. So for $30 you can have four sets. These ar... | |
| Which DAC? As Rgd said above, the micro-priced Tube-Dac from Scott-nixon.com is a minimalist, musical, tube output unit from the designer who originated the tube output concept in a consumer DAC. I bought a used Scott Nixon 1990's era Anodyne ATAS, and still... | |
| Anyone try the new J A Michell Rega Counterweight/ I have the more modest Rega RB-300 tonearm. A similar marvelous improvement has followed my installing the F-2 Titanium Heavyweight Counterweight sold by Audiogon member/dealer Gregory Kerry of Kerry Audio Designs Inc. With this aftermarket counte... | |
| Integrated Amp for Vandersteens Although it is risky to ba a matchmaker, there are two reasonably priced used tube integrated amps to consider: First, Jboeyjus who can be reached as Johnny at phone 518-526-6925. He is selling Aronov LS960i, asking $1350. the same unit I love in ... | |
| Need to clean some cds Do you wipe from center to edge of each CD (or in circular motion as with vinyl record) when rubbing out scratches on a CD? |