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| Playback Designs MPS-5 related question.... Wait. We're all destined for a computer/music server for digital playback, eventually, which is all about the dac. Plus, once you factor in the cost of pleasing the master of the house after you've bought it... a new car or kitchen or whatever cou... | |
| Most improved last 10yrs: Speaker, amp, or pre? cartridges seem to have experienced the largest proportionate cost increases. I wouldn't say amps have improved much. | |
| My New Manely Steelhead despite its low output, the Statement is not like a moving coil, and is incompatible with mc transformers such as those in the Steelhead. The PH3 and the Steelhead have almost enough gain (without engaging the mc transformers, in the case of the S... | |
| little known Great capacitor Announcement Regarding Ampohm Windings Ltdaccording to http://www.audiocap.net/news119.htm, AudioCap Ltd have recently been informed that Ampohm Wound Products Ltd of Cornwall UK, has been put into receivership, and therefore no longer exists as a... | |
| tonearm upgrade, how far up the food chain? Thanks so much for the thoughtful comments. I am largely persuaded that upgrading the arm should be a priority, and probably the phono stage, too (which I suspected.) Unfortunately, the Thorens is not the best platform to "build on", as it is limi... | |
| tonearm upgrade, how far up the food chain? it looks like I am already in the ballpark of the percentages referenced by Nickt. Phono stage is an AR PH3-SE modified by GNSC, which is not bad. Upgraded from an EAR 834P, which was a tremendous improvement. | |
| Can A bad Tube sound bright and not musical. Your perception is correct, trust your own ears. Some tubes sound too bright in some gear, but it is subjective. "tube rolling" is the quest for tubes which sound best to you in your gear. For example, in my GNSC-modified AR PH3-SE phono pre, mode... | |
| Problem with midbass speaker in Prelude MTS Tower Your suspicion that the midbass driver is blown may be well founded. I had tweeters replaced in mine recently, so I guess parts are still available. | |
| When did you ever hear a system sound so life-like yes, a classe/Proac 4 system playing solo acoustic steel-string guitar in another room at an audio store almost fooled me, once. Its ability to reproduce the steely, ringing sound of such a guitar would not have worked so well on, say, a violin. I... | |
| Ortofon A90 review.... wrong choice of gear does anyone recommend splurging on the cartridge, with such relatively mediocre gear upstream? was a tt and arm adequate to the task used? | |
| Is Kind of Blue the Best Jazz Album Ever Fripp 1, Mapman, I was kidding. Hyperbole. | |
| Best bourbon? Agreed, Middleton and Ardberg are excellent antidotes to sobriety. But we were discussing bourbon. | |
| To match quad EL34 tubes Yes, the price is fine, but as noted above, you'd have to buy a large batch to find a matched quad. | |
| hardwood floor and speaker You will usually suffer less damage if you stick spikes in the floor, not the wife. | |
| Best bourbon? All whisky is good, but "bourbon" has a legal definition. Among other things it must be US made, mash made from 51% or more corn and aged in new, charred oak barrels. Bushmill's and Crown are not "bourbon." BTW, many of the nominations above are m... |