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| What is the “World’s Best Cartridge”? Well then, the best cartridge? Here is my choice: 10 mm, 220 gr Hard Cast Lead 700 ft/lbs of kinetic energy. This will stop anything (within reason). Haa! | |
| HOW TO CHOOSE A SPEAKER CABLE? I'm about saving money where I can in this expensive hobby, and they (the Used Cable Co.) have a wide selection of used cable, so shop here: Here is their website: | |
| Amp(s) to drive B&W 803 D3 speakers It is my opinion, B&W speakers sound best (as with most speakers) with an amp that has "jump" factor to it. Amps in my experience that play dynamically are: Mark Levinson #27.5 Fully restored (recapped) by authorized repair center, George M... | |
| EAR 834 line stage For $13 large, a fella could buy lots of good preowned tubed preamps. A few used models that pop into mind are: 1) Reference 40 by Audio Research, separate signal and power supply chassis 2) VTL 7.5 Mk III - Same as above, two chassis 3) VAC R... | |
| Bookshelf speakers that renders 3D soundstage Focal's original Mini and Micro Utopia are still stunning, even though they are not the current model. Here is the Mini, not quite bookshelf, but still a stand mount. The Micro has one less mid-bass driver, which is the bookshelf configuration I... | |
| Install A Dedicated AC Line at home If you are going to go to the trouble of running dedicated 120V lines & audiograde outlets to your listening room, may I suggest this: | |
| How does one weigh the virtues an older amp vs. a younger one? OP, since you are talking integrated amps, how about a Mark Levinson No. 383. George Meyer in Los Angeles, who is an authorized Mark Levinson repair facility has completely refurbished units at $3,000 dollars and another for $3,200 dollars. Thes... | |
| Is a Pass Labs XP-10 still worth it used? The XP-10 was the single box preamp replacement for the predecessor Aleph P preamp. If you can stretch your budget say +$1000 bucks, get a preowned Pass X0.2, which is the 3 box preamp from Pass. This 3 box arrangement in that range of XP-10, XP-2... | |
| Mark Levinson & Others Integrateds... I really like my Esoteric preamp and amp. Here is the top flying integrated, which was recently phased out, but it is still outstanding. The current holder and lead model is Esoteric's F-03A; read about here: A few... | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? I first audio serious audio was purchased off my boss when I was working in Iron Mountain, MI. I was there to build the new County Replacement Hospital, Dickenson County Memorial. I bought his Harmon & Kardon integrated, and a pair of DCS bo... | |
| Atma-Sphere Class D… Amazing Hmm, Class D amps. In the old days, I was just a Class A amp sort of guy; I went from an Pass Aleph 5, to an Aleph 2, then to the Aleph 1.2, which are big bruiser amps that when they reach their stride in terms of operating temperature, it can tu... | |
| Does dose anyone see these speakers in real? Yeesh. Bright gold roundy round casing and it looks terrible. The tweeter though, it looks like the one that is used on the Von Schweikert VR-5 Anniversary speaker though. I believe the brand is called VIFA. The VR-5 is one of the finest speake... | |
| Looking for Speaker Recommendations This... Von Schweikert VR-5! For sale on A-Gon also... | |
| Best High Current amplifiers stable into low impedances Accuphase A-75 - Class A amplifier. It is stable down to 1 ohm. See below: | |
| Magico Ultimate III - $700,000 Speakers 1,100 pounds in weight? 4,000 watt subwoofer amplifier? PT Barnum said it, there is a sucker born every minute, or I like: a fool and his money are easily parted. C'mon - who the hell is going to buy that monstrosity? |