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| Records are getting noisy Yes, SE should not be too static-y except for the fact that it is so hot and humid that you run the AC 10 months of the year. That can dry things out a bunch. But I thought I was addressing that with the Zerostat, Audioquest brush, and GruvGlide. ... | |
| Best Tube Preamp with Phono under $2000 ? That's an easy one; Cary Audio SLP98p, used. | |
| VPI Classic dimensions It's 8", or 9" with the record clamp on. The arm mechanism is probably another 1/2" higher than that. | |
| Has anyone heard the VPI Classic yet Seems to get better every day!! | |
| Hi Output MC cartridge recommendations? Sumiko Blackbird, absolutely stellar. | |
| Most Audiophiles by State I'm going to go by where gear is for sale all of the time. I can tell you by the dealers available that Texas, per capita has to be one of the worst. Houston is the largest city in Texas, the 4th largest in the US, and has about exactly ONE high e... | |
| This is a silly hobby. I'm afraid to ask the impetus of that analogy | |
| How organized are you with your music I keep my vinyl, which I only started re-collecting a year ago, in alphabetical order. All of the records in MoFi sleeves, and the jackets in a re-sealable plastic outer liners. Only about 200.SACD's and DVD-Audio's are in a large CD folder, no ca... | |
| Audio Research LS 26 or Cary SLP 05? I have not had the SLP -05 in my system, but I have an SLP98p F1, direct coupled et all. All the options you can get from Kevin at Upscale. I have heard the SLP 05 several times at my dealer, and it's very nice, but it didn't make me want to get r... | |
| Slim on the wall speakers Magnepan MMG-W's, cheap, and GREAT! Get a halfway decent sub and cross it over at about 110, and you will never be sorry. | |
| Cambridge 840C Azur through a Bryston BDA-1 DAC? 10-06-09: MacdadtexasBerkeley was great, very detailed, full sound, not bright at all, and the ARC sounded very much like the Berkeley. A buddy of mine took the Berkeley, and he couldn't be happier, and it does sound stellar in his set up. But wit... | |
| Newbie - Which USED Amp & Preamp for under $2500 The Klipschorns really open up some great amp/preamp combos. They are so efficeint you can use any flea powered amp you want and drive the snot out of the Klipsch.I think the Klipschorns driven by McIntosh gear is an incredible sound. I like the M... | |
| Have you turned your loved ones into audiophiles My wife will turn on the tube preamp to listen to the AppleTV because just going through the reciever sounds "tin-ny" compared to the tube preamp.She will actually toss on vinyl for certain music she likes. | |
| Cambridge 840C Azur through a Bryston BDA-1 DAC? I've never owned the Cambridge, but I have owned a bunch of other DAC's and Bryston has been the best in my system. | |
| Apple TV vs Wadia 170i? Roccoriley, that's not correct. The AppleTV does not use an iPod at all. It takes the file directly off of the hard drive of the computer holding the iTunes account. So it absolutely can be processed then by an external DAC, or use the internal DA... |