marakanetz
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| LP plays way too softly I use Argo but used to have Helikon. For budget reasons I downgraded to Argo and noticed hat it 'rocks' harder and faster than preious Helikon just by being sligtly noisier.Another reason might be late presing vs early one. That's where they're al... | |
| Pass XP-15 Phono Stage if you need to set up jumpers for gain and load settngs, you most probably will be OK using their later version mentioned befor i.e. XP-25 | |
| BAT 300 SE integrated volume problem I believe that you should adress this problem to VK.I would suspect a tech problem knowing the fact that it shoud 'scream' louder than mentioned SLI80. | |
| What's the best approach to add Headphone Amp? Roole,Yes speakers can interact with especially open air headphones but technically nothing wrong.DJs use monitor headphones simultaneously with speakers at the partyA mute switch is very convenient otherwise you don't need to keep your power ampl... | |
| Entry level turntable Chayro I've been exactly in the same situation that drove me to change my P3 to Michell in a matter of 3 months. | |
| Entry level turntable One of the best entry-level deals I've ever caught for my friend was Oracle Alexandria which is a good step up even from Rega P3.The price came out around $350 with arm/no cartridge.The cartridge now being used is Goldring Eroica HO MC. | |
| Life expectancy of tube components Theo,other parts can fail due to the tube failure such as resistors that would have a fuse act, and DC electrolytic caps that need to be checked whether the equipment worked or didn't. small signal parts less-likely to be a culprit but power suppl... | |
| What's the best approach to add Headphone Amp? To my understanding to reach the best performance running directly from the source to the headphone amplifier you should find one with balanced input and balanced bypass so you use fully balanced signal path among your components, but running as y... | |
| What's the best approach to add Headphone Amp? It depends on the input sensitivity of the headphone amplifier and certainly the sensitivity of headphones.I use Consonance M20 headphone amp connected to the preamp's tape output driving AKG K701. I found it more refined and controlled than direc... | |
| Favourite ECM Titles Molvaer Nils Petter 'Khmer' Pat Metheny 'Offramp'Carla Bley 'Night Glo'Carla Bley 'European Tour 1977' especially 'National Anthem in Minor...' | |
| Urgent - Totem speakers for Krell Thed,They're not worth $3.5k.Look for the better deal.I got mine in 2001 for $2200.Realistically I'd look for no more than $2700 for new or clean demo. | |
| Power cable for Transport Nah...I could buy used Gibson Songwriter for these money... ~1100. | |
| Urgent - Totem speakers for Krell BTW I was also thinking to go integrated from separates seeing 400Xi used for only $1.5k but still can't stop thinking about Wyred4Sound integrated. How they would compare against each other? Does 400Xi have high heat issues? | |
| Urgent - Totem speakers for Krell I hooked up my Forests with 300i model. They mated great but with higher power they will work even better. | |
| Most Audiophiles by State There are listing agencies that could provide you for the certain price the e-mail list that would probably draw a statistical picture more precisely. |