marakanetz
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| Belt for AR turntable? Try www.turntablebasics.com | |
| What cables for the Vandersteen 2ce Sig.? I'd go with XLO or Kimber wires(whichever you can afford). You can order them from www.percyaudio.com bulk and unterminated(you're not going to believe how cheap and great can wires be including interconnects as well) To my knowlege of Vandys they... | |
| Amplifier speaker relay problems. I'm not familiar with the circuitry of your amp but I suggest checking more deeply arround the ciruit board for the following possible failures:This relay faliure can be on more reasons than you might think of. Relay can also block an input stage ... | |
| AES3 any thoughts AES3 has only one problem: very small gain(2...3db).But in reality this can be a great advantage over the high gain preamp designs and might kill a giant for a fraction of its price. It is very well engineered preamp. It is very simple and it does... | |
| How important is it to match tubes in a preamp? not on every preamp. 12au, 12ax are dual triiode input valves that are matched to themselves. | |
| 'newer' Integrated Vs. 'older' Separates ARC components you've mentioned could be boring IMO but at least present with presicion and even with reality. Classe Cap is definitely laid back component that you might not like.If you're in hardship acquiring ARC 3Br than you can get 3b and tha... | |
| Live Jazz Trio Recordings the most extra-ordinary live-recorded trio i heard was Dieter Moebius'(Kluster) trio.Three guys gathered arround the crowd in Koln with no prior preparations with synths and started to improvise. That made me to jump like Michael Jordan from excit... | |
| Upper midrange glare prominence -- You can experience Totem Beak on top of your speakers. Many dealers would offer you this product to try for 30 days and will refund your money if you won't find it usefull.I was able to setup midrange the way I like to hear it most and can't now i... | |
| No Ground on Thorens TD 145 MKII + some questions Regas have also no ground wire. It is internally connected between the dins on the tonearm and I believe that it's the case with your Thorens. | |
| Sansui 717 - "System A and B" Help As I understand you're currently having both speaker and amplifier with bi-wirable binding posts.When you switch to "A" alone you simply disconnect woofer. If you connect in this case speaker binding posts with jumper + to + and - to - respectivel... | |
| What preamp? Do you neccessary need a full-function preamp?If yes try EAR834 full-function that will upgrade you substantially from Quicksilver.Among SS preamps you can lookup Plinius M16 that incorporates excellent phono section as well. | |
| Getting into audio for around 3500$...problems... I'd push for analogue. Less investment for Greater sound even with your current amp/speakers. You could get phono with volume control and play your digital stuff through the receiver in the bedroom. That is basically what I've done. I wouldn't smo... | |
| Who makes good quality bananas ? I personally have bannana and spade-free connectors and thus prefere the binding posts that can accept everything from bare wires to spades and/or bananas. | |
| Theil 3.5's...Tubes or SS? Just bought a used pair The global exception to tubes can be for the following matching amps:--VTL MB180(stable to 2 Ohms!)--Aronov LS9000--Rogue M120(preferably magnum) | |
| Who makes good quality bananas ? OK folks,I've experimented with Cardas connectors(posts, spades and bananas) in comparison to Dayton from Parts Express and realy feel that buying Cardas we're overpaying tooo much for the name. Dayton has a great performance at fraction of Cardas... |