marakanetz
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| Solid state warm up? It's not the best model of VK and more than certainly it can't do 300/4Ohms(sorry only on 'holidays':-)). It does better job with lighter speakers than you have. So I suspect mismatch of components.An upgrade to your B&K might be Wyred4Sound S... | |
| Solid state warm up? Don't know which B&K reference, but it seems that your speakers need more power beyond vk-250SE capabilities. | |
| Totem speakers and others that I should consider? Sleepless, Listening fatigue from Forests? Never had one for past 10 years of usage. | |
| Totem speakers and others that I should consider? Forests are IMHO the best speakers built by Totem line. There are better models than Totem Winds/Shaman at higher price ranges.Did anyone mentioned Nola Contender? I believe that it's a value winner of the year. | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Ebm, Which model, year? | |
| Free speaker tweak that's a must do Only in case if you receive ones with ones that you can unscrew with fingers. Overtorque may be worse than under. | |
| Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig One of the main ones is Thinking that others make mistakes and you don't. | |
| Tube pre-amp with parasound jc-1's most of tube ARC have very high gain that JC1 would not need.Cary SLP02 mentioned seemed to be the value winner while other mentioned models could be superior in performance. | |
| Christmas Music and Audiophiles? Exactly!That's the only thing sucks about Christmas!Showing up at shopping mall and everywhere listening to that Jingle Bell... Ughhh...The soona the beta to getoutathere. | |
| Power Cords--Your Preference? Tbg,I'm inexperienced user. Seen lots heard none. | |
| SUT or New Cart? Playing with SUT devices might get tricky in terms of playing with load impedance. There are charts that you can download in order to load the cartridge properly. IMHO it's always better either to use different cartridge or different phonostage (p... | |
| What are your top 5 RB CDs For SQ - Rock Music I often mistake best music for best sound/recording. Best music usually fades recording quality.1. Dread Zeppelin "Un-Lead-eD"2. Talking Heads "The Name of This Band..." live DbLp3. Nina Hagen "Revolution Ballroom"4. Marillion "Misplaced Childhood... | |
| Tube pre-amp with parasound jc-1's to benefit from balanced inputs(you really should) you can get used Cary SLP03 | |
| Best legacy preamp-amp combo for $1000, is what? Sunfire SRP-SRA Symphonic reference stack. Not to legacy but rocks. | |
| Top 10 Snafus to avoid when building a good rig David,To be frankly with you I don't know when I'm finished and I like that fact. |