mattmiller
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| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? Tobb.....I am really stuck with the big watt SS amp because my speakers don't really work with lower watt tube amps. My next upgrade will be a new Tube Preamp. I will say that I like to listen fairly loud ,the Darker speakers with the powerful amp... | |
| Wood glue method of record cleaning I totally agree with Chayro...Get a Spin Clean. Wet washing records is the only real way to clean them AND the Spin Clean Fluid is Awesome. I use Gruve Glide to treat the record after I wash them. This process really makes a noticeably quieter rec... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? For me the Amp I am currently in love with (and so are my speakers)is a McIntosh MC352. Charlie Randal's Finest SS Amp design. | |
| Upgrade Help: CDP or DAC I reccomend the Z dac also. Consider using a DIP from Monarchy Audio $150 new. it goes between the transport and DAC It kills Jitter and re-clocks the timing elements in the signal before it hits the DAC. In addition you can then use a BAL XLR dig... | |
| high power tube amps vs ss Hello I think most great sounding tube amps are of the 75w per channel or less type. Because these amps drive high SENSITIVITY speakers well.Efficiency and Sensitivity are words that get confused when talking about speakers.Sensitive speakers that... | |
| New cart for under 1K The Analisys Plus cables are the most colored cables Ive ever heard ,next to Cardas, I cant stand them. Go for a Morrow Audio Cable, or Kimber,or Nordost.Cables are tone controls. The MAC preamp is nice but you can get the same sound or better wit... | |
| JBL 4411 - what is your take on these? I first heard these speakers back in 1980.At a store called Sensuous Sounds in Tampa Fl. This is considered Mid-fi grade stuff. works well with recivers and integrateds of the same period.Good news is they have a real classic JBL sound and they ar... | |
| Upgrade Help: CDP or DAC YES ! keep the Marantz as a transport and get a Solid state or Tube DAC! There are so many out there,I would recommend you look at something from Parasound,Musical fidelity,cambridge audio,Nuforce..I use a crappy jvc mini system to send a optical ... | |
| Suggested Improvements for Set Up? I think if you went with a good Pre amp/amp combo like Primaluna or Rouge Audio or Vincent Audio (there too many to list) ...the results could be a life changing event.Other than that,Spend the money on a good Oppo universal machine.This machine c... | |
| help with RP6 setup Hello,the reason you use a phono pre amp is so you can use the direct line level input on any preamp. This way you bypass using (or having to use) the pre amp's phono input.I am not familiar with the rouge audio's phone input, you would have to be... | |
| Turntable Swamp. . .what to buy? Hello I use a PrimaLuna Prologue 3. My turntable is a upgraded Rega p3/24 I have the groovetracer ref sub and acrylic platters and I use a Nagaoka MP200 cart. The sound is neutral to warm side. Very big soundstage and awesome at capturing the soun... | |
| New cart for under 1K I WOULD TRY THE ORTOFON 2M BLACK. IT IS A WARMER CARTRIDGE AND WOULD HELP WITH THE BRIGHTNESS YOU SPEAK OF. ALSO I WOULD CHECK OUT THE NAGAOKA MP500,A WARM AND DELIGHTFUL SOUND.MATT TX | |
| Upgrade from Rega P3-24 ..... Ok Adam ,Here it is in a nutshell. The P3/24 table is the WEAK link. The RB301 is awesome arm..Upgrade the Belt It is way better than the cheesy black belt.The stock Subplatter bearing system SUX, noisy, a lot of friction. Upgrade for $250 to the ... | |
| DAC question I would keep your system the way it is and play with some tweeks first. Damping the units themselves and isolating the speakers and making sure they are level and are on spikes...things like this can make more of an improvment in sound then a new ... | |
| CD player to be use as a transport advice? Hi Mountiansong, If you purchase a DIP from Monarcy audio you can play discs on anything that will send a optical or RCA digital signal out. Then from the DIP you can go out using rca or even better XLR! The DIP's are jitter stoppers/reclockers so... |