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| Boron Cantilever and Ruby Cantilever, Why Ruby? Ruby is just a red Saphire. I am sure they use synthetic Corundum why not the blue or yellow?? | |
| Do Thiel dealers discount? If you have already decided to buy this model it can't hurt to contact a few dealers to see if any have a "demo" pair. Frequently a "demo", is that in name only, if you get my gist. That said the shipping cost may offset any saving over picking th... | |
| What of cost goes into manufacturing cartridges? What are you referring to when you say "tiny needle" , is it the cantilever + tip, or only the tip? The materials used might be as expensive as the skilled labor. The tips are frequently very precisley calibrated special shaped diamonds. The canti... | |
| Garrott P87 MC cartridge- specs anyone? I just put in Garrott Bros Cartridge in my search and got their page immediately. They have their e-mail addy on the first page. BTW the current line up includes P88 and P89, but no P87. | |
| Difference in 300b and 845? The sound of an 845 must invariably reflect its higher wattage "dissipation". They also seem to have an overall richer tone. I suppose upon reflection, this may be the result of mid bass and bass emphasis. I am quite fond of this rich tone, but I ... | |
| Powered subwoofers running into power amp? You will overload the input capacity with a high level amplified signal. The resulting sound might be louder but would likely be badly distorted. | |
| Good amp match for vinatge Vandersteen 2C's? I find them soft as well, Solid State seems like the easy answer. You are lucky in a way as most less expensive amps will work well I would think. There are a bunch of D class amps with oodles of power available fairly cheap. Bryston makes some Cl... | |
| Any way to reduce pre-amp noise floor? My first thought was a tube issue as well. Tubes are frequently noisier than SS. In a pre-amp, any tube in the signal path and especially in a gain stage, should be very carefully selected for low noise. Even then, as tubes age, they can develop n... | |
| Musical Fidelity a308CR - amp type?? I owned the MF 308CR integrated a number of years back. IIRC it was class A/B with either 150 or 175 wpc. It didn't synergize with the speakers I had at that time. I sold it way too cheaply, as I bought it really well and took a substantial loss, ... | |
| Cary V12 Yah but more power really isn't a big problem because the amp's gain does not increase all that much. Are you just being economical? | |
| Anthem P2 or McIntosh 302 or something else What amps do the Martin Logans do shows with. frequently speakers and amps are shown together in order to show off the best of both products. | |
| re-tubing Lamm ML 2 I don't know what tubes are in there as stock. If you have a camera post pictures of the tube on audio asylum (tube asylum). Also Tubemonger has a large library of tube photos to help you identify yours. | |
| Tannoy Glenair 10 for Shindo Montille? Give us a few details about the Amp and Speakers. The we can speculate. I doubt that there a many Audiogon readers who also happen to have this combination. | |
| Turntable belt/pulley help- kind of urgent Evidently you did not need to remove the belt. Did you find the ribbon tape the manual tells you to use to pull the belt over the pulley? Is the pulley (motor spindle) bent or broken? Where did you put the belt back on. In the diagram of the instr... | |
| two 10's or one larger subwoofer? I will give you a random answer. The frequency extension does not always correlate with driver size or "better" sounding bass. Just check the specs on the subs you are considering. I am sure that some will claim that the bottom octave is a must. P... |