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| Nordost new "Purple Flair" speaker cable: Any good The name makes it sound like a type of Weed.My only comment is that you will probably benefit from high quality fairly heavy gauge copper. I recommend the best Cardas or OCC copper you can afford. | |
| PHONO STAGE FOR REGA RP1 or RP3 You should tell us what cartridge you anticipate using? $1500 Euros is a nice amount of money for a simple beginner's first Phono stage. Do you want to buy only new or is used OK? | |
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? Wolf The AA threads can be displayed in two formats. I prefer the one they call Classical. You will get many more specific answers regarding the Russian GL. Make sure to you look in the "Tube Asylum". It isn't all that painful honest.The old Phili... | |
| What is the gray felt meterial I got with my Sony? Maybe it is for the bottom of the player, to protect your furniture, not damping. It sounds strange to use felt damping with no instructions. | |
| CJ PV-5 work well with B&K, Aragon, Mcormack? That pre is one of the softer warmer ones out there. It is great for a highly resolving SS amps and analytic speakers, but If I were you and wanted to get a tighter sound, while preserving the tube magic, go the route less traveled. Get an SS pre ... | |
| Car Audio Speakers Years ago when Dynaudio discontinued the distribution of raw drivers for DIY home systems it still made the car drivers available. This was a big deal because you could buy a mobile Esotar tweeter which was very highly sought after but not the hom... | |
| Warm Sounding Speakers Other tweaks that warm up sound. If the tube buffer is an option then choose the 6SN7 based ones like the Grant Fidelity recommended above. Warm 6SN7s are still likely to be truly the best if NOS. The RCA Red Base 5692 tube wj=hile expensive is wa... | |
| how to value Fisher preamp Fair enough Ohnwy61, that makes sense. | |
| Review: JM Labs Diva Utopia Be Speaker So theoretically a different presumably larger inductor coil, help the bass in a crossover. You did say however there was no simple way of knowing apriori what inductors to use to get that better bass. So I guess I have to give up on that idea, al... | |
| In Ceiling speakers for a high-rise apartment How much are you willing to spend? If you use free standing front mains that opens up the whole question. | |
| Which to get rid of, TD145 MKii or Dual 1219? If you are really saying you want to seriously upgrade then consider selling both, adding some more money, and buying a top notch table. I am sure the Analog guys will be happy to guide you to the best table , with value taken into consideration, ... | |
| Replasment for Mullard Long Plates? Wolf -do yourself a favor and check out Audio Asylum Tube Asylum and do a search for the Gold Lion (Russian/re-issue/current production0 12AX7. Or you can just call Jim McShane who sells a lot of the GL tubes about them. He is a very striaght shoo... | |
| Victical bi-amp or mono block? I would think it will be less complicated using them as monoblocks which would be my preference. | |
| how to value Fisher preamp I think you would be better off having these Fisher pieces brought back to spec by a very highly regarded restorer. The Fisher Doc is famous and will make it worth more IMO. I am a bit ambivalent as a true collector usually wants rare pieces left ... | |
| are my amps clipping? It certainly seems like your asking too much from the amp. I am not sure why the DSP is doing that but adding a little more low impedance bass for the amp to supply makes sense. Get a higher current amp a "D" class amp with lots of power isn't so ... |