mglik
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| SOUNDLAB ULTIMATE 545 If you can get CAT amps do it! And their preamp is also excellent.Your 545s deserve the best! And I believe they will be a great match with the SLs. | |
| Fluids.... Keith Monks discOvery with the KM RCM works for me.If good enough for the Library of Congress, BBC, etc. …When I apply the fluid with a brush I can see the whitish decavitation. And then the arm and nozzle suck up the dirty fluid one grove at a ti... | |
| An ideal (minimal) 2.1 setup Go with the Kefs and a Rel sub (s).I have a 4 K TV, is the OLED much better? | |
| Best Sounding Speaker Cables? I replaced $6K speaker cables with $1200 Silversmith Fideliums. Now the former cables are relative junk.Check out the Enjoy the Music review. His Fideliums beat his $20K Reference. Innovative and superb. And for $175 the Fidelium bi wire feature i... | |
| Transport needed ! You can probably get a used Theta DVD/CD player for 300-350ish.I have had mine for about 20 years and it is still going strong.Great quality great sound. | |
| How long can preamp tubes last? It depends on the preamp.I turn my Atma-Sphere MP-1 off and on twice a day to save the 18 tubes. Ralph says that if left on, the tubes need changing every 6 months. I try to make them last a year or more. It is on about 8 hours a day.I think that ... | |
| What is the most important component to consider while building a new system? There is no question that speakers are central to the SQ.However, the source can make or break a system. I once heard a million dollar system with a very digital edgy sounding CD player and I wanted to run out of the room screaming!When I got my l... | |
| How to design a high end crossover… This is why a speaker is good or not. IMO, the hardest thing to accomplish is High End Audio. It is v far from just selecting the best components. It takes an artist to integrate drivers, crossovers and enclosures. To make the final speaker sound ... | |
| As you have moved on, are there any items you remember fondly...or most fondly? Am v surprised that no one has mentioned Quad 57s.Maybe because everyone still has them.I joyfully lived with mine for ten years. Only sold them to get bass, treble and dynamics. The cosmetic was also an issue. But their glorious midrange was addi... | |
| Buying used vs new? If you can live at a few dings, there is no reason not to buy used speakers unless they are decades old. But even in the case of needing to recone old drivers, that is not a big deal.When buying used speakers, best to buy ones that you know are to... | |
| Advice for upgrading my system My listening time is precious and it is dedicated to vinyl.Think your Sonos is enough for casual listening and convenience.Upgrade your front end!Definitely get a Technics 1200G TT.super bang for the buck and a TT to build uponAnd a Lyra Kleos or ... | |
| Analog Upgrade - Where to start? BTW-Definitely get a SRA platform for the TT. The entry level VR is excellent and the up line is even better. The improvement is not small. | |
| Analog Upgrade - Where to start? The most gorgeous tube sound I ever heard was the Zesto Andros phono stage. The mid line Deluxe is their sweet spot and is very close to the top line just in one chassis not two and can only take two cartridges not four. I would have the Zesto but... | |
| Only one speaker With one amp down for a few weeks, I have been listening to one channel. It would be better to have both but it is not bad to only hear one side. I think that because I have AMTs in my speakers I have a nice center image and the one channel is enj... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 tube rolling IME, it was problematic to roll the 6AS7 output tubes in my M-60.I have always been a fan of NOS,I got a set of 6AS7Gs from Brent Jesse.They we’re not matched and were three different brands as Brent said.As Ralph said, the failure rate of NOS is ... |