michaellent
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| UPS. Friend Or Foe? The Pro-ject Carbon 10 weighs close to 120 pounds. It’s packed in a three-quarter inch furniture grade plywood box. The box was smashed when I received it. I don’t know how they manage that. UPS dropped it at least 8 feet. I don’t know. It was ugl... | |
| New Cartridge or New Preamp $3000 not $300 dead-on. Not “dead”…. | |
| New Cartridge or New Preamp It seems you’ve asked multiple questions. I don’t have a broad enough experience to really get to a great answer but here’s what I use. Aric Audio Transcend MM Phono Stage @$2525-dead quiet I run the Moving Iron Soundsmith Voice. @ $300 + @mulv... | |
| Klipsch La Scala replacement? I love my Zu Audio Soul Supreme. Look good not too big. Horns… bent | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. Well I miss calculated. The album is 43 years old. I’ve listen to it at least once a week since then. That’s 2064 times! minimum. And I still love it. Bent | |
| If there was only ONE album/cd/release you can listen to, over and over............. Frank Zappa’s Orchestra Favorites. I’ve already listen to it 100 times at least. | |
| Hum on Tube Amp - Can't find source My Aric Audio push-pull tube amp makes no noise whatsoever! The transformers don’t hum and I hear no hum coming out of the speakers. All tube amps do not hum! Bent | |
| Ditching Class A Amps due to Heat - Sort of a Poll I like that heat source. It was 10° here a few days ago | |
| One dedicated circuit for each mono block? +1 @mesch I read that doing it any other way may cause a ground loop fault. Plug everything into one outlet. Please look at what Eric said also. Bent | |
| Aric Audio Custom 300b PSET Sorry Aric not Eric! | |
| Aric Audio Custom 300b PSET I don’t own his 300B. I do own Eric Audio phono preamp, Eric’s Special Line Preamplifier and Eric’s Transcend push-pull Amp. I sit for hours and listen to LPs. I’ve had it like this for a year with the amplifier but I bought the other pieces earli... | |
| I’m about to push the button to get 2 SVS 3000 micros to add to ATC SCM40s. Just bought an SB3000 for about a week now. It’s fantastic after integrating it it’s wonderful! Bent | |
| Tonearm/Cartridge pairing. Please go to sound-smith.com/s. The link will show you how to properly set up your turntable. You can watch videos on YouTube from the same company. Setting the top of your cartridge is NOT necessarily a solution of any kind for vertical tracking ... | |
| What’s your latest high-end audio purchase? SVS SB300 subwoofer. I just got it today it’s not even set up. I just now downloaded the app. I did plug it in and try it. Pretty good so far. It does need adjustment though. It replaces a Focal sub6. | |
| Where did you buy your first audio gear? Gayla Sound, Rochester New York in 1983. I was clueless. I walked in with nothing Then walked out with a $3000 hi-fi. (you could buy a new car for $3000 then). Those guys sold me good stuff. The AR Turntable with Grace F9e. Still have that cart. ... |