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| Great classical pianists I like Helene Grimaud. | |
| B&W 802 D2 Capacitors Worth Upgrading? Here are a couple of novice tips from another novice. Capacitors have a direction, in/out. They have a label on them to tell you what end. goes where. If you install them in the wrong direction they may blow up. I had a friend had one go off in h... | |
| Need advice for a replacement phono cartridge Should I be concerned with the low mass tonearm pairing well with the low cartridge compliance (light tonearm with stiff cantilever)? A cartridge and tonearm work together. A stiff tonearm requires a high compliance cartridge. It’s not the mass ... | |
| Update on my TT causing distortion at higher volume +1 audphile1 I own a SoundSmith Voice cartridge. SoundsSmith moving iron (MI) stylus is Factory replacement only. A reminder: matching the cartridge to the tonearm is imperative. Look to Music Direct for a great discount occasionally on sound ... | |
| Albums you do not get...a plea for help and understanding Dear Frank Zappa disparagers/trolls! A lot of FZ’s music was written about turnips like yourselves. Put on some Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin, loudly, and dance around the room. Ye haw! BTW I’m a big Steely Dan/Donald Fagan too. Bent | |
| What To Do? I am getting great results with a Pro-ject Carbon 10 EVO. $5k. Sound Smith The Voice moving iron cartridge at $2.2k. Aric Audio phono pre. $2k with vintage tubes from Brent Jessee. The JJ stock tubes are not great. Make sure that your turntable a... | |
| Tube Preamp - What to buy? opps... I guess I didn’t read it well enough. That preamp doesn’t have a phono-pre. bent | |
| Tube Preamp - What to buy? Aric Audio offers a NEW tube preamplifier in your price range with both gain control AND volume control. In addition to that he offers Tube Amplifiers with gain control! Nice guy too. All hand made, really fine sounding, in the USA. Bent | |
| What phono preamp are you using? TT is Pro-ject Carbon EVO 10. Bent | |
| What phono preamp are you using? I haven’t read all of the posts yet but I will. I’m using a SoundSmith ”The Voice”. Both my phono pre my preamp are from Aric Audio. His really nice tube equipment w/ Zu Soul Supreme speakers. It sounds incredible! Best wishes to our friend Peter... | |
| Help my analog sound as good as my streaming Go for the cartridge! I have a Project EVO carbon 10. I now use a Sound Smith cartridge. Had the Grace F9e. They are similar in design. Peter worked with Sumiko/Ortofon to help them develop phono cartridges years ago. Find one in your budget. You ... | |
| Magico Customer service Oops. Got mixed up on who is who. MC has that Einstein. But all of what I said above applies to both of you. | |
| Magico Customer service So it’s MASTER Kenjit now? Truely rich! Bwahhh! That is just over the top, even for Kenjit. I’m mostly a lurker here and have been for quite some time. I had to respond to that. When I see you’re ‘Thinking Einstein’ I go onto the next poster. ... | |
| How eclectic is your taste in music? Amadeus to Zappa. | |
| purchasing US made speakers You will need a subwoofer with the Zuml |