mijostyn
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| Audio Research Reference 6 or Mark Levinson Reference n32 You need to hear the Ref 6 with the Ref Phono 3 phono amp. If only I had the money. I have heard this combo on big Maggies and all I can tell you is that you would be hard pressed to do significantly better in this life. The ARC line stages are si... | |
| Solid State Preamp Under $8000 You can't go wrong with a Pass Preamp but why not an ARC? The LS 28 is an excellent unit and right in your price range unless you want to shoot for a used Ref 6. You have their Phono amp after all. I love your tonearm. Brilliant design. How do you... | |
| Puzzled about reasons why there seems to be no shortage of used planner speakers Getting planar speakers to sing is more difficult than with most point source designs. Positioning is more critical as is acoustic management of the space around them. They require a lot of power and yet do deep bass poorly and are best served by ... | |
| Phono stage recommendations Karmapolice, Go for the XP 27. You will not be sorry. The only better SS phono amp is the XS and we all know how much that costs. For tube freaks the ARC Ref Phono 3 and 10 are the real deal. | |
| Why do cartridge manufacturers give a range for VTF? In most cartridges the coils sit between two magnetic poles. The magnetic energy between the poles is even so position within the gap is insignificant. The only exception I can think of is one Van Den Hul model that only has one pole. So the reco... | |
| MC suggestions I had a special low output Grado Reference cartridge. It put out 1.5 mv. It was my work horse cartridge for some 25 years. Finally one channel died and I desided to retire it. The arm on this table a SOTA Cosmos is a Syrinx PU3, a medium mass arm... | |
| Turntable hum What preamp or phono amp are you using? Does the hum change as you mov the tone arm across the record? | |
| Switched outlet for power amp Rib,Generally not a good idea unless it is a low power amp. High powered amps can be too much of a load for those switches even if they have a soft start. Triggers have taken over as the preferred method of remota start up. | |
| What is the correct way to use the Zerostat? Lewm,The argument was not over the "dust bug" but over whether or not Zerostats work. If the goal is to keep Static and dust off the record they do not, particularly if you do not use a dust cover. If you use the Zerostat and quickly drop the styl... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Cleeds, What's the matter? Don't like sex? | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Whart,I use the alcohol only about once a month and it is iso propyl not denatured. If denatured alcohol got back to the coils it could really screw things up. As a solvent iso propyl is just one click stronger than water. On a regular basis I jus... | |
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers cd318,Wouldn't it be nice. | |
| I feel bad for speaker manufacturers Kosst,I could not agree with you more. This activity is not just confined to Audio.Unfortunately, it seems to be an almost universal human activity. I think it is called swindling. The art of selling mythology. What are your favorite audio forums?... | |
| Anyone Have Experience With the Macintosh MVP901? Wow, that is a pricey Pioneer, 2200 sterling about $2900. It plays UHD video. The Mac does not. I suspect the Mac is better built and it is also twice as expensive. It will be used mostly for movies. All my CDs are on a hard drive. I just have the... | |
| Vinyl vs high def audio i.e. 24bit / 96 or 192khz Hi Fi and I mean all of it is just a tool, a tool to play music. Most of the music I listen to from a time perspective is on Sonus remote speakers in my office, garage and workshop as back ground music. I am always humming and tapping along even ... |