millercarbon
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| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please I did NOT want to spend $2500 on a phono stage. And remember this was back in 1995 or thereabouts, back when $2500 was real money! I tried Lehman Black Cube, EAR 834P, on and on, at least 8-10 different phono stages- all home auditioned. Several m... | |
| is there a ghost in my machine? Also if you narrow it down to the preamp the next step is to try and see if it happens with another input. This will narrow it down to the phono stage or the pre-amp section. Tubes can go at any time so it does no good to guess and assume, you sim... | |
| BUI - Guilty As long as you did your due diligence, dispassionately evaluating and analyzing what you need and why, reading through all the reviews, searching and sifting through all the user comments, talking to a few noteworthy individuals including of cours... | |
| Building my 'first' system - Advice on Phono preamp please Two similar but somewhat different approaches. Right now you and everyone else is on the approach of the common wisdom (aka stuck in a rut, running a treadmill, etc) approach of finding a phono stage that is about as good in price or performance a... | |
| is there a ghost in my machine? Audio 101: Trouble-shooting. You swapped source, that eliminated the amp. You swapped L/R from the preamp to the amp, redundantly confirming it is not the amp. Now it can only be either the preamp or the turntable. Obvious next step: swap phono l... | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. What you are going through is exactly what I went through. Only for me it was around 1973. I had paper route money, and a bicycle to take me to Radio Shack, where I devoured all I could read and picked the brains of everyone there who knew anythin... | |
| Cut lower frequency to help my bookshelf speakers You are trying to get high volume from a small inefficient speaker. No matter what you do the most likely outcome is you destroy those speakers. If indeed you have not managed to do so already. When you hear the sounds you describe, in my book and... | |
| Best wishes I don't know that Keith has truly retired, whatever that word even means. The way he builds, in order to keep costs down he has to order enough for a production run that will last a while, as otherwise things like faceplates and chassis are prohib... | |
| An Objective Review of the Tekton Double Impact Speakers Few are. | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? Over the course of the last 30 years my thinking on this has changed and evolved considerably. From the beginning in the 70's my view was you absolutely must go and listen. Then in the 90's this evolved to you must audition in your home. Because t... | |
| A question about what "streaming" is There are many different approaches to streaming. Everyone likes their own brand. Still, it is usually best when you have questions of this nature to seek out the advice of a good urologist. | |
| Beginner looking for guidance into tube sound. The most important thing when trying to do high sound quality on a budget is to understand it is always all about compromise, and then figure out which compromises you are most able to afford and live with. For example, the path you are on looking... | |
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| Best wishes The VTPH2A has got to be one of the all time great phono stages. I am so happy to have got one before Keith retired. What great timing too, as to continue in the present environment would mean drastically increasing prices with supply problems. So... |