miner42
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| Rotel RB 1582MKII and 1552MKII I have owned a number of the 10 series and 15 series amps and they all preformed very well.RB1070RB1090RB1092 (not AB)RB1552RB1582I recently traded my RC1590 pre and RB1582 amp towards a McIntosh MAC6700 receiver. | |
| Help with picking the right phono pre for the rest of my system please! After my exhaustive research I settled on a Manley Chinook SE from Upscale Audio. A hard-to-beat phono stage under $4K. My turntable is a VPI Aries 3, 3D arm, Ortofon Cadenza Black MC cartridge. | |
| Wanted: San Antonio MC vs MM demo Check with your local high-end dealer Galen Carrol. I live in the Houston area and have driven to him to upgrade my tone arm cable. | |
| VPI scout, pivot spike burr for scout owners be aware of this Thank you for the heads-up. I will go home and check the spike on my Aries 3 - I have not had any problem setting up my arm, unless lack of patience is a 'problem'. | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways I am using the AIVS 3-step system with my Nitty Gritty MiniPro2 and have no desire to change what I am doing. The u-sonic systems have intrigued me but I have no desire to spend the $$$ for one. | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm Thank you Harry for responding. | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm Can you post your pic of arm here for other 3D arm owners to compare? I know I would like to see it. Feel free to send to my contact info. | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm THE METAL FINGER LIFT WAS ADDED WHEN ISSUES AROSE WITH THE MOLDED IN ONE - IT WOULD SNAP OFF. YOU HAVE THE UP TO DATE ARM. | |
| Need help and advice on a VPI 3D arm THE 3D ARM ON MY ARIES 3 WS MY FIRST UNIPIVOT ARM. IT TOOK ME A NUMBER OF TRIES TO GET THE ARM SET UP CLOSE TO OPTIMUM. I THEN USED A FEICKERT GAUGE AND A FOZGOMETER TO DIAL IT IN. EVEN WITH THE CORRECT TOOLS IT TAKES TIME AND PATIENCE. VPI WI... | |
| Vinyl noob needs help with cartridge As a general rule of thumb spend as much on cartridge as you have on phono pre. In your price range and Ortofon would work. MC cartridges are usually more expensive than MM cartridges. | |
| Latest Absolute Sound A pair of McIntosh MC2Kw mono blocks? | |
| Record Doctor V versus Spin Clean Complete Nothing matches RCM vacuums. With the SC they suggest air drying which is a no-no. If you decide to go SC (a washing system only) then by all means dry with microfiber towels. I use a Nitty Gritty MiniPro2. | |
| Rega RP10 or Nottingham Space 294 or VPI Prime Over a course of 9 years I have owned a Rega P5, P7, & P9. All models were very good tables. I recently upgraded my P9 to a VPI Aries 3, but had considered the RP10 also. I chose the VPI due to the ability to 'fine tune' the table plus I wa... | |
| Bryston BDP media server a good choice today? Out of curiosity how are files loaded onto the BDP-1? | |
| SRV limited Record store day Vinyl release Sound Quality? I took a leap of faith and bought it since I am a SRV fan - have yet to clean and listen to it. |