mitch2
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| MUSE Erato II - Anyone using this player? Hi Bob. Yes, I have had the Erato II in house for a month or so and I am still in the evaluation phase. MUSE did this in black for me and IMO it looks great. At first, I did a brief sonic comparison between the MUSE Model Three Signature preamp an... | |
| Balanced or not for interconnect IME, I would not sweat a 3M run of single-ended (rca) cables. If I had over a 5M run, I would probably try and use balanced cables. However, as Elizabeth states, it really does depend on the driving capability of your preamp, as well as on the sus... | |
| Best preamp for 2k-3k The Lamm LL2 Deluxe bested the Calypso in my system, but the Calypso is much more user friendly since it has a remote and display. Although I thought the Lamm clearly sounded better (so I sold my Calypso) the Calypso did sound good...it just didn'... | |
| Aerial 10t or Aerial Model 9 I have heard people say the 10T's may be easier to place because the 9's may overwhelm smaller rooms with bass. Not sure whether this is due to the 4 LF drivers, which Aerial says have equivalent area greater than a single 15 inch speaker, or beca... | |
| Conrad-johnson TC5 or Cary SLP 05 ? A couple of thoughts...don't the SCD-1 and VTL monos both allow balanced cabling? The SLP-05 is balanced while CJ gear, including the CT5, is single-ended only.The SLP-05 uses 6SN7 tubes, which have their own distinctive sound when used in a pream... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Thanks Augiem. Although RHB specializes in tubed designs, they also work on solid state equipment. Bob and I had a nice conversation and he is taking a look at the preamp for me. | |
| What is the best power cable under $200.00 retail? I have had good luck replacing all my cables with Furutech PCOCC wire. They sell bulk cable that is very similar to that used in their top cables. For power cords, I would use the unshielded 12awg FP-Alpha 3 on my amps, and the 14awg shielded FP-3... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Modifiers, like Dan Wright, who choose a component, study it and spend a good long time tinkering and testing, are a whole different story. Unless you choose a modifier who specializes in modifying your particular preamp, youre unlikely to get th... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? I believe mods are an excellent way to improve upon a component that is clearly lacking in some way.Tvad, I agree with your observations regarding the risk of screwing up something that a good designer spent a considerable amount of time to design... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Well...when it came down to it the potential pitfalls you mention definitely weighed in as a factor in choosing not to mod my LL2. However, the modded LL2 I described had the best quality upgrade parts such as Dueland coupling caps, Eurocap bypass... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Hi guys,Sorry for the inactivity. For some reason a response I wrote last night didn't post. Again, thanks for the great suggestions. Tvad, no I am not modding the Lamm. I have actually sold it and moved on in a different direction - I do need to ... | |
| Preamp modifications - who would you use? Thanks everyone, you have come up with some names that I didn't know about. Any more I should consider? | |
| Why the obsession with the lowest octave Even though my speakers are said to go to 30hz, I have often wondered whether cutting them off a little higher and blending in a pair of quality subs would result in not only deeper bass but better defined bass. OTOH, some say it is exceptionally ... | |
| Is this the END of DAYS for the high end CD player Is there viability to downloading music in a hi-rez format, burning to a DVD and then playing back on a hi-rez player? I have absolutely no experience in this area, or with computer based audio storage/playback, but I am considering getting starte... | |
| Help with VTL TL 5.5 Preamp When I owned this model preamp, the highs were one of the best features so hopefully you get it sorted out. |