mofimadness
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| ARC preamp line up Actually the SP14 has only (1) tube. It's a very nice unit also, but over your budget by a little. Also, the SP7 was the solid state replacement for the SP5. The LS9, LS10 and LS12 were solid state line stages. I was an ARC dealer for many years. | |
| Best way to purchase/download music? HDTracks. | |
| ARC preamp line up Still one of my favorite ARC preamps is the SP9MKII, (or MKIII). These use (2) tubes and have an excellent phono stage. | |
| hotel california... While I can't speak to the CD, I have quite a few different copies of the vinyl record. IMHO, this is how I would rank them:1. West German pressing2. Japanese pressing3. DCC pressing4. Mobile Fidelity pressing5. Back to Vinyl reissue (UK)6. UK ori... | |
| Meldhau, Raitt I agree that the new Bonnie Raitt is excellent. It actually sounds like the old Bonnie Raitt. Haven't heard the other one mentioned. | |
| How many got back into vinyl post divorce? I had a prenup... | |
| suggestions for updating via DAC..... Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC. With a little op-amp rolling and tube rolling, it's hard to beat. I love mine. | |
| Think you know analog? This guy must be Mikey Fremer's evil twin :-) | |
| Sunfire Signature... what is this? How high does the meter peg out at? Should be either 380 joules or 480 joules. | |
| Digital microscope recommendations Peter,Works for me :-) | |
| Digital microscope recommendations Pbnaudio...what is RTA? I've never heard of that. There is VTA and SRA. Fremer is a big fan of SRA (Stylus Rake Angle). | |
| Anybody seen a Black Widow Turntable? I've never heard of a Black Widow TURNTABLE? Infinity made the Black Widow Tonearm. Do you have any pictures? | |
| The New Clearaudio Ovation Have you tried to lower the VTA a little? Brightness of a cartridge can be from the tonearm being high in the back. | |
| Great Cables ... That Get Little Attention There is a price list on the Worldwide Wholesales website. The cables that started this thread are the HiDiamond XLR 2. These are listed at $1300 per pair. I'm not sure that would be considered "shockingly reasonable", or not?Here is the price lis... | |
| My kind of morning audio habit Thanks for sharing...that's cute. |