mofimadness
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| Cartridge Recommendations Why not just add a SUT to your current setup? Bob's Devices or a Silvercore are around $500 or so. I also have a Zu Audio/Denon 103 on one of my tables and that's what I would do. I really like mine also. | |
| singers similar to Lucinda Williams If you don't have a Pandora account, (free), set one up and build a "Lucinda Williams" station. That will let you listen to similar artists like her.BTW, I really like Lucinda Williams. | |
| Tube Break in Period / Method 40-50 hours with a signal running through it. Just play music and sit back and listen and enjoy... | |
| Best beer Pyramid Apricot Ale | |
| AES/EBU, Digital or Coaxial Between Transport-DAC I agree with Liz and Al. I have owned MANY DACs and transports and almost always found the AES/EBU connection to be the best sounding. | |
| Record Surface Noise Question Your Moerch UP4, (being a unipivot) lets you change/adjust the azimuth with the counterweight(s). Try very slightly moving/swinging the dropped counterweight to the left.I've owned both the Moerch UP4 and DP6 and they are a little harder to get se... | |
| Listening habits and LP storage My record room is on the same floor as my sound room and not that far away. I have, like probably everyone else, several LP's that I use for reference and/or just really like. It really depends on my mood and what I want to listen to at that parti... | |
| why is a step up transformer used Sorry, I wasn't as clear as I wanted to be in my comments above. The Krell KPE phono stage could only be powered from the Krell preamp's power supply or an external power supply. The external power supply didn't give the KPE any extra gain, (for t... | |
| why is a step up transformer used I think you might be confusing a step up transformer for A/C power with a SUT for phono?An A/C step up lets you use a lower voltage device, like a 100 volt Japanese unit, in the US or other country.A SUT, takes the very low voltage of a cartridge ... | |
| Problem with tube rolling 6SN7s One of the NOS GE's probably has a short in it. Once it warmed up, it kicked the breaker. You could swap out, one at a time, the GE's with a stock Chinese to find which one. | |
| Sirius radio quality vs redbook cd player I have a Kenwood DT-7000, which is a stand alone home only Sirius Tuner. I am running the toslink, (the only digital out it has) to a Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC. The sound is really quite enjoyable.It's not as good as MOG or Pandora, (through a ... | |
| B&K ST202 POWER AMPLIFIER Which external fuses are you looking for? The ST-202 has the speaker level fuses, (located above the binding posts in a circular tube,) these are 8amp 1/4 X 1 1/4 FAST BLO. The A/C power fuse, (located where the power cord plugs in, in a little tr... | |
| Crisp sounding tubes for Modwright 5400ES I wasn't aware that Create made a 5AR4 tube? They have the 6SN7 and the 12AT/AU/AX7's, but I've never seen a 5AR4 by them.Here is a website that sells them:http://aloaudio.com/accessories/vacuum-tubes/ | |
| Crisp sounding tubes for Modwright 5400ES Mullard 5AR4 rectifierShuguang/Psvane CV-181T/Z for the 6SN7's.Plenty of info here:http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?board=14.0 | |
| Any good quality DAC in $300-400 price range? The Schiit BiFrost is supposed to be excellent. I haven't heard it, but I've read alot about it. It runs new $449 with USB input.http://schiit.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=0&products_id=7 |