mofimadness
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| Best speaker cable for Maggies??? Mapleshade Golden Helix. Stupid good for the price. Try running (2) pair shotgunned. | |
| Audio Research LS 26 or Cary SLP 05? Audio Research LS26. | |
| HDMI confusion: Monoprice vs. Blue Jeans I A/B'ed an $8.00 HDMI cable from Firefold versus a $150 top-of-the-line Monster Cable and actually preferred the Firefold. | |
| Right/Left channel balance issues? Pre-amp Have you tried a new, (different) tube? If the preamp uses just (1) tube, it may have mismatched sections within the tube. | |
| Where are you buying new vinyl? Drjoe,I have had terrific luck with Elusive Disc. His listed prices are usually 10% lower than most and the service has been excellent! He had a 20% off sale back a couple of months ago, I spent several hundred dollars on that one.. | |
| Replacement CD on a tight budget? You might be able to find a Denon DCD-1520 or DCD-1560 for that budget. Maybe also a NAD BEE series for a little more. | |
| ARC Ref 3 and ARC Ref 110 tubes Plug the right channel cable output from the preamp into the left channel input of the amp and vice versa. This is just switching the channels. If the left channel output from the preamp is faulty, the noise will shift to the right speaker. If the... | |
| Best, or ideal record clamp I third the TT Weights clamp on NON-threaded spindles. The best clamp that I have tried on a 1/4 x 20 threaded spindle is the Teres Audio. I have (2) of the TT's on other tables and they really are NICE. Larry is wonderful to work with. You should... | |
| ARC Ref 3 and ARC Ref 110 tubes You can narrow down the choices to either the preamp or amp. Switch interconnect channels from the preamp to the amp. If the crackle stays in the left channel, it's the amp. If it changes to the right channel, it's the preamp. Then go from there. ... | |
| Haitian Divorce lyrics Here's the facts from the lips of Fagen himself. The following article appeared in the December 25, 1976 issue of Sounds:"Well, the first few verses are plain enough. Babs and Clean Willy get married, right? But things don't work out somehow, and ... | |
| LFD LE III w/Phono Input? Here is an excerpt from the Stereophile review:Meanwhile, I tried my second version of the LFD with my Rega P25 turntable, fitted with Goldring G1020 MM cartridge. The phono-stage gain is internally switchable: 38dB for MM, 53dB for MC. This was m... | |
| Sensible upgrade from Denon DL160 Dynavector DV20XH, Audio Technica AT150MLX would be my choices. | |
| Jelco St-250/Audioquest PT6 the exact same? I agree. Same arm. | |
| 12AX7/LPS Sovtek - I am very confused, please help I bought (4) of these from a vendor that doesn't even offer testing or matching and all (4) of them tested perfect on my tube tester. They sound great too, so I'd say you have a bad tube. | |
| Atlanta Rhythm Section best album? Red Tape is mine, followed by Champagne Jam. I think Red Tape deserves a spin on the table today. I've been...Shanghaied, call the Police! Police! |