mrmitch
Responses from mrmitch
| Stand out phono stages Very happy with my new Fosgate phono stage. Its got maybe 30 hours or so on it, not overly romantic or soft tube sound but sure not sterile either with nice body to instruments and voices, exellent timbre, excellent soundstage and imaging.But my m... | |
| What power cord are TW Acustic TT owners using? Just to add a new note, I've made a few changes since the last posting. My preamp now is a Joule Electra LA-150 Mk2 and the new Fosgate tube phono stage with Purist Audio Venustas IC's between the Fosgate and the Joule. These changes have made an ... | |
| what speaker would go with my system. What size room? That Dali model can overpower a smallish or even mid-size room. If your room is smaller than say 18 by 22 ft, you might want to go with the M4 or even the Helicon 800 or 400's.--Mrmitch | |
| Matching an amp to the Vandersteen 3a signatures I've heard the 3A's in a high end shop being played through Rogue pre and power amp (not sure which models)-sounded very nice. Have also heard them with the Belles equipment, and although I dont have the speakers, I do have a Belles 350A amplifier... | |
| Veracity of albums for sale being "sealed"? Forgot, the turntable is a TW Akustic Raven One. | |
| Veracity of albums for sale being "sealed"? Thanks to all of you for your insights. I have to agree with Siddh and Has2be on buying them to be played, but once in awhile you run across an album you want and it happens to say "sealed" in the add, hence the higher price for one thats sealed-s... | |
| Jethro Tull questions... Blkadr, Agree totally with you about The Strawbs. I have all their recordings on vinyl, and like the earlier ones best. A huge amount of talent has passed through that band, and Cousins' lyrics are truly excellent.Witchwood, Grave New World, and B... | |
| Which cart works with Ortofon AS309S 12inch arm Hi Fld!!! I have a Raven One with the Ortofon arm and use a Dynavector 20X HO cart. This was set up by Jeff at Highwater Sound, and Ive been very happy with it. Very good but not "incredible" soundstaging, excellent imaging, extremely quiet, nice ... | |
| Dynavector 20 Xl , Benz Micro Ace SL or Denon I'm using a Dynavector 20X HO with an Ortofon AS309 arm on a TW Acustic Raven One, and couldnt be happier. Tracks great, no noise, very musical.--Mrmitch | |
| When will rap music be less mainstream? When it ceases to be more of a social commentary than a music form.--Mrmitch | |
| How large is your music collection? When I bought my TW Akustic Raven One from Jeff at Highwater Sound last April, he had 28,0000 LPs,dont know how many CD's or SACDS! As for myself, 1000 LPs and around 500 CDs.--Mrmitch | |
| Cartridge and step up / riaa for TW Acustic Raven ToffenG, I'm using a Synergistic Research Tricon Analog innerconnect with my Raven One/Ortofon AS 309 combo (Dynavector cart). I've had it since last April so its well burned in, and couldnt be happier (well, maybe I could if I could afford someth... | |
| Isolation /platform for TW Raven One Bought a Raven One from Jeff last April with the stillpoints. Extremely happy with it, and yes, I did unscrew the stillpoints from the base slightly-a small but noticeable improvement over them tightened to the base. My Raven One is sitting on an ... | |
| tube pre amp plus solid state power amps? I've had no problem obtaining a rich, tube-like sound by using a Conrad Johnson PV-5 (heavily modified)tube preamp with a Belles 350A solid-state amp (not Reference). Mitch2 and others are right to bring the impedance matching info to your attenti... | |
| $ 2500 ....Stay with Vandersteens ??...what else ? Hi all! Just as an aside to Adam's or anybody's quest for better sound, I would just say this: Advice by the members of our community is always a welcome thing. I would hope anyone here is wise enough to take advice on components as just that....a... |