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| The nightmare of the cartridge buyer... Get a Shelter Harmony for ~$3600 from a Japanese importer like Audiocubes2 (yeah, gray market, but what good is a warranty on a cartridge?), and be happy.And I like Koetsu also, but I heard that Koetsu stopped distributing cartridges within Japan ... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogue Ares Magnum Well little update...the VAC is still earning its place in the big rig after the first round, for now. But running at 3x the price of the Herron! Happily running in the Herron in the Stax rig, very awesome! The aforementioned hum noise appears to ... | |
| Which EL34 is your favorite and why? I’m sure there are several who have tried more than me - but I really like the Amerex/Holland brown-base EL34, xf4 and xf5 codes (basically interchangeable). I prefer them to the Mullard blackburn EL34 (xf2, xf3, xf4) for being more neutral and re... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogue Ares Magnum Thanks @jmolsberg - your direct comparison of Ares to Herron, in favor of the latter, was so relevant to me and finally put me over the edge to put down my cash.I’ve been a high-fi enthusiast for over 15 years now, churned through truckloads of ge... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogue Ares Magnum Haha, it is SO much better than the Rogue Ares Magnum. No comparison. Girlfriend agrees 110%. I may have a slight ground loop issue of some sort, but even with that it's plain just a champion. | |
| Herron VTPH-2A vs Rogue Ares Magnum Just picked up my brand new Herron VTPH-2A and got it initially setup. Nothing too fancy; I just ripped out the Electro Harmonix 12AT7 and 12AX7’s in favor of pairs of Telefunken smooth & ribbed plates 12AX7 (to get a bit extra gain with 4x 12... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? @rrm 1. add up the coil ohms plus loading ohms, e.g. 30 + 100 = 1302. divide the loading ohms by the number from step 1, e.g. 100 / 130 = 0.7693. take the log (base 10) of the result from 2. and multiply that result by 20; that number represents t... | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? Sorry man for jumping in, I wouldn’t want to "scam" anyone. If I had dealt his products I would feel embarrassed and ashamed right now. | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? I doubt there is any "grandson" in this. And PP "friends/family" is only for people you ACTUALLY know and trust excessively, or in rare cases for amounts of money you absolutely don’t mind losing.Kemper man, what did you think you were going to ge... | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? And how exactly did he goad you into paying via PP "family/friends"? | |
| Has anyone tried these stunning new CPT power cord? I wonder if there even is a wife "Lynn" at all. If there is, does she know she’s being repeatedly used as the grown-up equivalent of "the dog ate my homework" time and time again? Mark always has the family/health woe-is-me excuse, warmed-up and o... | |
| Seeking opinions on Clearaudio vs. SOTA tables Just found this thread I started from over 5 years ago. What I ended up doing was buying a Clearaudio Innovation Wood (spring 2013) with a Graham Phantom Supreme. Great gear, but my rack at the time, even with lead-shot fill, was NOT up to the tas... | |
| Dynavector XX-2 MkII, riding too low? Awesome! Yeah to be honest, I’d be perfectly fine running a cart like that. At the end of the day, all of these are hand made/finished and none are absolutely perfect - you can always spot something a bit "off". No need to worry for now. | |
| Dynavector XX-2 MkII, riding too low? That can be enough clearance, but if it’s much lower than other units of the same model then that would still be of concern. Also unclear is if the suspension’s fully settled, or whether it will sag more over time. I’ve had Koetsus with just about... | |
| Can you run the HANA SL MC at 100 ohms? My old dealer sold me one of those DB-Systems kits when I first got into vinyl, ~ 11 years ago. The adapter cable & plugs/jacks are very plain, and won’t satisfy anyone with audiophile nervosa and 4 or 5-figure cables, but the kit is very hand... |