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| Any love for the Gentalex Gold Lion 12ax7 gold pin? The new tubes are very good and unless you have a large tube collection from which to conduct endless trials, it’s usually more about proper sonic pairing than raw sound quality IMO. Telefunken ribbed plates can be bright, but the smooth plate var... | |
| Should I Sell My ARC REF 6 and Get A Pass Labs XP-32 As @lalitk suggested, the only way to know for sure is to buy the Pass and compare with Ref 6 in your system. I’ve gone almost all-VAC here (across 2 systems), and STILL have trouble letting go of my Ref 6. I’ll post it for sale, then almost immed... | |
| No love for Legacy Audio Back when I was brand new to 2ch audio, I heard a friend’s Legacy Signature III setup. It was one of my first exposures to "real" hifi with turntable source and quality separates (BAT 6H30 tube preamp, Parasound Halo JC1 amps). I really loved it -... | |
| Thank You Fumihiko Sugano and Koetsu My Blue Lace: | |
| Thank You Fumihiko Sugano and Koetsu This is also a sobering reminder: many of the cartridge masters we rely on are getting up there in age - well past the normal "retirement" watermark. You could point at Ortofon as a model of continuity through multiple master designers, but quite... | |
| What is the best tonearm for a SOTA Nova turntable? re Audio Research Ref3, anyone using with LOMC, like 0.3 output? I used Ref 3SE with a couple of 0.3mV Koetsu, it sounded amazing. I still preferred a good SUT w/ low gain mode, but its high gain mode alone was competitive for sure. Below 0.3m... | |
| Does it make sense to "ignore low ball offers"? I've ignored low ballers (not just their 1st offer - all further attempts as well) MANY TIMES because - well, this is my hobby and I prefer to conduct it in ways that are enjoyable to me. Haggling, entertaining ridiculous lines of questioning (ope... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @mulveling If mastering social media controls was a sign of intelligence, JJ tubes would sound amazing and the world wouldn’t be a toilet of moronitude. tonydennison This place is more of a web 1.0 forum / BB than it is social media. And just... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? @yesiam_a_pirate Agree... How about Idiocrates as well for a patron? tonydennison @tonydennison If you’re going to question the IQ of modern tube makers, and decry the "meh, good enough" work ethic, it might be a better look to spend a few mi... | |
| Why Can't Modern Tube Manufacturers Make a Proper Tube? Hard disagree. I have a huge collection of vintage tubes and modern Russian production are excellent, imo. Even some of the Chinese tubes are quite good. Some of the worst sounding tubes in my collection are actually vintage RCA, late Sylvania, or... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @daveyf are you referencing the Shelter 501 / "Crown Jewel" debacle, or something else? I've definitely been of the opinion that the high markups on distributor-imported Japanese cartridges are an extremely shaky value proposition, at best. When... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @mijostyn Awesome! Fingers crossed for you - hoping this effects the full fix you're expecting. No doubt in my mind, a simple repair to lead wire as you've described here keeps it as a 100% factory original MSL Platinum. I'd almost question th... | |
| RCA splitter I’ve recently used Audioquest splitters on a Benz Lukasheck PP-1 phono stage to add loading resistor plugs (otherwise its loading is fixed at 22K). This is not in my "best" system, but still very good. In fact I currently have a $4K WEL Signature ... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? @macg19 Thanks! I tried my Jade on Clearaudio Universal 12" VTA - and that was quickly the end of further Koetsu experiments on the arm. Tracks and plays fine. It's just sonically very flat and dull. Definitely lacking sparkle. Jade is probably ... | |
| Have There Ever Been Fake Koetsu? Btw, thanks everyone for positive feedback on the pics and my experience with Koetsu :) I've been meaning to take more of my cartridge collection. Nothing else quite does midrange like a Koetsu! |