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| Lyra Delos - Dirt Build up on the cantilever When I first dove into TT ownership 10 years ago, it was all so daunting but the local dealer "Pete" was a great guy (if a bit exhausted with running the shop, and all the changes occurring in the once popular 2ch hobby) -- a lifelong analog guru,... | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? VAC gear is voiced to sound like a VAC with the stock tubes -- which are generally very carefully selected Chinese tubes, but sometimes military overstock NOS. I got mixed results rolling NOS tubes into the Renaissance Mk 3 preamp; the stock tubes... | |
| Questions : Selling here for the first time It’s definitely more convenient, less risk, and less cost to ship within the continental USA. I generally sell USA only, but sometimes certain big-ticket items (e.g extremely un-obtainum OOP high-end headphones) are much more highly in demand in A... | |
| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? Either combination can give you a great dose of "tube sound". Of course power tubes need more maintenance, and the NOS flavors of large power tubes quickly approach $$$$/unobtanium territory. BUT there are really excellent Russian power tubes made... | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... @2psyop Definitely, Odyssey did you wrong! Their loss of reputation from these incidents is well deserved. I.e. if they make a mistake, it becomes more your problem than theirs. Incidentally, I read the "Mr. Bunge" in your post as "Mr. BungLe" -- ... | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... Companies like VAC and ARC say they listen critically to every unit before it ships. That makes a lot of sense in light of all the little things that can go wrong during manufacture. High end companies like these have a lofty reputation to uphold!... | |
| Changed amplifiers and need some feedback... @jfmerk Lol! That definitely explains the 3 prior owners. I think this sort of thing -- gear sounding bad because of a significant wiring/circuit mistake, etc -- happens far more often than we’d like to admit. I once had a headphone amp serviced, ... | |
| Help! Tweaking My Lovan Rack for new Big A**ed Transrotor Turntable! I was in a similar spot for a while, running a 50 lbs table (Clearaudio Innovation Wood) on a Lovan Sovereign (three tiers of 7" shelves). These stacked modules are not particularly rigid, and the relatively small 3-point footprint doesn’t help on... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? I’ve been pulling a lot of new and near-new gear into my system recently, and the break-in factor is significant. Honestly I’m ready to attribute it as much to mental/psychological break-in (i.e. me getting used to a new sound) as much as any chan... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? The built-in phono stage options on VAC preamps are a great buy. They now also have a standalone Renaissance phono stage that costs $10K -- came out about a year or 2 ago, not much buzz or reviews on this one though. It does sound good. I wish it ... | |
| I need help, please? Listening to my system through music! Very glad to hear you're back to enjoying music and your 2ch!Audiophiles listen at wildly different volume levels (and in different sized rooms), which can swing your power demands by orders of magnitude, and can also affect the perceived frequenc... | |
| Focal Sopra 2 vs Sopra 3? Haven’t hear 2’s, but I heard the Sopra 3’s at my dealer’s in a medium-sized room (maybe around 16’x20’ with high ceilings) and was fairly well impressed, and I’m a die-hard Tannoy guy who didn’t like the bigger Utopias. The Sopra 3’s sounded awes... | |
| Amplifier Recommendations to Match the Tannoy GRF90 One (more) nice thing about Tannoy is that their listed efficiency/sensitivity numbers are legit, at an honest 8 ohms nominal. And they leave the low-end extension intact to get there.When I see a speaker, that isn't humongous, claiming 98+ dB wit... | |
| Koetsu cartridges - what arms work? I recently tried a Koetsu Jade with my Clearaudio Universal 12", and I’d say that arm is a no-go for Koetsu. Dynamically flat, a bit dead, definitely lacking the passion associated with Koetsu. However the Universal does very well with a Shelter H... | |
| Rate my system and chose the next upgrade I’ve heard a Magico S1 driven by VAC Sigma 160 integrated (both original versions), sounding really really dang good in a medium-ish room. Each of those are doable in the $5K-ish used range; not saying that would for sure work in your room, but in... |