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| Who listens only to vinyl? I've had a CD payer hooked up to my main cd less for than 3% of the time in the past 5 years. Haven't had any digital hookup for several months now. So that's pretty close to exclusive analog. Also have a R2R deck I'd have used a lot more if a dam... | |
| Which cost more: your system or your car? System - even with used market prices. Car is a brand new 2012 Honda Accord EX coupe. Nice car, and pretty safe, but nothing fancy. | |
| Tannoy Turnberry SE Imaging and Breaking In Congrats! Lovely speakers. Of course only time will tell for your case, but I became a fully realized Tannoy DC "life-er" about 5 years ago. I'd had a lovely experience with a pair of Eyris DC3 a few years before that, but foolishly experimented w... | |
| Rogue fans, what would you do??? If you want a fuller sound, then you can achieve that with any of the Rogue tube amps that can accommodate the KT120 (I believe the Atlas Magnum and up, though check with Rogue). I wasn't a big fan of the EH KT90, though some were/are - too lean f... | |
| Any way to reduce pre-amp noise floor? Thanks for clarifying the volume-control/noise behavior. Clearly the unit is muting the output at volume=0. I just looked up its specs: 25 dB of gain - holy COW that's a lot of gain (average these days seems to run ~ 11dB-14dB)! You're going to he... | |
| How will you split $3000 between phono and cart ? Get the GCPH and Cadenza Red. Both sound extremely good; I've had both the GCPH and the predecessor Ortofon Kontrapunkt ("a" and "c") in my system, and have fond memories of them. I've also extensively heard the 2M Black, which is an awesome cart ... | |
| Any way to reduce pre-amp noise floor? If the noise increases with the volume control, then that at least rules out the preamp's buffer output stage, and your amp. In a review of the ET3-SE, it's mentioned that this unit uses a single 6922 tube for voltage gain. They didn't mention whe... | |
| Intermittent channel in TT setup - ideas? Thanks Al - good ideas there; this is indeed helpful. I hadn't considered the line stage (especially its muting circuit, which is relay'd via remote), but now that certainly seems at least as suspect as the phono cable, if not more. Vinyl has been... | |
| Phono cartridge left / right output voltage differ Just to reiterate - Almarg (plus my own posting) is correct - the difference in your cart is *definitely* 1.0 dB, because:20 * Log_base_10(16/18) = -1.023 ^ You get the same magnitude of result, but with a positive sign, if you flip the numerator ... | |
| Phono cartridge left / right output voltage differ That translates into (almost) exactly a 1.0 decibel imbalance. It'll be quite audible, and some (myself included) will find it extremely annoying. Others are oblivious to channel imbalance until it's more severe. Unfortunately - until you get into... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Alonski,I had the Ortofon Kontrapunkt c which was the predecessor to your Bronze. Agree with your assessments of its qualities. Such a beautifully clean midrange, with non-abrasive top end and lots of slam on the bottom! Lovely balance. Took me a ... | |
| Devore Nines with Rogue Cronus Magnum GOOD MATCH? Don't know Devores, but if you're concerned about brightness/leanness with Rogue amps, then you can always dump those stock EH KT90 for Tung-Sol KT120. Lovely sounding tubes. | |
| Speaker for Rogue Cronus Magnum with high WAF Find some used Tannoy Eyris DC3 (I had a lovely pair in dark walnut years ago), <= $1400. Make sure thy're the DC version. Perfect. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? VAC makes sweet sounding gear.I'll probably be in a similar situation in the future. I've got the three 12AX7 + transformer MC phono in my VAC Renaissance III - it's an awesome phono stage; a solid link in my system right now. I think you're going... | |
| Modwright LS100 versus Rogue 99 It's been a while since Rogue came out with the 99 Super-Magnum upgrade, but I don't think they've been advertising it. Certainly, you can call Rogue to get the info and/or order. Have a friend in town that had his 99 Magnum upgraded to super-magn... |