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| VAC Musicbloc 160 amps (Any experiences?) Long ago I had Auricle 70 musicblocs (about half the 160’s in price & power), and have been curious about 160s at times. Almost went for a set a few years ago, but ended up buying new pair of 200iQ’s lol. From what I understand (a friend asked... | |
| Audio Research in Receivership. The ghost meters are cool, but I find products capable of rolling to different tube types, auto bias circuits, and means to troubleshoot a bad tube far more appealing. @walkertm From The Ref 160M description (also applies to 160S and 80S): T... | |
| Cadenza Bronze on a Fatboy It is normal for the Cadenza series and that’s why I would never own one. It is simply a poor design to have the heel ride so close to the playing surface when properly set up. Try playing a warped record at 45 rpm and see if it makes repeated co... | |
| Suggestions for Phono Preamp Hagerman Trumpet MC, easy recommendation. It's well worth the extra 200 bucks or so over 1000. Besides the front controls it's as enjoyable to listen to as multi-$K phono stages. It's tubed and has a warm (but wonderful) tilt to its sound. Also re... | |
| I need impedance help. Rogue RH-5 to Solid State Amp. @nickrobotron Best to call Rogue for a chat - they’re friendly! Personally I would definitely be concerned by this bit "3.3k ohms at 20Hz" and this bit "the balanced line-output impedances were twice these values". That means 6.6K at 20Hz from t... | |
| Retip lyra delos and upgrade @needlestein Every time you post it is incredibly insightful and interesting. Thank you! | |
| Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone? @nickrobotron Great! I wish you a speedy and satisfactory resolution :) I got my 1st tube component about 20 years ago, and in that time I've owned over 100 components - more than half of which had tubes. I understand your trepidation with tube... | |
| Rogue Audio. Reliability issues? Anyone? They might have got somewhat of a bad rep for their cathode-bias amps of 20+ years ago. That would be the 88 and M120 models. These amps threw out a whole lot more heat, which can cause problems. Their current tube amp models are manually biased ... | |
| If it sounds 'great', everything is ok? There are going to be opposing views on the dangers of high VTF. Some would say it's better for the stylus to remain firmly seated in the groove, even at a bit too high a VTF, versus being too light and risking mis-tracking, or even bouncing aroun... | |
| If it sounds 'great', everything is ok? @eagledriver_22 The Clearaudio magnetic bearing arms are far enough away from the VTF scale that it should not affect the measurement at all. However these arms are extremely sensitive to footfalls (or feedback) and require meticulous isolation ... | |
| If it sounds 'great', everything is ok? Of course we will try to overcomplicate this. But I think that’s a fair rule of thumb to simplify the 1-million-variable complexity of vinyl setups: if is sounds really good, it probably isn’t too far off the mark on anything. Maaaybe VTF and anti... | |
| Shelter 501 mk2 v mk3 Is the output different? Specs (sourced online) seem to be same on Mk 2 and Mk 3 - 0.4mV @ 12 ohms. This is a typical ratio for Shelter; their top "ultimate line" cartridges are 0.5mV @ 15 ohms which actually indicates a bit more coil is used (the... | |
| Stupid Asking Prices- Why Don't Sellers Read Audiogon The Blue Book First? I’ll look for a specific piece and sometimes I’ll wait 2-3 yrs.. I know in this hobby, if you’re patient and emotionally detached, you’ll eventually get what you want. It seems when I wait, I always get an even better deal -and it makes it that m... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? Bingo regarding everything that you posted. Yes, we buy and enjoy VAC! How is your Master 300iQ amp? I’ve gotta listen to that somehow somewhere. @kmmd They're absolutely amazing - biggest component difference I’ve ever heard in my system. Too... | |
| VAC preamps - too expensive? @kmmd His fixation here, when he’s clearly NOT the target audience for VAC gear, is kinda weird (as is the account hopping). He mentions Dan D’ag, but we know he wouldn’t buy that gear either because "too expensive". He could also buy a used VAC... |