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| What are the most balanced relatively neutral cartridges at each price level ? Agree with @jperry - Ortofon, other than the SPUs | |
| Speedboost or other lps for Hagerman Trumpet MC The Trumpet MC’s internal circuit with 555 chip is tasked with multiplying 15V DC into like 200V DC needed for the tubes. The idea is not to mess with that. The wall wart contains a cheap SMPS which converts 120V AC directly from the wall into tha... | |
| ARC Select Worth Price? I’ve bought several sets of 6H30 from Upscale over the years. Both Sovtek and EH Gold labels (both good, extremely similar sound). Upscale’s "Platinum" grade has always been fantastic. Never had a bad one. Never tried Gold grade. I’ve tried both t... | |
| Tannoy history and production update Actual details about where & how the components of Tannoys are assembled, is sparse. Aggregating what's been put out there, plus my own experience owning several Tannoys: The actual cabinets (Prestige series) have been made in Poland for a lo... | |
| 2 Channel system sounds weak and lackluster dull and lifeless is not a room problem. Since you tried 2 different speakers, I’d swap the amp. I generally agree with this. By all means, OP should experiment with positioning in case he’s sitting in an null whereby bass is largely cancelled... | |
| matching your cartridge to your turntable Is your signal to noise ratio higher than 50%? (it is) Then there’s potentially a better rendition to be had with a better cartridge. Anyways, $100 is an odd line to draw here - even the modest Fluance tables are worthy of more-than-$100 cart, and... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped I’m still trying to decide what to do with my broken Koetsu Rosewood but sending it to Joseph Long (groovetickler) is at the top of my list. A couple people have said to me elsewhere not to use VAS. When I inquired with VAS he said I had to send ... | |
| New buy, no return policy Are those speakers worth $48k, anyway ? Acoras sound really good, and nobody else is making high end speakers in such nice granite / marble cabinets, so they fit a niche in the market. You should give them a listen. Personally, I really liked t... | |
| New buy, no return policy So, I did go with the pre-owned pair and the amount I saved is staggering. Congrats, hope you enjoy:) You did the right thing. I like to support good dealers (and have done my part there over the years), but the monetary discrepancy is often ... | |
| New cartridge vs. Re-tipped On a few occasions we have been contacted by Wally Tools and other cartridge inspection services regarding excessively lax stylus alignment tolerances of Lyra cartridges. The customer had bought a new cartridge, and was displeased with the result... | |
| New buy, no return policy A $50K speaker is a different ballgame than $5K. That’s "special order" territory, and a small dealer is going to have a hard time eating the loss of a return. I don’t blame him for sticking on that point. The TMR deal doesn’t look too bad. This ... | |
| Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes? Some folks have more grease than others. Excess grease was gold back when film photography was alive and well. Got a scratch on a prized negative? Just swipe a finger across your nose, and rub that nose grease into the scratch. Grease fills the... | |
| Koetsu cartridges. They must be something special. Me either very interested to know Koetsu. I have LP-S and Shelter 9000, wondering would expect major different vs Black Goldline or Red T, because I heard Shelter like Koetsu, so I’m hesitating move forward. Honestly, LP-S give me all I need an... | |
| Looking for advise regarding Rogue M180’s I’m coming to the conclusion that I want a larger speaker that’s “ MUSICAL “, that I can crank up and listen to while sometimes moving around. Being extremely price driven , I’m interested in the Tannoy’s , Fyne, MoFi 888, Cornwall IV’s ( not a f... | |
| Looking for advise regarding Rogue M180’s @hiend2 Hi , how’s it going? So about 5-6 days ago I put a primo pair of Tekefunkens in the 12AX7 spot. They’re NOS , but they definitely needed some time. The amps had about 100 hours on them with the new tubes plus the upgrade. They are settli... |