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| Used phono preamp options - feedback requested A new Hagerman Trumpet MC costs only $1K new and I think it compares favorably past the $3K price range. Possibly beyond even that price range, if you favor a phono stage with a warm, open sound. Extremely flexible gain & load settings via swi... | |
| Tango Step Up Transformers vs Bob's Sky Blue Cinemag Haven’t heard Tango, but the blue-label CineMag / Bob’s Devices Sky lineup is excellent. They’re on the warm / lush / fleshy (even slightly "bloomy") side of the tonal spectrum, but they’ll still be more detailed than lesser (cheaper) transformers... | |
| Diamond Stylus Enters the 4th Dimension I've had one cartridge failure and I have a local friend that's has had one -- caused by a violent drop onto a record in my case, and a fuzzy sweater sleeve snag in my friend's case. In both cases the stylus popped clean off the boron cantilever, ... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K @lalitkThat’s awesome that you’re going to try a few phono stages in your own system, which is the only real way to do it. Looking forward to any conclusions you’d like to share. My own curiosity towards the new Hagerman Trumpet MC was piqued enou... | |
| Minimum standards within the High end speaker industry Your titles are good click bait, but you should have someone else write the post body, preferably under different screen names.Also it’s lame to call out the industry as a whole and not have the guts to name even one of the "inferior" speaker makers. | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K OK whatever millerdude, you can continue your wordy battle of semantics with someone else now. The VAC literally blows the Herron away. Better? And I’ll repeat the endorsement for Hagerman. | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K Here’s where the hype gets out of hand. You can’t get a $10K phono stage for $3600. At least, not a "good" $10K stage’s worth of sound quality. I’ll take the $10K VAC Renaissance phono all day over a Herron. Music simply flows better from the VAC.... | |
| Need cartridge advice Get it rebuilt by Koetsu; don’t be the guy who makes another weird Frankenstein. I cringe when I see a Koetsu for sale with a ruby cantilever (always seemingly with "just" 5 hours since rebuild, lol), or with a mountain-of-glue stylus bond ala Ben... | |
| Phonostage recommendations under $3K I’d look very strongly at the new just released Hagerman Trumpet MC for only $1K. Previous versions of the Trumpet sold from $2K to $7K - it seems Jim has really focused on getting the cost down while keeping that level of sound quality. I used to... | |
| Anyone try the replica B-60 Fidelity Research VTA? I'm lucky enough to have both an original FR B60 and the Ikeda VTA-06. Yeah, they're basically the same level of quality and functionality. But the set-screws on the older B60 have gotten kind of gnarly - I don't have a hex key that really fits an... | |
| Tubes most likely to improve SQ? All of the tube slots should affect the sound, and I imagine it would be mostly in a positive way for vintage tube swaps. Yes start with 12ax7 - it’s the most likely to make the most impact, and there are gobs of them out there. Then 12au7 - like ... | |
| Really...My favorite power tube is reissue that's not widely popular @soundermn Awesome, glad you found out your favorite tube and personal nirvana, even if it was with the original EL34! Funny, I tried KT150 in my own amps (VAC 200iQ) earlier this year, and like your case they came in dead LAST of 3 sets - versus ... | |
| Really...My favorite power tube is reissue that's not widely popular @soundermn A vintage 7581A should be closest to a 6L6GC, and then to KT66. It's not really "that" close to an EL34, but according to Prima Luna's manual the EL34 setting is your best choice available and should work fine though it will somewhat re... | |
| EAR MC-3 - Multiple inputs wired up at same time? Yeah, there's no switching mechanism on the MC-3 (or the newer MC-4), so all 3 inputs are direct connections to the primary taps - hence my concern. It's a great sounding versatile SUT; just trying to save some cable swapping if there's no penalty... | |
| Second hand vinyl surface damage. I’m probably more tolerant than most audiophiles. But if there are any grooves that either skip or repeat, if there are grooves that display significant distortion (from being chewed up by a previous owner), or if the noise floor becomes overpower... |