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| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 I just noticed my Sonic Frontiers Phono 1 is JFET and 6922 like the PH-7, and with very similar gain. I’m telling you it goes from dead boring with the 0.3mV Koetsus to wonderful with my 0.5mV - 0.6 Shelters, Ortofon, and alnico Koetsu. I also hav... | |
| KOETSU VERMILION and audio research PH7 The spec on Vermillion is 0.2, and at least with the Koetsu Stones I’ve got their specs seem to be reasonably accurate (relative to Shelter, Ortofon) so I wouldn’t expect to benefit from some bonus output. You should proceed on the assumption that... | |
| Schiit Sol or Rega Planar 3? The NAD C 588 looks pretty nice too, and at $600 with an Ortofon Blue that sounds like a great deal! I’d been wondering why the NAD tables hadn’t been getting more press.When I was new to vinyl I saw a VPI Scout at my dealer’s, and the first time ... | |
| Schiit Sol or Rega Planar 3? If you’re new to vinyl and really really like punishing yourself, the wobbly unipiviot in the Sol should be perfect!I wonder are they gonna go the route of VPI and try to convince everyone their unipivot is great, and then over several years “impr... | |
| Newb Tube question Not long ago I bought a quad each of Upscale Audio’s Platinum Grade for the following Russian re-issue tubes: Mullard, Tung-Sol gold pins, Gold Lion. For use in my VAC Renaissance phono stage. All of them sound really good! But yes I slightly pref... | |
| What's the worst speaker or stereo set-up you've ever seen? I read about Fabio’s system being that, almost 20 years ago. All of the components are at least that old, some older. If he was that much of an audiophile to own all that top-line gear back then, he’s absolutely certain to have upgraded (or at lea... | |
| Newb Tube question With vintage small-signal tubes, long plate variants are usually considered more desirable. Long plates and short plates are not specific to a manufacturer, but they are generally used in reference to 12ax7 or 12au7 type tubes. "Long" is generally... | |
| Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone? Used to prefer being an alone listener, but in the past last 3+ years I truly prefer listening with my gf (whom I started seeing around that time) beside me. This has pushed me to expand the optimal sweet spot a little beyond "head in a vice grip"... | |
| Graham Phantom Anti-Skate. Is it effective at all? Well this thread was resurrected lol. I’ve moved on from my Graham to a Fidelity Research FR64S arm for my Koetsu cartridges, and FR64fx for my back arm (the Graham sounded good but the 64S is notably better). On both of these FR arms, the anti-sk... | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth Of course, some records are very rare and hard to find or extremely expensive in higher grades. I have no problem playing the occasional VG or even a G+ of an album I love until I can source a better one. I did that with a G+ Metallica "Ride the L... | |
| The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth When you own an expensive stylus, it’s simply disconcerting to play records with deep scratches and gouges that will result in loud POPs at best, and groove jumps at worst. It SEEMS like that would induce more wear on the diamond - but is it enoug... | |
| What's the worst speaker or stereo set-up you've ever seen? This was close to 20 years ago, I forget which forum it was posted to. The proud owner had a 5.1 speaker setup, all Martin Logan, in a small bedroom-type room. The rear speakers were Martin Logan towers (smaller than the fonts, but still towers), ... | |
| 70’s rock pressings. Witch equipment deserve? Absolutely, it’s worth it. Gobs of amazing sounding masterpieces from that era. The MOFI / Nautilus / Half Speed / Direct to Disc / etc pressings aren’t necessary. Heck, I have lot of heavy metal 80’s - 2010’s on vinyl that sounds great! If a syst... | |
| Best tube preamplifier for under $15k ARC Reference 6 was, but now it's become the SE version at $18K. | |
| Large valve push pull monoblocks- impact/bass I’ll assume you’re using the LS50 and not the self powered LS50W. Yes, the Rogue amps have amazing slam to go with enough speed and clarity to keep up. They have actually been criticized for being too SS-like, and I can see that, though it’s more ... |