myles_b_astor
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| Reel to Reel decks Dopogue:Actually the Tape Project tapes are $350 each for the series 2 if one gets a subscription for 6 or 10 tapes. | |
| The Hub: History of Dynaco part 1 Hi Bill,Not sure about Art being the one in Castro Valley. I know him from Pleasanton, CA (So of SF) and of course is the owner of Audible Illusions. | |
| The Hub: History of Dynaco part 1 I was once told by Art Ferris that the three top selling preamps of all time were 1) Marantz 7 2) Dynaco PAS (with at that time around 100 K units sold) and 3) Audible Illusions (at that time around 17 K sold). Now those number were a couple of ye... | |
| Monster Cable Alpha - 1 That would mean that both cartridges were made by Namiki then. | |
| ZYX R-1000 Series Omega-S @Dan: there are two different test records that manufacturers can use to calulate output voltage and they give different values (obviously they would select the one that gives the higher value). Jonathan Carr has talked about this before on Agon i... | |
| ZYX R-1000 Series Omega-S @Dan and Syntax: Funny you noted the same thing I did with the ZYX. I asked the importer regarding the output level and we know there are two methods of measurment that will give slightly different values. He really didn't answer my question.That ... | |
| Power output of tube amps compared to solid states @Ralph:Found you comment about the MBL101e's interesting. Years ago, Michael Gindi had the original MBL, and the best sound I've ever heard from the MBL101. It was I think in part a large function of the size and dimensions of his room blending in... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX 4D @Stefanoo: Yep, how all five LPs in the series.BTW, the ZYX is a darn good tracker. It handles two of the hardest cartridge tracking tests I know of on LP without pausing-the original Saul Goodman Mallets, Melody and Mayhem on Columbia and Ameniya... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX 4D Stefanoo-Believe me the tracking will get much better! Much, much better!!! Just play the cartridge for another 20-25 hrs and don't get insane about it :) (this is true for the last three cartridges I've listened to including the Titan i, Air Tigh... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX 4D @Mark: I'm using the ZYX Omega-S Gold LO cartridge right now in a VPI JMW10.5i arm with no problems at all. @Stefanoo: How many hours do you have on the cartridge? I've found with most new cartridges that they don't track real well until they have... | |
| MIT cables and tubes, are they compatible? Can you adjust for the input impedance of the component with your MIT Oracle cables? If so, shouldn't be any issue. (one might have to play with the impedance setting if at the borderline of low/medium. I'm running cj tubes (TEA phono/GAT pre/LP14... | |
| VPI Classic and ZYX 4D @Mark: I can't think of any good reason to use damping fluid with the ZYX. If you do, there's real problems elsewhere in the system. The ZYX Omega S LO works wonderfully in the VPI 10.5i arm.I also wonder what you mean by lengthy break-in? 50 hrs?... | |
| Conrad Johnson LP 70/140/275 Tube rolling Hi AB-There's a difference in the cautionary warning note between the amp and preamp. CJ states in their manuals that they have selected the best tube possible eg. of what's available and then they burn them and select the best of the best using t... | |
| Conrad Johnson LP 70/140/275 Tube rolling Hi Ole,Glad to hear you're enjoying your cjs! The cjs work great on my ML Summits--but cjs love Maggies too because of their constant 4 ohm load. (I assume that you have had the factory set the output impedance to match your speakers eg. 4 or 8 oh... | |
| VPI Classic Platter Well I think the point is kinda moot...HW had been complaining for a long time about the problems with machining the methacrylate platters--and that they can only be done at certain times of the year because of the material's sensitivity to temper... |