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| Best Tonearm Match for Shelter 901 I have used RB600, SME 309, SME IV, SME V, and ET-2 arms with my Shelter 901. I have had real good success with SME arms and ET-2 arm(did not care for RB600 much). I wouldn't say it would be best since I have not tried other arms but SME and ET-2 ... | |
| Koetsu Black Your mileage will vary, trust your ears and try different value which you like the best.Cartridge's impedance loading will differ from rest of your front end system as well. Depends on what type/manufacture of phono preamp, what type of the cable ... | |
| Denon/Shelter with SME 309 and Ear 834P I have used Cardas Golden Cross, Audioquest S-4, Cardas Cross, Van Den Hul, and Discovery phono cables on my SME arms(I have owned 309, IV, and V). I prefer Cardas Golden Cross overall which I kept. I also have made DIY phono cable using solid sil... | |
| Denon/Shelter with SME 309 and Ear 834P Just same as usual "Romy the Cat" from VA........ EAR834P phono preamp will have enough gain for Shelter 501/II, you don't need step up.Shelter both 501/II and 901 works well with SME 309, IV, and V models(I have used them in VPI HW19-MKIV and Mic... | |
| Speaker options for SF Power-2? I have used following with my power2:ProAc 2.5Silverline Audio Sonatina(original version)Kef 104/2Soliloquy 6.3Merlin VSM-MCurrently use VSM-M and can't be any happier. I also have set of 300B SET amps and 2A3 SET amps and my choice of speakers we... | |
| Musical Heritage Society LP's I have about ~200 MHS lps in my collection and probably have played/listened to about ~40 of them so far(too many lps in my collection).All of them so far has been beyond my expectation on the sonic quality, performance, and the vinyl pressing qua... | |
| Phono Stage Pre Amp I used to have EAR834P and now own ARC PH3 with DIY modification to SE using infinicap and caddock resistors.EAR 834P has more gain but less flexible than ARC PH3 due to no good way to load the cartridge. But if your preamp does not have much gain... | |
| Setting VTA on a new Shelter 901? My Shelter 901 took ~80 hrs for break in, it's sound is getting better and better. I would just set the cartridge in parallel to record until cartridge has at least ~50hrs on it(same for the loading, run it at 47k until cartridge has ~50hrs on it)... | |
| Can anyone help me on Audio Research PH 3SE? Limsp, what version of Helikon do you have? If it is normal version(not SL), ARC PH3SE should have enough gain. I have ARC PH3SE with 0.5mv version of Helikon, Shelter 901(0.5mv) Koetsu Rosewood sig.(0.6mv) and have no problem with gain from PH3SE... | |
| Terres motor assembly with Aries Twl,If you read the whole threads on VA, originator states that he glued on the strobe pattern under the platter. Also have drilled the hole on the chasis/plinth to accomodate the optical sensor.I have a friend who has done same on his VPI MKIII t... | |
| SUN 2A3 single ended triode..... If you are into DIY, Welborne Labs amps are excellent better than some of the ones mentioned earlier. Bottlehead amps are pretty good.(both 2A3 and 300B amps). | |
| OL Silver , Shelter 501- Looking for phonostage ? I have Shelter 901 and tried a number of different phono stages(about a dozen different ones costing $900 to $3k retail). I really like the sound of ARC PH3(regular or SE) in my system with Shelter 901. | |
| What would a 2a3 based amp. bring to the table? Speaker comparability with 2A3/300B SET is not just depends on the sensitivity of the speakers. Impedance curve of the speakers are probably more important than the sensitivity.For example, you can use 89dB Merlins VSMs with 2A3 SET amps fine sinc... | |
| Bringin' that thrift-store smell home Air cleaner(one that does not use filter) from Sharper Image works great in my listening room. | |
| SME V/309 Tonearms With LP12 or VPI MKIII SME 309 and V arms work well on VPI turntables.SME 309/IV/V do not work well on Linn as mentioned by Twl earlier(too heavy for Linn suspension). |