noromance
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| Leather couch, leather love seat or single wooden chair Quad 57s so only me allowed! | |
| Dc for power supply I tried using 2 x 12v lead acid 6Ah batteries in an ECC88 tube head amp (MC phono amp). It was quiet but sounded significantly worse with loss of air and dynamics. Reconnecting internal 24Vdc regulated solid state supply brought it back to life (b... | |
| Thoughts on best budget phono pre-amp under $400? Hnmm. Why adapters? Why not new leads? The tonearm uses terminated RCA sockets so you only need RCA phono cable. | |
| aluminum platter vs Acrylic not what I thought I've been having great success with a 10" vinyl record as a platter mat on my 401. It's such a quick, cheap test. You might be surprised. | |
| Thoughts on best budget phono pre-amp under $400? @uberwaltz How is the P75? | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. @lewm Thanks. Looked up Slagle mods. $36k. https://www.stereophile.com/content/capital-audio-fest-herbs-saturday-highlights#4scCzpwA1Ah3Rpyq.97 | |
| Using tube amp with electrostatic speakers. My wonderful Quad ESLs(57) on 16ohm taps of rebuilt 60's EICO HF35 monos work great. | |
| Replace 2M Black or new phono? @chakster You keep telling everyone the cartridge is the most important. It isn't. The turntable and arm are critical to the correct functioning of the cartridge. An excellent table and arm with a cheaper cartridge will beat out a great cartridge... | |
| Replace 2M Black or new phono? Tube phono. Keep cartridge. | |
| Dave Wilson's health WATT? Sad news but there is hope. A friend made a full recovery. Get well soon. | |
| Crosley should be arrested for selling junk These were free (and I wasnt expecting much.) But I buy used that have been perfect, others less so. I have bought new that were noisy. I don't like spending $30 on a record. | |
| This guy just doesn't stop... Ugh. I suppose someone has to listen to it. | |
| Crosley should be arrested for selling junk @rbtstock Sigh. I know. I buy some new. Not many. Many new are remastered and compressed. I'd prefer to suck up a little noise and have a wonderfully open, huge sound-staged, natural sounding, minute detailed recording than what happens once the ... | |
| Anyone Ever Figure Out Who Really Designs And Build the Kiseki Cartridges? "Kiseki, founded by Herman van den Dungen, produce a range of cartridges which are hand crafted in Holland. Kiseki, reintroduced in 2010, are renowned for creating high-end audiophile cartridges."http://www.cymbiosis.com/kiseki-cartridges/ | |
| Which attributes do you value most? Nothing worse than a dull, warm sound, lacking in detail and bogged down by bloated bass. It has to be light, airy, fast, transparent, seamless, rich in timbre and color but not have a color of its own. |