noromance
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| Slovakia JJ ECC 802 and 803 tubes. Shuguang 12AX7LS black tubes from Grant Fidelity are superb. Not cheap. Good from the start, they need about 20 hours to sound right and improve up to 50 hours. I think they outshine Telefunkens. | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? Chakster makes valid points. Adding a $150 cable to compensate for a $100 cartridge is daft. That is why I suggested a $10 cable of known quantity. | |
| Cartridge for a Pioneer PL 630? Nagaoka MP110. | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? As I said above MF amps tend to be a bit laid back. I just read the Stereophile review and indeed, they corroborate what I said. Quote: "but the slightly rich bass guitar and the laid-back presentation rendered the music a tad too relaxed."Read mo... | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? @reubent Cable - I replace the stock interconnect cable with an Audio Sensibility Impact SE phono cable. Immediately better.....I compared this cable with the Belkin I suggested above. The Belkin blows it away with far greater treble. If you or th... | |
| Done buying new vinyl @alphajet7 Feel free to plug away. Many already do, and we don't want you to fade away! For the record (!), I do buy quite a bit of new vinyl mostly to support artists whose music I listen to on YouTube (which I could not live without.) | |
| System Dissatisfaction - My Own Fault https://www.amazon.com/Krell-Vanguard-Integrated-Stereo-Amplifier/dp/B00TUXG9TO $4500 new. One left. And keep the wife. | |
| Done buying new vinyl @slaw That old dialectic! Jazz goes back, Aldous stays. | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II Reach out to Peter at Soundsmith. | |
| Coming out of the blackhole called work...retirement Don't get sucked into the cable hype. They are high profit items pushed by dealers. A $2000 amp does not need a $500 cable. | |
| Done buying new vinyl Some great points. At the end of the day, we are in agreement. It is the recording/mixing and not the pressing or the medium. I played my 1968 White Album which is not in the best of shape. Pops, crackles, frying eggs, the lot. Yet the music burst... | |
| System Dissatisfaction - My Own Fault I guess you are ready to trade in the wife. If she doesn’t net you the $6k, stick it on a card. Or buy used. There are a few KSA100/150 for $2k out there. #youonlyliveonce | |
| Ortofon Red/Pro-ject Carbon Debut combination; rolled off hi-frequencies. Solutions? The 540 should help. Try a granite shelf on brass cones. I found MF amps a bit dull. I swear by a $10 Belkin IC. No longer made but available on Ebay. Highly detailed and balanced. https://m.ebay.com/itm/BELKIN-Pure-AV-High-Quality-Dual-RCA-Audio-... | |
| System Dissatisfaction - My Own Fault This is a bit of a ramble. There is too much to decipher. What is the specific issue and with what rig? List the components. What is your budget? :-) | |
| Done buying new vinyl Just played this last night. The Lion’s Roar by First Aid Kit is a digital recording and sounds pretty good on CD (evidently a studio multi-track recording). But it sounds a lot better on vinyl. More detail, air and nuance. More emotion and theref... |