noromance
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| Ortofon Red on Thorens TP16 tonearm So it is true if you haven't upgraded the wiring? ;-) | |
| Ortofon Red on Thorens TP16 tonearm The Red should be fine. This arm isn't good enough to justify spending on the higher priced cartridges. | |
| UP-OCC solid core copper for speaker cable Make your own! They are all stranded as the solid core is springy and unwieldy. Apparently the NEI 3002 is very good. | |
| trim pots next to 12AX7s on VTL TL-5.5 Unless they are mentioned in the manual, leave well alone. | |
| UP-OCC solid core copper for speaker cable Duvallite, 12 might give fuller bass. Certainly if you use big amps and like to go loud. | |
| Clear Day Cables Speaker Cables Milpai, my old cables were 14 gauge mains solid core paralleled with a pair from CAT6. They were smooth and musical with good snap and air. The Clear Day were not as good for me. The new UPOCC are very good. | |
| UP-OCC solid core copper for speaker cable Ghosthouse, they replaced my other homemade cables made up of 14 gauge mains wire paralleled with a pair from CAT6 which replaced ClearDay solid silver cables. | |
| Clear Day Cables Speaker Cables I tried the Shotguns on loan after reading the rave reviews. I ran them in for a week. There were aspects of the sound that were promising such as a semblance of airy transparency. However the music wasn't flowing for me in my turntable/tube setup... | |
| Tube Friendly High End "Big" speakers Not that big a room. Save a lot of $ with these. On the Gon now.http://app.audiogon.com/listings/full-range-acoustic-zen-technologies-crescendo-blemish-free-ebony-finish-2014-09-26-speakers-22624-clear-brook-vaReviewhttp://www.theabsolutesound.com... | |
| Granite surface plate I use 3 x granite block samples as feet for my turntable. (They are about 4" x 4" x 1.5") I decouple the plinth from the blocks with brass compression rings on their side. See my system pics. This way there is no granite ringing but there is excel... | |
| Has Anyone Found Shunyata Cables Sounding Thin? ++ Douglas | |
| easier to drive specifically Harbeth v Vandersteen ++ Harbeth. Imaging and midband are fantastic. | |
| Stylus cleaner + magic eraser. | |
| VAC amps and Focal Grand Utopias at $195k a pair In fairness, maybe the amps and source were to blame... | |
| VAC amps and Focal Grand Utopias at $195k a pair Fair enough. I never heard them on the couple of times I went in, having as good a midband as the Nolas, the bass of the Zu Audios or the highs and imaging of the Harbeths. At a $1/3 million, they should have it all. |