nrenter
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| tube pre amp for cary six pac tube amps The SLP-98 is right on the money. If you want to try something a bit less warm, the AE-3 DJH is a nice little pre-amp (that's what I used when I had the Sixpacs). | |
| How to pick a tubed integrated without hearing one IMHO, auditioning "equipment" makes for a fun afternoon, but in all reality it's a waste of time - if the piece is not in your listening space and combined with the rest of your system. When you go listen to a system, what are you (predominately) ... | |
| Dual volume control - it should be standard Not the worst idea I've heard, but pretty damn close. | |
| Have digital players improved With my Ayre CX-7e(mp) running balanced into any Ayre AX-7e, I'm at the point where I don't care. Bring on the music. | |
| Anti Skating adjustment Not valid? If you say so. But, back to the OP, you be better off consulting a tonearm designer and a cartridge manufacturer than an audio forum on anti-skate. You'll get 11 opinions from 10 members. | |
| Anti Skating adjustment My anti skate force is about 1/10th of my VTF.There is not a single "correct" anti-skate force. It is always an approximation that gives "better" performance given a constantly changing set of variables. Yes, listening is the best way to set anti-... | |
| Different Results between Record Cleaning Machines If the record was actually getting cleaned by a play, there's really no point to cleaning - just play the record twice. I think the record is actually getting "dirtier" from the "cleaning process". | |
| Different Results between Record Cleaning Machines I interpret gunk on yous stylus after a wet cleaning to mean a loosening and redepositing of contaminants, therefore an incomplete vacuum extraction. This would be an easy hypothesis to test:1. Play a "uncleaned" record. Check for gunk.2. Clean th... | |
| Speakers for Ayre ax-7e -- Vadersteen, Linn, PSB The Vandersteen recommendation is sound. If you want a stand mount speaker, consider something from the Green Mountain Audio line. Both GMA and Vandersteen take time and phase coherence seriously, and given the design considerations of Ayre, they ... | |
| Dead Can Dance New LP "into the labrynth" Have you played that same track from a digital source to make sure it's your analog front-end? I've listed to that track on many systems that have exhibited that distortion (on that track) you describe. I used to think the source of the issue was ... | |
| Dead Can Dance New LP "into the labrynth" Most likely, it's not the recording, as I know exactly to what you are referring. I've heard it on multiple systems - both from an analog pressing and multiple digital copies (original release and the MoFi re-release).I don't hear it on my current... | |
| Just Given A Sony PS-X7 Turntable - Worth Using? Without independently verifying myself, I found this advice on another site:The PS-X7 has a arm with ~15gr. eff. mass. I think you look what cartridges are available with a dynamic compliance between 10 to 17 10-6cm/Dyne at 10Hz...Lots of options,... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2011 10,000 Days is a masterpiece, not only musically, but lyrically. If you follow the content through the Tool / APC catalog, 10,000 Days provides an amazing conclusion / resolution to a story that, for me, has been ongoing for 14 years. I wept upon ... | |
| Just Given A Sony PS-X7 Turntable - Worth Using? Yes, it's a nice table. My only suggestion would be to have a tech go through it to check the power supply and replace any out-of-spec caps. I have a minty Sony PS-X5 that really could use the attention I suggest above. Maybe $150 to $200 parts an... | |
| Integrated Amplifiers with neutral sound Maybe we'd get a shorter list is the original poster asked for a list of integrated amplifiers *without* neutral sound. |