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| Mark Levinson 26 pre amp Ken,You might have to wait a long time. The 38s is a very good preamp and you can always get your money out of it. You should take it until a 26s (NOT a 26!) comes along.But other preamps will work well with a ML27. Just make sure it has balanced ... | |
| Vinyl Reason I think one of the tragedies of (other than Classical) CD playing, is the ease, and so the inclination, to skip around the album; not giving the artist a chance to have you hear the way he/she intended for you to hear the entire compilation. I kne... | |
| Mark Levinson 26 pre amp You're right, it's very hard to find "Golden Age" Levinson gear cause everyone's hanging onto it. If you really want to drive yourself crazy with waiting, but wind up with an even better preamp than a ML 26, wait for a 26S. It's lightyears ahead s... | |
| Who makes Beautiful / Attractive Speaker Cables? I'm surprised no one mentioned Nordost -- which don't call much attention to themselves at all. Just make sure they're not where someone might not see them, and trip over them!! | |
| Goldmund Studio/T3 with Helikon cartridge How are you determining your tracking force? | |
| Treatment for rubber speaker surrounds? I hope I didn't imply that one should get anything wet. A barely damp piece of towelling with some nap is all you need to remove dust, and will not harm paper cones. It doesn't hurt to blow them off first with compressed air like DustOff. Sometime... | |
| Treatment for rubber speaker surrounds? Eldartford -- OK, you win the frivolity run-offs!And I agree, there's nothing wrong with the older designs. In fact a lot of dome tweeters simply mold the dome and "surround" out of the same material for exactly the reasons you mention.The problem... | |
| Best subwoofer for 2 channel Hi End system Because I believe that even very low frequencies provide directional information, and because most subs are front firing, I've never accepted the "one-subwoofer-is-all-you-need" theory. And down-firing subs, although theoretically omnidirectional,... | |
| Treatment for rubber speaker surrounds? Alright, enough frivolity!! Surrounds come in two basic materials (not counting the really early rubber-impregnated cloth and the corrugated paper types):1.) Closed-cell, expanded polystyrene foam -- very common, but an older technology, and2.) Ne... | |
| In-walls.. Worth the added space? Which ones then? The ones I'm most impressed with, both as an audiofool and as an architoot, and which I finally heard at CES, and which there hasn't been much press about, and which are really expensive (drum roll.....) are the Revels. I think one of the physical... | |
| What are the best subwoofer plate amps.... Bryston makes just what you're looking for. Called the ProPak. They come in 60, 120, and 300 Watt versions (into 8 ohms) Even have balanced inputs. They are absolutely the cat's ass! Here's the link to the page for the 300 watt unit (on the Brysto... | |
| Ideas for long rca interconnect? I'm not going to make a recommendation (I could, but I'm not.) Instead I'm going to give you what you asked for -- an idea! So, here's an idea: Don't buy anything unless you can try it first! -- and in the length you will need! usedcable.com or th... | |
| Checking the AC polarity of your amplifier For everyone's info, and for what it's worth vis-a-vis our discussion about mixing balanced and unbalanced power:I had about an hour and a half conversation with Brent Jackson (who is the CEO, chief engineer, etc) of ExactPower on this subject to ... | |
| 1970's Audio Research Equipment, worth having? Audio Research made the biggest change/advancement in the mid/late 80's with their solidstate-and-tube designs, for both amps and preamps, better know as "hybrids." A perfect example is an M300 MkII I have for sale on the Gon right now. This vinta... | |
| repairs for Martin Logan CLS II A few other things: Check the power fuse on the bad speaker. It might be bad, or not in tight. Also, there is a little IC chip on the main PC board inside the electronics chassis which sometimes fails, producing the problem you describe. Take the ... |