nsgarch
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| Mark Levinson 25 vs 25s vs JC-2 I already posted this response to another recent enquiry about this phono amp:I had a 25s (and 26s preamp) for many years. I recently sold them to (two different) individuals in Asia for 50% more than I paid for them used in 2004!They are both ver... | |
| Bolero:why can't my system reproduce snare well? The stock Mac tubes are OK (better than when the first of the current version 275's first came out in 2004) but you can do way better. Nevertheless, they should still reproduce snare drums well, and unless there is something terribly wrong with th... | |
| Cleaning melted plastic from MC275 chrome surface NO GOO GONE!!! It will definitely take off the lettering, and probably won't dissolve MELTED foam anyway.What you need to do is heat up the melted foam and begin wiping/working it off in stages. The best way to heat up the melted foam is with stea... | |
| Mark Levinson 25s is good Today I had a 25s (and 26s preamp) for many years. I recently sold them to (two different) individuals in Asia for 50% more than I paid for them used in 2004!They are both very fine pieces of equipment (the "s" models that is -- the 'regular' 25 and 26 ... | |
| What is the best planar or electrostatic speaker? This is a bogus comparison! Electrostatic and Planar Magnetic loudspeakers are two different kinds of machines, with different sonic signatures.You have to ask: "what's the best of", in each category separately. | |
| To Tube or not to Tube...... Maybe this will help you to better understand the issues. It's part of my post from another thread, but applies here:Even though it's a little off-topic here, I feel I should explain WHY (very genrally speaking ;~) tubes seem to be better than tra... | |
| best speakers for vocals? I still believe electrostats are (or a qualified "can be") the most accurate sound reproducer -- with some of the best horns, domes, and air-motion devices coming very close.The 'qualification' with respect to 'stats', is they MUST be driven with ... | |
| shindo vs. atma-sphere For the differences between the MP-3 and MP-1 preamps, the best place to start is the Atma-Sphere website, as well as discussions and reviews.I can tell you though that the MP-3 is not a 'baby' MP-1. They both use balanced differential circuits bu... | |
| shindo vs. atma-sphere Hi Tim,My (deceased) friend,Michael, had already purchased and installed some fairly 'tasty' NOS tubes which he'd purchased from Andy at Vintage Tube Services. Some better than others; all overpriced IMO.Anyway, the MP-3 linestage takes a pair of ... | |
| VTA and SRA? They are absolutely NOT the same thing. I started the following thread right here on Audiogon -- long before M. Fremer figured it out by the way;~):http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1140840022&openmine&Nsgarch&4&5&a... | |
| shindo vs. atma-sphere I don't see the point of tube preamps. Since they don't amplify anything, the primary benefits of using tubes (i.e. preserving the nuances of the signal during the gain stage) are not realized, and what you DO GET is tube hiss added to the low lev... | |
| Aesthetix Rhea & Calypso Tube Upgrade I've never found a "regular" 12AX7, either current or NOS, that could compare sonically with (either) the RCA or Sylvania 5751 triple mica black plates. For more on these tubes, as well as 6DJ8/6922 and 12AU7, I strongly suggest you read the (clas... | |
| Vintage MIT MI-330 Hi Forrest,Generally speaking, speaker cables are non-directional. Some have shields, but they are passive (i.e., not electrically connected to either of the signal conductors.)Some manufacturers (and consumers) say they can hear a difference depe... | |
| I need to borrow a cable for a ML PLS-154 Power Su Those are as rare as hen's teeth, however Pyramid Audio in Texas might be willing to make one for you - IF - they have the connectors (Fischer doesn't make that one any more (if it's the one I'm thinking of ;~) Good luck![ur]http://www.pyramid-aud... | |
| Need help with splitting XLR OUTPUT A better way would be to avoid splitters altogether. Instead, get a Jensen subwoofer signal transformer http://www.jensen-transformers.com with a single XLR in, and any number and mix of XLR's and SE's out (they'll make up anything you need) They ... |