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| Phono Amp to replace Pass Aleph Ono I replaced my ONO with the Ayre P-5xe.It is excellent if you go to the trouble to get a balanced phono cable and run it in a fully balanced system. | |
| Stand out phono stages You may wish to consider the Ayre P5xe-mp phono preamp with balanced in AND out as recommended by Ralph. Be sure to use it fully balanced. Keep in mind that Ayre could build a more expensive phono preamp if they thought a big improvement would be ... | |
| Skeptics believe:cartridge makes a HUGE difference You may wish to go back and mount your old cartridge in the Graham arm. I was shocked by the improvement with NOT changing to a new cartridge. Most people will have a hard time believing an arm could make so much difference. BTW I was using a Card... | |
| On the hunt for best phono cable under $1k Get in touch with Drew Baird at Moon-Audio.He will make you a custom cable with the minimum length you need for a reasonable price. | |
| RCA to XLR adapter vs buy a balanced cable Do not bother with an adapter, it is likely to be worse. For very little money go to a Guitar Center and buy balanced Mogami cables of the length you need, or make your own.There is a lot of info in the cables forum. | |
| Dumb VTA Question IMHO there is nothing wrong with the OP's procedure.If you can't hear the difference it is not important, if you can hear, then you have done the alignment. The USB microscope may give you a closer starting point, but that all folks! | |
| Need Advice Sota Sapphire III + SME IV arm It would be a trajedy to replace a SOTA + SME with a REGA. Get in touch with SOTA if you need help to get it running or reconditioned. The used value is $3500 minimum. | |
| Sadly missed manufacturers Acoustat, Apogee Acoustics | |
| Has anyone bought the OPPO 105 and has an opinion The 105 is not a huge difference, but the small things it does(better imaging, tighter bass, more precise & delicate treble)are hard to get, and for me significant. Plus..I have a quiet room and it gets rid of the fan. | |
| Vandersteen Treo's People used to hearing "hi-fi" speakers without first order crossovers, often perceive time-aligned speakers as "rolled-off". Look at the measurements by John Atkinson In Stereophile on the Vandy Treo & Quatros, and his discussion about allowi... | |
| Best mm cart for VPI scout/jmv-9 memorial arm Look at the web site moon-audio.com and ask Drew Baird for advice. | |
| Has anyone bought the OPPO 105 and has an opinion I have the 95 & the 105, I think the 105 sounds better in exactly the ways described in the brief TAS review. They have also been a lot of fun with a lot of options. I suspect to do better you would have to spend at least $7K.I had tried it (b... | |
| Best Phono amp under $2000. The AYRE P-5xe is $2350 new and worth it. You should be able to find it used or demo for less. It is particularly good if you can run it balanced in as well as balanced out. | |
| large value capacitor upgrades in a CJ PV10A? Call Jeff at Sonic Craft for advice. | |
| Audio Technica AT-0C9ML/ll Repair I highly recommend Andy Chong at PhonoCartridgeRetipping.He saved my AT-OC9 with a new wire for reasonable $. |