ozzy62
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| Suggestions for 45 rpm purchases? Count Basie "88 Basie Street" is excellent.Oz | |
| Turntable and a Passive pre? I am using a custom preamp designed and built by Kevin Carter @ K&K Audio. It is a two chasis design with an outboard PS for Kevin's excellent MC phono stage. For attenuation I am using a pair of the Mark I version TX-102 transformers. I have ... | |
| Which Passive Preamp --Bent Audio or Placette ? I want to chime in with a vote for the TVC. I have the Mark I version(much better than the Mark II) of the TX-102s in a custom made preamp. I have heard the Placette and the Reference Line Preeminence 1B. Neither of them could come close to the so... | |
| Initial Impressions of Von Schweikert VR2 Pretty sure the Alons are sold. They are excellent speakers in their own rights, but the VR2s fit my listening tastes and room better.Oz | |
| Alnico Tweeter Replacements for Alon Vs Why does your system list Talon and B&W speakers, but no mention of Alon?Oz | |
| Good Phono Pre-Amps...$500 to $1500 Gotta add my props for the K&K phono stage. This is one excellent product. Mine was built by Kevin and is nice to look at and beautiful to hear.Oz | |
| Sistrum or Neuance or...? FWIW, I have Geoff's Promethean Base under my turntable, but use Ken's Neuance shelf as the top platform. I find them both to be exceptional products. The Neuance shelf was an improvement when placed under my Spacedeck on the existing rack. But mo... | |
| Machina Dynamica under 'table? I first set up the Promethean on my VTI rack. This was a disaster as the rack was amplifying minute floor vibrations and transferring them to the springs. Not good. As per Geoff's advice, I placed everything on the floor which consists of the foll... | |
| TVC vs. active pre? After living with several well respected tube preamps such as offerings from BAT, Audible Illusions, Cary, JJ Electronics, and Kora, I now have a custom preamp using the Mark I version of the TX-102 transformer. There is no comparison regarding ba... | |
| Von Schweikert VR2 This kind of post usually comes from someone who doesn't have the kind of system to resolve the differences cables can make. Pay no attention at all to this kind of "advice".OTOH, many cables are way overpriced, stupidly so even. BUT, there are so... | |
| MG1.6 crossover upgrade merits. I had a pair of 1.6s for about a year before doing the crossover upgrades. I can tell you there is a substantial improvement to be had by doing this. Everything you like about your 1.6s is taken up a notch. The most noticeable thing is the improve... | |
| Rogue Magnum 99 vs Cary SLP-94 Preamp I have heard them both in my system, but not at the same time. I would say the Cary is the warmer and lusher of the two. The Rogue didn't float my boat at all, my Modulus 3A won at that shootout. If you can live w/o the remote, the Cary would be t... | |
| Phono Pickup Transformer - What's Good to Get? Check out the Lundahl step up devices offered by K&K Audio. Bombaywalla bought one of these and hopefully he will chime in. I have the K&K phono preamp that uses these transformers and am extremely happy with it.www.kandkaudio.com | |
| bluenote borghese and shelter 501? You should probably look at Bluenotes own cartridges, they make a high and low output MC that should work fine. I have heard the less expensive Boboli, and while it's not bad, it's definintely not my first choice at it's respective price point. I ... | |
| bluenote borghese and shelter 501? The 501 and the Borghese are not a good match. The Bluenote arms are true unipivots with no kind of stabilization whatsoever. Just an inverted cup resting on a point. The compliance of the Shelter is too low for this type of unipivot arm. I tried ... |