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| MC-MM-MI CARTRIDGES . DO YOU KNOW WHICH HAS BETTER QUALITY PERFORMANCE? REALLY? In my experience I would rank LOMC 1st, then HOMC, followed by MI, and then MM. I've had Ortofons (MM and MC), Grados, B&O, Hana, Grace, Shure, Pickering, ADC, Sonus, and even AKG. My intro to LOMC was an Ortofon MC-20 whose peaky high end was... | |
| ruined a phillips screw, any inspired solution? Lots of ways to remove messed up screws, but nobody hamentioned taping off the surrounding area to protect the case finish when the inevitable slip occurs. Use heavy panters tape, vinyl electrical tape, or duct tape. | |
| People complain about lack of bass, not enough mid range. Solution? After you have co,pleted the room’s acoustical treatment, bi-amping, real bi-amping with a line-level crossover before the power amps can make a huge difference, both in allowing amp matching (transistors low, tubes high, e.g.) but in dynamic rang... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH You would be moving from a 5th Gen moving coil to more modest, albeit impeccably executed design. Still, I can't imagine you'd be happy with the results. A-T carts aren't really known for the two characteristics you mention - dynamics and soundsta... | |
| Yamaha RX-A4030 not powering on Power switches often only power a relay that does the heavy lifting. Sounds like that circuit may be faulty. Not generally a user serviceable situation. | |
| Loud pop/screech when powering on amp A 'pop' is a DC offset (try hooking a flashlight battery across a speaker to get the idea). A 'screech' is a decaying oscillation. While some amps pop on startup, if it is only in one channel that's not associated with healthy electronics, and the... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH You would be moving from a 5th Gen moving coil to more modest, albeit impeccably executed design. Still, I can't imagine you'd be happy with the results. A-T carts aren't really known for the two characteristics you mention - dynamics and soundsta... | |
| Which receivers have decent stereo performance? While not a receiver in the traditional sense (it's a streaming integrated amp, with no AM/FM radio) the Marantz PM 7000N has far better than average SQ, and with its conservatively rated 60/90 W/ch amp power, it is capable of driving most speaker... | |
| Where was the best reproduced sound you ever heard? Fifty years ago I heard a tri-amped set of Magneplanar Tympani IIIas with bass panels spread across a large basement rec room. They were powered by 3 - Audio Research Dual 76 amps, and an SP-3a preamp. The front end was a Thorens TD-125 with an SM... | |
| A Tale for Your Bemusement Slapping a tube TV might have helped reset a loose tube, but otherwise isn't a very good idea give the fragility of tube filaments. The modern equivalent of multiple reboots is often required before any upgraded software has reloaded, and in corr... | |
| Tube amp suggestions for Divine Acoustic speakers If you can score the Carver Crimson 275 for $2750 as advertised on Underwood's website, I'd do it in a minute. His 'homage' to the McIntosh MC275with the kind of original thinking and tweaks only Bob Carver can do, plus a very conservative design ... | |
| Looking for integrated solid state amp for daily usage Marantz Model 40 if you want an all-in-one, do anything streaming amp. If you want to keep it strictly analog, the Model 30. Both of these are high end Marantz offerings, and it shows on both close examination of their build and close listening. T... | |
| New Streamer, DAC or Let it Be The BlueSound Node is the Honda Accord of streamers. Affordable, works and sounds better than most give it credit for, and about as reliable as any piece of hardware gets. I won’t trash your Marantz because most of the criticisms are either specu... | |
| Suggested Power Cable for Streamer @jhnnrrs With you completely. I challenge anyone who claims a cable makes their system quieter (a quantitative claim) to produce a spectrum analysis showing that to be the case. Likewise 'improved dynamics', another quantitative claim that requ... | |
| on the cheap @jastralfu This stuff doesn’t come particularly easy. I spent a long time getting comfortable with how all pieces fit. And that was working with it every day, professionally. So check the diagram. Layer 1 is the physical media - copper, fiber, rad... |