petg60
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| For tube sound, which is more important: preamp or power amp? @meiatflasktube character will sound more obvious with a tubed power amp. Selection of tube type will also dominate the effect (EL34, 6550...).On the other hand less character is more desirable. | |
| 3 great tube preamps. Which would you purchase? Hi jred,balanced or single ended as consideration is not a must and all depends on the topology of each specific component. Which is best i cannot say as i do not have any experience on DS and LTA but try to listen to all 3 of them, since preamps... | |
| Furutech FP-3TS762 or FP-TCS31 Hi knownothing,glad it worked for you. Yes it takes some time to settle but after so many hours you are nearly there. Indeed, detail is presented with unforced quality, all in a well airy defined sound stage and with excellent speed.If your player... | |
| Is it possible to have vinyl nearly noise free? Hi tubelvr1,nearly possible, depends from:LP qualityRecord playerstylus profilequiet and balanced phono stage with proper loading | |
| Channel frequency range not balanced Hi,i believe that you did not have the same problem with your previous cartridge and retiping was performed accurately.Do one step at a time, most probably cartridge is out of alignment on lateral axis, another cause would be different tube (not s... | |
| Do any of your Rolling Stones recordings bring "Satisfaction"? Hi,have you listened to Japanese pressings of Aftermath, TSMR, Flowers, Exile?Voodoo Lounge original UK (DMM) is good also. | |
| Equipment that has made you 'stop' looking? Hi,Sony TAN1 power ampSME V tonearmZYX 4D ultimate MC cartridgeDPS 3 turntableSony STJ88B tuner (modified)These are keepers. | |
| Does it make sense to run a 3k cartridge on a 2k table? Hi uberwaltz,as long as the phono stage can translate that, yes.NAS is a very capable TT. | |
| Sony PS-X9 Hi jg2077,13K is quite an investment even though PSX9 is truly better than the lot of above mentioned tables. Even TTS8000 is better than most and can take any arm you like (with accompanying base TB2000 or TB1000). Please also consider serviceabi... | |
| Help me rebirth my old turntable Hi Hemondoc, you are right, my mistake still though is considered lightweight, your cartridge choices should target for higher compliance ones. | |
| Should an amp have a "personality"? Hi Andy 2, preamps and poweramps should have no personality, ruler flat, otherwise transparency = information suffers greatly. If you want a different voicing you can do that with everything else down the chain. It comes cheaper and easier to tailor. | |
| Help me rebirth my old turntable Hi Hemoncdoc, Grado, even though fine cartridges, will most likely hum on your turntable, safe choices would be Nagaoka, Audio Technica, Goldring, Ortofon (consider more for ULM tonearm) . Plenty to choose and match to your tonearm. | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? Removing antiskating does not improve sound, applying too much ruins it. All depends on stylus shape and cartridge suspension. | |
| Furutech FP-3TS762 or FP-TCS31 Hi Knownothing, nice and clever purchase, it will get better with time, when i first heard it myself i wondered how on earth such n inexpensive power-chord sounds like that. My only reservation is the rhodium plugs since this is a rather fast not ... | |
| Furutech FP-3TS762 or FP-TCS31 ...to further confirm the above i have replaced the TCS31 with the otherwise excellent S022N (14awg), fitted with FI-E38G, FI-28G, on the SCD and some immediacy and drama are gone. Still the outcome is musical and involving but i have heard it bet... |