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| Anyone else using slugs instead of fuses? Comments on metals used and sound please More power to you and your ears but I used copper slugs in my Magnepan 20.7s, and PS Audio BHK preamp and BHK 300 monoblocks and heard no difference. | |
| Looking for a budget Step-up Transformer This is a very good SUT for the money. https://hifi-exquis.com/tube-transformer/616-raphaelite-dt11-stereo-mc-pole-permalloy-step-up-transformer-20047k-114-hifi-exquis.html It isn't quite as good as my DIY Lundahl LL1931 SUT but better than the ... | |
| Andover Spindeck is really good I've been listening to the Spinstage for two evenings now and it really is very good. There are some differences between all the phono stages I have right now and I would be hard pressed to choose a favorite but the Spinstage is certainly holding... | |
| Andover Spindeck is really good I have one coming on Monday. I'm going to put it up against my PS Audio Stellar Phono, the Hegel V10, and a Graham Slee Accession MC. If you buy it direct and let them add you to their mailing list it is only $225 with a 60 day trial period! | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge @alvinnir2 I have my Denon DL-103 on my Technics SL-1200GR. Even after I bought a fairly heavy Ortofon LH-4000 headshell to use it still didn't sound very special. But a friend suggested I add weight to the headshell so I Blu-tacked a nickel on ... | |
| Need some help picking my first MC Cartridge The Denon 103 is probably the best budget choice. It has a warm analog kind of sound but it doesn't offer the ultimate in soundstage or detail. I think it is best with a Step Up Transformer and the Audiotorium A23 sounds great with it but it is ... | |
| Best set-up under $20K You need a biggish room for this system and you will need to buy used to get it for around $20K but it will be astonishingly good. 1) Magnepan 20.7 $9K used 2) PS Audio BHK 300 Mono Blocks $6.5K used 3) PS AUdio BHK Signature Preamp - $3K used... | |
| Wayne's Audio Canary LOMC Cartridge Still no new observations about the Canary cartridge? | |
| PS Audio Stellar phono question @lewm I don't believe I have ever read anything that suggests XLR cables intrinsically sound better than RCA cables. They offer better noise rejection but that doesn't really have anything to do with how the cable sounds. I found in that specifi... | |
| PS Audio Stellar phono question Use your ears. I have the Stellar going into the BHK Preamp and I have tried RCA and XLR and prefer XLR for short runs with 1 meter Harmonic Technology cables. Oddly, I preferred a cheapish RCA cable over a cheapish XLR cable for 12' runs which ... | |
| Wayne's Audio Canary LOMC Cartridge Anybody have any more thoughts about the Canary cartridge relative to any other MC cartridges? | |
| It this a decent Phono setup? @jsbach1685 There is a Ortofon 2M Black on US Audio Mart for $400 that claims to be unused. (not sure I'm allowed to post it here usaudiomart.com). Just buy that. Way better than the 2M Red. And the VM540ML is a solid choice but not quite as ... | |
| Any Present Magnepan 3.7i owner using them in a smaller listening space... I’ve owned 1.6, 1.7, 3.7 and 20.7 Magnepans but have never listened to them in a small room so these comments draw on the research I have done over the years rather than first hand experience. 1) the most critical factor is distance from the fron... | |
| Magnepan owners. Fuses or what I replaced the fuses in my 20.7s with solid copper cylinders. If there was any difference it wasn't big enough to notice. If I go back to fuses maybe I will notice a bigger change. But I don't play music that loud and I've never blown a tweeter... | |
| Thoughts About Turntable Upgrades I've spent a lot of time and money over the past 9 months getting into vinyl and comparing it to streaming. Some quick takeaways from my experience. 1) A good vinyl system is expensive. Your DAC is better than your turntable/cartridge/phono st... |