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| Turntables: Michell Gyrodec SE vs. VPI Scoutmaster I owned a Gyro SE with an Origin Live Rega 250 and thought it performed better than my previous Aries with JMW 10 arm. Of course the Scoutmaster is an updated version of the Aries and I haven't tried it. | |
| Parasound HCA-3500, Am I Crazy? Audio_girl,It appears you've conducted your evaluation very well. Thank you for sharing the details; it's always helpful to be aware of such things. I don't take anything for granted these days.Rcrump, what, in your book, equates to "a ton" of 2nd... | |
| Parasound HCA-3500, Am I Crazy? Audio_girl,Excuse me, but since I don't know you or your experience level, I have to ask:Did you use all the same power cords, interconnects, and speaker cables when you performed your evaluation? Or, did you try different things to try to optimiz... | |
| Shipping to Canada? Don't use UPS Neubilder,I think you may be on to something. Last year, I paid UPS in full for an amp to be delivered to Canada. Then, at the last minute, because I forgot to check some box on their paperwork they charged the recipient an extra $30 for no good r... | |
| Who needs spellcheck? Amzanig! I'm dmubfnouded! | |
| Used Rowland 302 or H2O Signatures CD Direct The GCC-series of class-D amps by PS Audio have 5 inputs, and other intuitive convenience features that most other amps lack. I don't know how they compare to the H2O's or the Rowlands, but they sound very good in their own right. You may want to ... | |
| What class "D" Amps Excel at inner detail The H2O monoblock amps from Henry Ho in Virginia may be worth checking into. I spoke to the designer and he claims they sound better than the JC-1's. Mr. Ho was formerly a designer of very good class-A solid-state amps. I know the power supply in ... | |
| In Shower With M_Logans I'm with Krelldog... and you've got to stop smoking -- it's not good for the ML membranes or their potential resale value. It may stunt your kid's growth too and lead to other serious and possibly life-threatening conditions, but that's probably o... | |
| what could have happened? If it was good sounding previously, what was the last item that you changed or added?Backtrack your configuration to the one that sounded good and go from there... | |
| Phoenix, AZ Cytocycle, that sounds good to me. Definitely let me know if other area audiophiles would want to do that and maybe a meeting time and place can be set up.Thanks,Frank | |
| Phoenix, AZ I have considered joining your club but find the Tuesday evening meeting time very inconvenient, especially since I'd be driving up from Tucson and I usually work until 6PM. It's unfortunate, because there are extremely few audiophiles in Tucson.W... | |
| Amps with high voltage? I used to have the InnerSound Eros Mk-II. The best amps I found to drive them were the Monarchy Audio SE-160 tube/MOSFET monoblocks. They had a warm, musical character, with very lovely treble performance. They blended more seamlessly with the Ero... | |
| Michell Gyro SE...Light or Heavy style Clamp?? I used both the stock lightweight Michell clamp on my Gyro SE and also a much heavier clamp made by Basis. On most of my records I liked the sound of the Basis clamp better. It definitely had more extended bass (different suspension tuning at work... | |
| I can't taste my beer...or hear my cables I agree with all of Elizabeth's possibilities but doubt that number 3 is the case.Cable interactions are extremely hard to predict and sometimes the difference you are anticipating is not the difference you actually get... | |
| Is the Adcom GFP-750 really that good ? Try a used Parasound P/LD-2000 -- I had the Adcom and like the P/LD-2000 better. It seems to have more body, and is a bit more musical (while retaining detail). By comparison the Adcom sounds dry and thin. Others who I've spoken to who have tried ... |