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| Magnepan 1.7 w/ Tubes & lots of Class D Power Tabascocat, it includes custom maggie jumpers for attenuator pin openings -- one pair made for tweeter, and second pair made for midrange. I think they were $80-90 bucks when I bought them a few months ago. I would sell for $70 plus shipping...so ... | |
| Suggestions for a tube integrated under $3000 There is only one I would buy new at that price - decware flagship - zen Torii mkiii. Amazing bang for the buck. Buying used I would look at CJ ca200 or Pass labs class A 30 watt integrated. I have a Simaudio i5.3SE I would sell for $2500 | |
| Tonearm: Phantom vs. 4 Point vs. 10.5 I love my phantom supreme - much better than previous version. But if I ha a TW table I would want the TW arm. System synergy. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Hi. You dont replace your mc stage with a SUT you run the SUT into the MM input. Best strategy is to get a SUT that is known to work well with your exact cartridge parameters. Vac can change a mc input to a mm. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Upgrade to better vac preamp with phono built in is the route i would go too | |
| HiFi Tuning Fuses Elizabeth, You are one of the few individuals where I try to read all your posts...very informative and helpful...always great to see you weighing in on topic, even one as over the top as direction of fuses! | |
| HiFi Tuning Fuses I'm with Wig on this one. One way it sounds more collapsed, and other more open. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Totally agree with wrm57's comments about vac linestage causing music to be lit within and increasing soundstage in all directions..more body and dimensionality. Perfect description. Plus it delivers alot of resolution but detail from the inside-o... | |
| HiFi Tuning Fuses previous threads which i followed said to have arrows pointing down. i tried that and it sounds best. bigger improvement for 3.7s was using empirical designs custom midrange jumper with duelund cast resistor on tweeter. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Alonski,Eager to hear how things progress with your journey...fun to read about your impressions and comparisons! | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Alonski,One final idea based on what you are trying to accomplish. I recently heard the EAR 912. My dealer uses it as his reference phono/linestage preamp in his megabuck system (Magico speakers, $150k Clearaudio table, top of line synergistic res... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Alonski,Jeff Dorgay at TONEAudio I think wrote some reviews on the NAGRA preamp which has a phono pre built in if I'm not mistaken. That's one I would look at if you are seeking a stand alone unit. You may want to play around with the tubes in the... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? I agree the VAC adds something special, raising the sound to the level as if everything was in a $100,000 reference system. The best description I can add to the sound that VAC preamps give is the phrase used before "lit within"....there is a sens... | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? Alonski, eager to hear your impressions as you audition different units. I also heard EAR units at my dealer and those were very musical. | |
| VAC Owners:Outboard Phono Stage? I have the VAC phono stage in my VAC Ren III as mentioned -- super handing with variable loading, one MC and one MM input. It is well worth the price of admission for convenience (even as a back up to a stand alone pre). It has a meaty, substantia... |