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| Tube preamp for techno and other bass-heavy music? A more general answer - When Joule Electra was first introduced, they offered the LA-75 and LA-100 line stage. The difference was the LA-75 had a SS power supply so was less expensive. The main sonic difference was a stronger, more dominant mid-ba... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Re: loading resistanceFor Montepilot and others interested in trying loading higher than the standard 47K, this may help. You should not need to buy a new adjustable phono stage or build a more complicated variable device like Dgarreston described... | |
| Direct Drive turntables Lew, you offer a great example of comparison and I should have remembered it. A friend of mine owned a VPI Scout and became curious about the current rim drives. Although it cost about the same as his table and arm, he ordered the VERUS rim drive/... | |
| Direct Drive turntables This is a most interesting post and I thank all the knowledgeable Goners for their contributions. As Raul stated, sharing knowledge is important. And 75 comments in just one week clearly shows the level of interest in this topic.BUT, if I understa... | |
| Duntech repairs? I would send a note to both Madisound (since they previously sold Dynaudio) and Dynaudio, asking about the model numbers. The similarity of the numbers suggests they are all the same manufacturer.If all else fails, you might contact Millersound, e... | |
| Duntech repairs? Sugarshed, I'm not familiar with the Marquis but I assume it has 2 woofers per speaker in a D'Appolito array since John Dunlavy favored that design. I would examine the other three woofers to identify their brand and model number, then find a repl... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, yes looks like you got a nice deal on a pair of headphones. Also, looks like the model number is RS-1i.http://www.gradolabs.com/frameset_main.htm | |
| Magnepan, How Low Can You Go...power-wise Well, the maple-wood guy claims his modified small tube integrated amp (30 wpc?) can drive the 3.6. Interestingly when I've seen Magnepans at shows, the company bi-amps them with large Brystons (600 wpc?). That should tell us something. Of course ... | |
| Duntech repairs? Hi Sugarshed. I happily owned a pair of Duntech Princess speakers for 19 years. They remain one of the most musically satisfying speakers I know of.I had to replace two woofers (yes, Dynaudio) in mine following a DC pulse from a misbehaving amp. T... | |
| COMPACT PHONO PREAMP? Check out the JLTi. Not only is it smaller than your dimensions, it offers 40/60 or 40/55 dB gain (depending on version) and it will compare sonically with units costing 2-3 times its price. | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? The only consensus I ever found in audio is that there is no consensus. Looking at the big picture - tube VS SS, analog VS digital, dynamic VS electrostatic, belt VS direct/rim drive, chocolate VS vanilla; come on people, let's celebrate our diver... | |
| Best pivoted arm for SOTA less than $1000 used No experience with the Maggie Unitrac, other than reading a long standing good reputation, but one of the Sumiko Premier arms may be easier to find. There was an association between Sumiko and SOTA and those arms were a common match when they were... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Raul, where did you read that Van den Hul uses the Technics as his reference/standard? Is that recent? I have read that he has a Technics EPA-100 arm as one reference but no idea how many others he may own and use.I'm not doubting that he may admi... | |
| Recommendations for a small tube amplifier? The Almarro A205A is a very sweet, musical little amp with drive beyond what the rated output might expect.http://www.almarro.com/products.htmlA friend even used one with his AvantGarde Duos in spite of the price mis-match. | |
| Inverted Amplifiers Several questions relate to this subject, beginning with: can you hear a difference?To further explain Elizabeth's comments, an odd number of gain stages will invert the phase, an even number will retain the input phase. And as Stanwal states, an ... |