pryso
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| Like Cain Ben's set up hollow sounding Since I'm new to HE speakers, perhaps I should not comment. But a couple of points strike me. It may help to know I recently purchased a pair of Cain & Cain BEN singles.First, the C&C may have been the inspiration for Johnbonn's speakers b... | |
| Boulder 500AE compares to New Models Scott, can't answer your questions but can offer one bit of advice. Pay attention to the impedance matching with your line stage/preamp. Years ago I tried a pair of Boulder 500AEs but their 10K load didn't work well with my tube preamp. I didn't r... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? With earlier Joule products, Jud preferred point-to-point wiring as a purer approach than circuit boards, although he used boards to a limited extent. But over time he admitted that circuit boards provided more consistency and possibly better QC s... | |
| Aluminum or Wood armboard for Technics SP10 Mk2 NOS (undrilled) Technics boards appear from time to time. Depending on your perspective, at over $300 they may be considered expensive. There may still be one on Audio Asylum Classified.If I was in your situation, I would be tempted to have 2-3 di... | |
| SET the best? Hi Mike, I don't think any of us can answer your question, we can only offer clues from our own experiences that may help you find YOUR answer. Here is a summary of my experiences.I've been in this hobby over 40 years and have owned many different... | |
| has lead shot surpassed cold Sand and litter!Yes, if you want sand buy playground sand by the bag from your local home improvement store. Beach sand may contain salt (ocean) to corrode and other live or dead organisms (yes, it may smell funny).Another recommended option is ki... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Lew, you offer one of the best comments ever on an audio site -"There are days when I don't give a rat's arse about plinths and just want to listen"I started out in this hobby as a music lover but hoped to increase my enjoyment with better equipme... | |
| Time to move on from my old SOTA ? Larseand, I owned a SOTA back in the '80s and always found it to be a very good and consistent performer. Then a few years ago a friend wanted to sell his Sapphire so I bought it with the intention of setting up a dedicated mono system (I have hun... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Macrojack, which Technics plinth came with your table? Technics made four different plinths for the SP-10 series.First was a standard box frame for the original SP-10. It was all wood and weighed 5.2 kg.Next was the SH-10B3 introduced with the SP-... | |
| HK 730 Twin The specs in the manual for my HK 430 state: 25 watts minimum, RMS per channel, both channels driven into 8 ohms from 20 Hz to 20K Hz, with less than 0.3% THD.This is a more straightforward set of specs than many brands provided at that time. Note... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, sorry to say I never heard the TLZ. If I remember correctly, there was a more popular model (at least in terms of sales, if not quality) about that same vintage, the 8M. I know I heard that (hope I recall the correct model name) but after 25 ... | |
| Technics SP-10 Tonearm Pod instead of Plinth/Base Dsa, I think there may be some confusion over the meaning of "pod" in this discussion, but I'll come back to that.A couple of years ago when I got an SP-10 Mk2A, I started researching plinth design. Initially I cut out a 20" X 18" sheet of 3/4" pa... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Wow, ya go away for a couple of weeks and this Subject grows by 200 posts! Anyway, catching up on my reading raised a few points for comment.First, about the advantage of owning multiple MM/MI carts for a comparatively low investment. One friend, ... | |
| HK 730 Twin The HK X30 receiver series seem to have become classics. I have a HK 430 and it is wonderfully musical within it's more limited power range. Word was when they were current products that Robert Fulton consulted on their design.One word of caution ... | |
| Blackburn 813 techtubes availabilty ? That explains why my attempt to order tubes from their website failed. |