rauliruegas
Responses from rauliruegas
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @kevemaher : " I'd consider my system neutral. " Maybe measured " neutral " but exist several levels/steps of system measured " neutral " Your system " looks " as an average or a little below average system and ovbiously it performs inside that ... | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? @mulveling : 3180 is even a " little " better. Please contact: rauliruegas@hotmail.com R. | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and Dear @mulveling : My system is not exactly a warmer one more in the alive side ( with low low distortion levels. ) and for some reason the Blue Lace did not " sparkly " here but that was the sample I listened. I think that exist little diferences... | |
| Best Full-Function Preamplifier Dear @dodgealum : Essential 3180 that’s a true challenge for over 120K separates units like FM Acoustics or CH and better than Boulder or Dartzeel and the like. It's an active high gain balanced dual mono non-feedback fully discrete overall desig... | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and @mulveling : The one Koetsu that like me ( at least the sample I listened ) was/is the Coralstone. R. | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? @lewm : You are right, your 3160 came with the normal gain but the MC2000 it's not a normal output level MC. It needs 85-86db that the 3180 does it with very low noise, a beauty or through its MM stage that comes with 100k fixed impedance that l... | |
| A Story about a Defective Signature Platinum @mijostyn : " in terms of stiffness and resonance. " the EPA 100MK2 is even better. R. | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge @kevemaher : Obviously your Rane is not helping you to for your ears " problem " and gain/loading for the Hana/Shelter neither. The Rosewood is way different performer and that's one reason you like it because is not so " agressive " . One sourc... | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and @daveyf : Agree, I was something " extreme " about. The issue is that musical almost means different " things " to audiophiles is a to " wide " word and that's why I usually do not use it. R. | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? Dear @mulveling : " No active MC stage on earth of going to amplify that 0.05mV on its own, without the help of a SUT and without rendering a MASSIVE noise floor." Not exactly the 3180 can do it and even that you don’t own the MC2000 that pho... | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and Dear @daveyf : Sorry, but Koetsu has no single " strength " as a top cartridges. " more musical?? " : well that depends the kind of audiophile first hand experiences with MUSIC/sound and his priorities. For me musical is a " word/term " in ... | |
| Looking for a Warmer Sounding Phono Cartridge Dear @kevemaher : " I want warmth with quality. " Look warmth means no quality for a good phono cartridge, as a fact live MUSIC seated at nearfield position has quality with out warmth. I think that you do not think you need a new cartridge ... | |
| MM Phono Stages With Greater Than 40 dB of Gain? Dear @neonknight : " Are there any solid state alternatives? " Yes it's. Essential 3180, please contact here rauliruegas@hotmail.com Regards, R. | |
| Let's Say A Guy Wanted To Chose Between A Koetsu Jade and Dear @mulveling : " most dynamic Koetsu but still sweet " , that speaks a lot of a way cartridge signature quality level performance. Koetsu maybe is the LOMC cartridge more over-rated in history due that from its start was surrounded by on ... | |
| What Cartridge Manufacturers Will Retip Their Moving Coil Cartridges For A Fee? Dear @mitch4t : VdH do it but with out question the best way to do it for your Celebration is the one posted @dhcod Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS, R. |