rauliruegas

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Our home system: How good it is?
Dear friends: All of us know that to obtain a " stellar " sound reproduction is not an easy task and that we have to take care on any single link in the audio chain trying to add ( distortions/noise/stages/colorations/etc ) the less in each link a... 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Fred: +++++ " I might add from personal experience that the path does not always lead forward. In some instances it may lead backward and then be corrected. " +++you are totally right.++++ " Likewise, each new piece of equipment is not always... 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Stltrains: +++++ " Experimentation is a necessity. " +++++I could add: any kind of continuous experimentation even those un-orthodox ones, we need an 100% open mind married with nothing but music quality reproduction.+++++ " Another necessity... 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Mike: Something be missing on what I posted on you, it has to be read this way: " Btw, I'm sure you are " there ". "Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Mark: +++++ " Of course, the most important ingredient is the "musical ear" that is used to judge and choose the equipment. Unfortunately, that is the key ingredient that cannot be purchased at the audio store... " +++++it is more easy to tel... 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Mike: +++++ " so many versions of audio nirvana. " ++++you just put the nail in the finger, that's one of the whys our hobby is so exciting: different paths to be " there ", of course if you have the right know how and the Job's patience. I'm... 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Mike: ++++ " so many versions of audio nirvana. " ++++you just put de nail in the finger because that's what is more exciting about our hobby: we can be " there " following different paths!!! if we know how to do it and the patience of Job. I... 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Fred: +++++ " The only difference with well thought out systems is that the tradeoffs are better chosen " ++++yes you are right, those always thr tradeoffs are the ones that define the system " personality ".Regards and enjoy the music.Raul 
Our home system: How good it is?
Dear Shadorne: I agree with you and I can add that it is not only to have that low bass octave in " quantity " but more important with the same quality of the other sound reproduction frequency ranges, this target is not easy to achieve/find.This ... 
I'm taking a poll...
Dear Will: I already read your last three threads on the same subject ( how to obtain better cartridge quality performance. ) and I can see that you are " nuts " about the SRA/VTA/VTF subject.There is no doubt that the most critical parameter betw... 
Cartridge/Phono-Pre Break-in?
Dear Stringreen: Doug is right about the Shure VTF gauge: I don't know when but Shure build some units that were magnetical active.I like you are lucky because ( I own two too ) the ones that I own are right on target but there are others out ther... 
Intriguing world of Analog
Dear Joe: The manual say that the Line 1 could change to Phono ( with the phono card ), you don't have a TT/cartridge to find out but in the manual in Fig. 6 are some toggle-switches with labels: take out the cover plate and see inside if you find... 
Intriguing world of Analog
Dear Buconero117: I own several tonearms ( 20+ ) and the main reason to that is that I can match almost any cartridge to the right tonearm where I can achieve the best cartridge quality performance.The same cartridge with a different tonearm souns... 
Intriguing world of Analog
Dear Papajoe: As important as is the hardware more important is the software, how many LPs do you have? enough to be worth it?Btw, in your Classe preamp you can add a phono card that I think will be of better quality performance than the one on th... 
SME V, Tri-Planar or Phantom B-44
Dear Stringreen: Do you play it with your Ebony? what's wrong?Regards and enjoy the music.Raul.