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What is the best phono preamp you have heard?
Dear Rapogee: There is a critical audio link that in my opinion all of us must to take in count to give you answers to your " open " question: that critical audio link is the line stage preamp where we ( all ) paired those phono stages.Normally th... 
Airtangent vs Kuzma airline
Dear Rugyboogie: Congratulations!!!!!!!! Great choice.The XV-1, Titan i, Transfiguration Orpheus, Van denHul Colibri, Ikeda Rex9 are great contenders but if I be you the Allaerts MC2 Finish or Formula 1 will be the best one.Regards and enjoy the m... 
What is the best phono preamp you have heard?
Dear Dgad: In my opinion the phonopreamp don't depend on the cartridge in use ( other that the cartridge output level ), as a fact a cartridge quality sound reproduction depends on the phonopreamp in use.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Phantom B44 vs The SME V Tone Arm
Dear Macallan25: TheRedscouser link is a very good place to start.Now, I know the importance that the tonearm has on the analog chain but I recomended that before you choose for a tonearm try to think about the phono cartridge that must match that... 
Help me make the best arm-cartridge matches
Dear Thsalmon: I insist, a little, that the manufacturers ( tonearm and cartridges ) must be your first advise step.The second step should be your own experience: with your SY working with both cartridges and " see " which one ( maybe both, we don... 
What is the best phono preamp you have heard?
Dear Rapogee: Other than our self design: Vendetta Research and FM Acoustics.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
Help me make the best arm-cartridge matches
Dear Thsalmon : I don't know the SY tonearm characteristics but I read that it is a very good tonearm. I think that the manufacturer is the right place to have an advice about. Second tonearm?: why not another SY.Regards and enjoy the music.Raul. 
What is the best phono preamp you have heard?
Dear friends: +++++ " These private built designs offer opportunities for no-compromise componentry and fanatically careful circuit layouts at a relatively affordable cost. When a design goes commercial then compromises must occur and/or the price... 
Jan Allaerts Cartridge Experience?
Dear friends: +++++ " I think, here it is much more important what Arm you have and what Phonostage to get the details out. " +++++I almost agree with this Thomas post specially on the phonopreamp subject where not many people give the critical im... 
tonearm cable recomendations for Brinkmann?
Dear Clfcarney : About the tonearm cable, in my opinion, it does not matters the analog rig: " what we want is a cable that is a NEUTRAL one and not a cable that equalize the signal ".From this point of view I highly recomended the Silver Oval Inn... 
Is Direct Drive Really Better?
Dear Teres: First congratulations for be on that DD design and for trying to give to the analog audio community a diferent option about, not an easy task where almost all the audio community thinks that the BD design is the best way to go.I know t... 
Airtangent vs Kuzma airline
Dear Sirspeedy: Like Albert posted: there are several variables to the why's on your diferent AT tonearm opinions.Not only about the differences on the audio systems or the differences on the room's, but more important the differences between the ... 
Choosing a turntable....
Dear vargtimmen20@hotmail.com : First on the TT: The AS Mambo beats easily the other TTs that you named, as a fact and with the right stuff the Mambo is very hard to beat not only in its price range but at 3-4 times its price, no doubt about.Now, ... 
Advice for Building a turntable
Dear Pedrillo: If you can use " metal " material instead of wood or acrylic. If you have two good TT designs one made from wood/acrylic and one from metal, this one outperforms the quality sound reproduction of the non-metal designs, at least in m... 
Oracle Delphi vs. ??? fill in the blank.
Dear Morper: On that price range nothing that I know can beat the Acoustic Signature TT: www.acoustic-signature.comRegards and enjoy the music.Raul.