rcprince
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| Dustcovers.. on or off... I've heard it both ways on a SOTA turntable, and the sound was clearly compromised by the dustcover. Ken's post is correct, in my view. | |
| Audio Research vs. Aragon Keeping the tubed amp in an enclosed area probably is not good for longevity of the tubes or the rest of the amp, although if it has a fan (some ARC models of that time had fans) that may help solve some of the problem. Just make sure you have dec... | |
| Fluxbuster info I have one, and agree with Albert--just remember to do the drill for each channel, as the Fluxbuster only does one channel at a time. Plug it in, insert the RCAs, tilt the rocker switch towards the channel to be done, watch the flashing lights til... | |
| Help Not 60Hz hum but 10Khz wine noise I found that if my DVD player I use as a transport (Marantz DV18) is on, it sometimes produces a similar high pitched whine when I'm listening to my SACD player, which uses Nordost Quattro Fil interconnects, particularly if I have a disc in the DV... | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? The older JP200 had a phono stage; I gather this one doesn't. I also have listened to a JP200 and thought it the best full-featured preamp I'd ever heard; I would consider it over my JP80, but the cost!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? Hey Detlof, I gather the I/O has broken in, or was it the cables that were the problem when you first started listening (I remember your posts on the Jadis Fidelity thread)? You still feel the I/O is a little colder? | |
| Top Ten Tube PreAmp of all time? Martin, without a price range it's kind of tough to answer your question. There are plenty of suggestions in this thread above. If you listen primarily to classical or jazz, I'd suggest a used Jadis, but that's not cheap, even used; also, among th... | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? Hate to admit it, but CD/SACD/DAD probably leads the pack by a narrow margin, followed very closely by my turntable and my tuner. It is more convenient than records, that's the main reason. But if I start listening to vinyl, I generally won't list... | |
| beethoven 9th..which recording Mg123, the back cover will have a copyright-type logo toward the bottom which will show the date of the recording. Was the 77 recording analog or digital, anyone aware? I have the '63 recording both on CD and vinyl, and it's an excellent performan... | |
| Best Integrated Amp I agree with Trelja in that the Jadis integrateds are the best sounding ones I have heard, although I have not heard the Goldmund, Gryphon or Pathos units. Given your speakers and their power requirements, though, they may not give you quite the p... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings Frogman, excellent suggestion, I'd forgotten about how good that one was--now I've got to listen to it again. And you can even spell his name, something I sure can't do. You should give his recent Goldberg Variations a listen--it gets better every... | |
| Modifications to digital ... SCD777ES Can't comment on other mods, but, as I've noted in other posts, I've had the Jerry Ozment/Audio Logic tube output stage added to my unit, bypassing the Sony analog stage and its op-amps and power supplies, and am very pleased with the results. If ... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings Rushton's suggestions are excellent. They sound excellent on CD as well (the Connoisseur Society ones have been issued by VAI, and are among the most natural recordings of a piano you'll ever hear on CD). In addition, the most spectacularly dynami... | |
| Power for Innersound Isis That's Roger, all right! I don't have the guts to take him up on his challenge myself. Although tube amps tend to clip more gracefully than solid state, you'd probably notice the sound becoming "hard", or congested or glarey, on loud passages or t... | |
| Where can I get small apogee speakers? I don't own them, but I have heard them and, as I've said on other posts, think they're something special, particularly when driven by the Red Rose (Audio Prism) electronics. Good bass extension for a small box, but probably better suited for smal... |