rdavwhitaker
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| Empire 298 Questions Sorry, I also meant to mention that you can sometimes find headshells (or separate arms being sold with the headshell) on eBay for the Model 98 Arm, although you may have to be patient and wait for them to turn up. | |
| Empire 298 Questions There is yet another option for an Empire 298, but it is more expensive. There is a wonderful engineer name Mike Paschetto who owns a company called Analog Engineering that can take an Empire 208 and turn it into an AE 2008 -- the details are avai... | |
| Replacement for MP-1: ARC Ref 3 or EAR 868? I own an ARC REF 3 -- it is an outstanding preamp -- versatile and very musical, with the best sound stage and imaging I have ever encountered. However, the bass response is still defintely in the "tube" category -- some folks find it a little sof... | |
| Upgrade Amp or Speaker for 2 channel? I vote with the folks encouraging you to consider upgrading your front end. The Paradigm 100s you have are very nice speakers for the size room you describe, and are worth way more than your dealer is offering in trade. And your amp, at 120 watts ... | |
| Upgrade suggestions One of the challenges when asking for advice on Audiogon is that you often get way more good advice than you can practically (or financially) act on. ;)There are a couple themes that run through the suggestions that have been made here I'd highlig... | |
| Upgrade suggestions Over the years I have owned a lot of turntables, cartridges and phono preamps, and based on my experience here's what I'd suggest - First, you already have a very good turntable and arm. I wouldn't mess with replacing either if they still function... | |
| The Hub: News, events, gossip: Come the REVOLUTION Please pardon a newbie for butting in - I have been an Audiogon member for some time, and have bought several items (and sold one) through the exchange, but haven't ever commented before. But I have found this series on the future of hi-fi interes... |