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| Upgrade From SME IV to V - Worth It Exchanging the VandenHul phono cable for a Graham unit will be an improvement. The IC 70 and especially the IC-90 cables from Graham really add like to the SME tonearms. | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? The current darlings of the well-healed audio cognoscenti are (in no particular order) : CH Precision, JMF Audio, and Solution. Jonathan Valin ,Robert Harley and many other notable audio enthusiasts run this stuff. | |
| Have you heard darTZeel Amplifiers It sounds like DarTZeel is no longer with us. Roy Gregory and Jay's Audio are both reporting the demise of this once great audio company. | |
| Rega Planar 3 upgrades It is possible that it would be cheaper to sell your P3 and purchase a P6 in its place. I think highly of Rega's but I don't like felt mats. Ringmat Solutions or some other high quality brand would be my manner of course. | |
| Esoteric SA-10 or Ayre CX-7e: Too close to call?? Marantz just announces a new SA-CD player and a new network audio player in their new 10 series. The SA-CD player weighs in at 76 pounds, List for these two items is around 10 000 dollars USD. | |
| Time For a CD Player Upgrade I own a Marantz SA-KI Ruby currently. It sits on top of 4 Stillpoints to mitigate the effects of vibration. They helped. If I was buying a new CD player right now I would be looking at the Luxman brand. I enjoy the Luxman sound from their CD playe... | |
| Phono Preamp Selection Audio by Van Alstine make a great unit for a very reasonable amount. It was well reviewed and AVA Hifi stuff is built to last. | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? The best of the best would be JMF Audio, CH Precision, and Solution, in no particular order. Levinson would still be considered very good audio equipment. | |
| Magico S3 II or III vs. Rockport Atria II One consideration with Magico's is that they must be 3-4 feet away from any walls, bookshelves, et cetera. | |
| Anyone at home at Krell? They may not survive this. Several key players have left recently. Couple that with the passing of Rondi. | |
| how many own Belles Virtuoso amp and preamp? and what's your experience? I own a Belles VT-01 version 2 preamplifier. I had a Belles 28A previous to that. I like the Belles preamplifiers. I have never had a problem with the Belles preamplifiers I could not fix with less than two minutes of thought and a minute of work.... | |
| Phono Stage in inputs for 2 tonearms There should be one ground post for each input otherwise things get tricky. Trying to squeeze two ground wires together is almost always a source of noise. | |
| Your Ultimate Phono Preamp: Which One Would You Choose? Darren Myers now works as a V.P. for Parasound. I am currently using an Accuphase C-47 phono preamplifier. Quiet and powerful. I like it. | |
| Monitor Audio Gold 300 (5G) vs Monitor Audio Platinum 200 II The Platinum 200 11's will be the better speaker. | |
| Your thoughts on best audiophile speakers in $10,000 neighborhood? I like the sound of the big PSB's. Careful selection of cabling will be required, but that is true with all set-ups. |