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| Power Cord for Raven One I would suggest a basic Volex power cord for about $15.I changed back to this basic powercord from Audience, Blue Circle and some others and am not really missing anything and some things (e.g. coherence, neutrality) even improved. | |
| Sumiko Blackbird, Shindo and EAR Ggavetti, shouldn't the Blackbird be connected into the MM input? The Blackbird is a high output MC that is designed to be connected to an MM input with 47KOhm loading and lower gain.From the Stereophile review:Like the Sumiko Blue Point Special, ... | |
| Sumiko Blackbird, Shindo and EAR Are your running the Blackbird directly into your MM input on the Monbrison? | |
| Shindo Latour vs Verity vs DeVore ..etc I did hear all the speakers you mentioned in complete Shindo systems, albeit only for a short time, different rooms, and different amps.All the speakers you mention excel at detail, especially in the context of a Shindo system. The Devore Super 8 ... | |
| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution I would like to see this thread come to life...I agree - I find the journey of what people with similar tastes have tried not only interesting but extremely helpful in developing my own tastes and finding my own direction. At least this is why I s... | |
| Phono preamp evolution A quick update:1993 Creek OBH 8 (MM)1998 Rega Mira (MM phono board in integrated)2000 Trichord Dino (MM & MC)2006 Wright WPP200C, Lundahl 9206 step-up, Denon AU300LC step-up2007 Vacuum State JLTI2008 Pass XOno (current)2009 Shindo Monbrison, C... | |
| Upgrade or repair Museatex products John Wright does repairs and upgrades to the Bidat and also has some spare parts for the transport. Best to contact him: John Wright Contact infoI have some friends in Calgary who know John personally and have gotten upgrades from him. Everyone I ... | |
| Good budget alternative IC's with Shindo preamp Tholt - to my knowledge the Shindo IC are pure silver:Shindo pure silver wires | |
| Remarkable systems on a budget - Pair of Cain Abby ($1200 used) - Almarro 205A amp ($550 used) - Audience Conductor speaker cable ($150) - Audience Au24 IC ($250) + - MHDT Paradisea DAC ($500)- 1000 hours of break in time for the Fostex driversJust about $2500... | |
| Good budget alternative IC's with Shindo preamp Philjolet, Clio09, Lapierre - are your recommendations based on actual experience with Shindo preamps or are they just regular guesses?Tholt, I am curious about the same questions. If you re-read the 6moons and Dagogo reviews you will see PHY-HP i... | |
| Turntable on a $5k budget? How many records do you have?I completely second Tvad's response above. There really isn't a well worn path that you can easily follow. A turntable requires time, some technical understanding and dedication.Yes you could ask a good friend to set u... | |
| Best Phono Stage within 2000 $ Re: Feickert Adjust+...Before I got Adjust+, I used a test record for setting up the azimuth, by playing an azimuth dedicated tract with my phono preamp in mono, and rotating the headshell until the signal from the L and R channels get canceled.Th... | |
| Audience speaker cable questions To complicate things a little - I actually found the Audience Conductor speaker cables to be better than the the AU24 - more extension top and bottom, more direct, lively, slightly fuller. For interconnects I prefer the standard Au24 interconnects... | |
| USB DAC or USB to SPDIF conv. + non USB DAC? Hey, Restock - any idea why/how the Benchmark and the Cosecant can do 24/96 via USB while the less expensive USB DACs can't? Actually the EMU0404USB soundcard can do 24/96 for a around $230.Otherwise, it depends on the USB-SPDIF conversion chip mo... | |
| USB DAC or USB to SPDIF conv. + non USB DAC? It is my understanding that a USB connection will limit the sample to 44.1 or 48Hz (correct?) Incorrect. Both the Benchmark DAC1USB and the Wavelength Cosecant (Numerator) will allow 24/96 rates via USB. |