roberjerman
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| Speaker recommendation for SET tube amp MASTERSOUND Find a pair of Snell E's for cheap! This is the original design that Audio Note UK copied and called the EIII (for a mere $4.5K). I have a pair with replacement SEAS 8-inch drivers. A great-sounding floor-stander, easy-to-drive with tube amps! | |
| looking for a tube preamps that doesn't sound like SS Precision Fidelity C2. Designed by Bruce Moore (Paragon, MFA, Audible Illusions). | |
| turntable choice And don't forget the all-important phono stage! Do you have a receiver or integrated amp with built-in phono stage? If not, Schiit makes a good one for about $100. | |
| turntable choice When I decided to add a brand-new TT and cartridge to my collection of vintage TT's I bought a Pioneer PLX1000 and a Denon 103R mc cartridge ($700 + $300). Admittedly $1K is outside your budget - but for better LP playback sound quality is commens... | |
| turntable choice That $400 limit is rather low! You will still need a good phono cartridge! For cheap the Grado Black Prestige is a good recommendation! Needle Doctor has this, along with a wide assortment of increasingly costlier cartridges. | |
| Real world life expectancy of a high end cartridge? I bought a bottle of Stylast and am applying it before playing every side. Cartridge is a brand-new Denon 103R on a new Pioneer PLX1000. I will keep track of the number of sides played. LAST claims Stylast is a lubricant that will significantly ex... | |
| Brodmann FS speakers with SET tube amp Get a pair of LS3/5A's! Either new or used! The BEST small speaker! Read Art Dudley's review of three versions in the latest Stereophile. They are outstanding with Classical works! I have a pair! | |
| Brodmann FS speakers with SET tube amp What does the impedance curve of the Brodmann speaker look like? Does it have peaks and valleys? What is the output impedance of your Mastersound tube amp? If it is over 1 ohm then it will interact with any speaker having a non-flat impedance curv... | |
| Tone controls? SAE made excellent equalizers. | |
| Best Marilyn Manson album? The Last Tour On Earth CD is SCARILY good! | |
| Turntable Advice? Get a new motor from SOTA. Keep the SME V arm. How's your cartridge doing? I just saw the ad in Stereophile for the new line of AT OC9 mc cartridges - quite reasonably priced! | |
| Suggestions for Harbeth P3ESR speakers There is a Peachtree Nova 150 for $1400 with free shipping from "peachtreeaudio" on EBay. Refurbished and with a two-year warranty! Including a high- quality DAC and phono stage! Get rid of that Naim! | |
| Suggestions for Harbeth P3ESR speakers Get a used Peachtree integrated amp! | |
| I am down to 2 choices (PP or SET amp?) to run my JBL L100 (alnico) An 8 watt SET will only work with the L100's at low volume levels. If you want to ROCK OUT with those JBL's you will need a LOT more power! I have JBL 166's and use Dynaco MkIII's and an ARC D75 with them. | |
| Quad 22L2 blown drivers - What are my options? Contact the Quad USA importer and inquire about buying new drivers. |