roberjerman
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| Help with TT ideas for my first TT When I wanted to add a new current production TT to my collection of vintage TT's I chose the Pioneer PLX1000. At $700 and another $300 for a Denon 103R mc cartridge this is a combination hard to beat for the performance/cost ratio! | |
| Your thoughts on a phono step-up transformer? I have and can recommend the Bellari MT502 SUT. Made here in the USA - $500. There is one now available on eBay for $350 + $11.44 shipping from California. Seller is "rbaudio925". It is certainly the sonic equal of SUT's costing 2X - 3X more! | |
| PSA 3 Phono Stage Pre-amp... VS ...Hafler 110 full pre-amp with phono You can use "tape out" on the Hafler to access the phono stage. Then into the "aux" input on the Nobsound. The Hafler phono stage is excellent! | |
| Best match for Gershman Black Swans Changing from the Odyssey amps to something else is a sideways move! The Odyssey amps are the same circuit design as the expensive made-in-Germany Symphonic Line amps. I have a single Odyssey stereo amp, which does sound quite excellent! | |
| Precision fidelity C7 preamp Audio Classics in Vestal, NY is my recommendation for repairs and restoration of HiFi gear. But if your C7 is working and sounding fine I would be content to leave it alone. Just do some tube rolling! | |
| Precision fidelity C7 preamp The C7 does not have a high-level stage. It is phono-only! The volume control and source selector function passively with no gain for high-level sources (tuner, CD player, tape deck ...). I preferred using my C7 strictly as a phono stage into the ... | |
| Precision fidelity C7 preamp The C7 was my favorite phono stage from 1978 to 1983. I stupidly sold it when I needed some fast cash. At the time I also had the much-esteemed PS Audio III phono stage. As good as that was I much preferred the C7! In fact, the C7 first appeared a... | |
| Tung Sol 6550 NOS vs Grove Tube 6550A NOS My Marshall Major head had a quartet of Groove Tubes 6550's. They were probably made in Ch*na! So beware! | |
| Best options for active speakers $4k or below? KEF has a version of the LS50 that is both wireless and active. That would be my hands-down choice! Partner them with a Bluesound Node 2i and a Tidal subscription! | |
| Precision fidelity C7 preamp I had a C7 in the late 70's. I liked the sound with the GE tubes! If you can afford it either NOS Mullard's or Telefunken's would be the ne plus ultra choice! Beware of fakes! | |
| Turntable Try it both ways! You might also consider trying other mats. | |
| Preamp Rectifier Tube Confusion All you will get with different rectifier tubes is a different voltage drop of the B+ voltage. And a corresponding change in voltages throughout the circuit. Use the rectifier that the circuit was designed with! A rectifier tube is NOT part of the... | |
| What is missing here? Just another product for the money-to-burn crowd! | |
| Bedini 25/25 1 meg That's a high price to pay! I bought a Bedini 150/150 for less than 1/3 of that! I recommend waiting until a Bedini amp becomes available for under a grand! One with more power than the 25/25 would be more suitable for your speakers. | |
| Buying speaker cables on-line: Is this advisable? All the hype and opinions about speaker wire is just that - hype and opinions! No hard engineering data to prove that cable A is somehow better than cable B. It's all "my golden ears told me it is so'. The whole wire business is a clever marketing... |