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| Talea Arm: What cartridges are best? The Anna, Lyra Atlas would make a nice match I bet. There are still NIB A-90's for sale, even here. Best value and a perfect match. For the money, the A-90 reigns supreme, imo. | |
| Benz Micro Gullwing loading I am currently breaking in an SLR Gullwing on a Graham Phantom Supreme and a Pass XP-25 phono stage. The recommended loading according to the specs is 400 - 47K ohms. I am currently running mine at 1000 ohms and that seems to be a good load. Cart ... | |
| Pass XA.60.5 Monoblocks to Pass XA.100.5 Monoblock I love the XP-30. It replaced my Mark Levinson 380S which I loved. The XP-20 is pretty close to the sound of the XP-30 from what I have heard. Much better deal buying a lightly used XP-20. I have not compared the two however myself. I was going to... | |
| Pass XA.60.5 Monoblocks to Pass XA.100.5 Monoblock Great write up. I love my XA 100.5's and my other Pass gear...XP-25, XP-30. | |
| Levinson 27.5 to 335 Keep in mind that Harmon/Levinson will not service your amp. You will have to find a 3rd party. I had and still do (mothballed) a 27.5. With Madrigal Labs out of the picture, I have abandoned ML/Harmon and would never consider them for a product p... | |
| Wanting to get into Vinyl - Need help $$$ aside, stick with your gut. Vinyl (well sorted) blows digital away. Plenty of good sounding re-issue records are available (acoustic sounds, elusive disk) and ebay is your friend for out of print stuff. You will spend alot more doe on analog t... | |
| Mint Best Tractor still in business? i'm sure he is. Email him on the site. | |
| Cables for Teac reel to reel unless you are running your deck with the head wired out to a separate outboard tape pre, interconnects are not going to make much of a difference. The stock electronics (unless a studer) pretty much suck. | |
| Low vs. High Output MC Cartridges 02-08-12: LewmTo the OP, I have always found that LOMCs are as a class superior to HOMCs purely as regards fidelity. In fact, I prefer highest quality MM and MI cartridges over HOMC cartridges, again, as a class. But this is just one opinion.I'm n... | |
| The best integrated amplifier Pass Labs INT-150 would be my pick, plus you can audition it at home in your system without risk other than paying for original to and from shipping. Any other's in your list that will loan you an amp to try out ? I bet not. Try Pass first. RenoHiFi | |
| PASS LABS XP20 or MODWRIGHT LS 36.5 DM The XP 20 is a perfect match for the XA 100 amps.I use an XP-30 (XP 20 gets pretty close to the XP 30 sound) and XA 100.5's. You cannot go wrong matching pass gear with other pass gear. Think synergy. | |
| How do I install my cartridge? read this an do it yourself. You will have a much better analog experience learning how to do it yourself versus someone else installing.http://www.audiophilia.com/features/cartridge_setup.htm | |
| Wilson Sasha versus Watt Puppy 8 03-03-10: If room size was not an issue I would buy the WP 8 for now and wait a few years for the MAXX3 to be on the used market. That's what I am going to do.great advice. W/P 8 to Sasha is an incremental jump. Used Maxx 3 will be a huge jump whe... | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k Good point Mapman. In my case since they were factory re-certed by Wilson, I got a 12 month warranty. Personally, in my experience, high end speakers don't break often. | |
| Speaker suggestions at around $30k I agree with Matti...If you buy used, you get a screaming deal. The original owner takes the depreciation bath. Allows to look at and consider models that cost much more than $30K new.I bought my Wilson W/P 8's factory recertified by Wilson for $1... |