rushfan71
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| Cartridge recommendation please... My second turntable is a Technics SL1200 MKII and I found a good match in your price range to be the Ortofon 2M Bronze. It has a nude fine line stylus. It digs out more music from the groove than the lower priced 2M blue which has an elliptical st... | |
| VPI Classic 3 Upgrades or Move On to Something New I have a VPI Super Prime Scout with a Lyra Kleos. I have my eye on a Prime Signature with the gimbaled arm. Rather than upgrade the super prime to the gimballed arm for $4000 I would rather spend $6500 and get the P Sig with the arm and the nicer ... | |
| A real "wake up call" available to most....High End Audio vs. Mainstream...... "If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice"NP 1979 | |
| Upgrade DAC recommendation Based on the components in your system the Node is the weak link imo.+1 on the Sonnet Morpheus.I have done A/B comparisons with my Metrum Acoustics Pavane and they are close but the Morpheus has a more focused sound stage especially the center ima... | |
| spend on the streamer or on the DAC ? If I had to choose I'd spend the money on. DAC.However, with your budget, maybe consider a Lumin streamer/DAC. | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? Last year I bought an immaculate pair of Klipsch Forte II for $450 from the original owner. | |
| Dedicated Vinyl system next upgrade? +1 Lyra cartridge upgrade.I couldn't be happier with my newLyra Kleos. | |
| The most criminal practice in the speaker industry revealed!! Keep reading Ok...I would like to chime in on this.However that is a ridiculously long post that I dont have the desire to read.Its the short and to the point (if there is one) posts about specific things related to this hobby that I come here for. | |
| Think fast: What would you take? Im with Miller on this one. I would arm myself, however the hose would be my second choice if my first choice didn't keep the fire far enough away from my house.This is America and I'm not going to sit and watch it burn! | |
| Cartridge options going forward The Etna is that much better than the Kleos? I own the Kleos and it's outstanding. If the Etna is that much better I would send it to Lyra for a rebuild. | |
| Better Cartridge/Turntable advice for old-school Hip Hop music Im my experience, old hip hop music recordings sound like crap and your upgraded turntable set up is revealing the recording for what is. | |
| Better Cartridge/Turntable advice for old-school Hip Hop music Im my experience, old hip hop music recordings sound like crap and your upgraded turntable set up is revealing the recording for what is. | |
| Basement listing room If it were me I would get a streamer DAC that has a volume control and move the A21 and the towers downstairs. | |
| Conrad Johnson or PrimaLuna Ive had great pleasure with my Primaluna Dialogue Premium separates which includes the HP Amplifier. I prefer it with the NOS Mullard El34's and NOS Mullard 12au7 long plates that I got from Andy at VTS.I havent had any issues with it so far.Howev... | |
| Speakers suggestion help +1 on TektonI have Primaluna Dialogue Premium separates HP amp on par with the Evo 400 (8 power tubes). I have Tekton Double Impacts that extensively upgraded. The midrange gives voices, strings and horns a realistic lifelike sound.They're pretty ... |