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| Has anyone replaced tubes in Aesthetix Rhea ? Hi Stew, glad to hear the hissing sound was not present last night. In my experience, tube noise can be intermittent - from one listening session to another. It can be a little unnerving. I've made a practice of taking a deep breath, powering down... | |
| Has anyone replaced tubes in Aesthetix Rhea ? Stew, if your Rhea is less than a year old, check with Aesthetix about replacements. They guarantee the tubes for a year. The first gain stage will be the place to first hear some noise as the tubes age. These first gain stage tubes are very criti... | |
| turntable speed? A motor controller will take care of your speed concerns and will give you an overall improvement in the sound of your Scout. The VPI SDS works okay; the Walker Audio motor controller is audibly better and worth the additional cost if the cost wou... | |
| Best tube mono block for 2k You'll open up some additional opportunities for good sound at this price point if you'll consider a stereo amp; mono blocks at this price point are a huge challenge due to the inherent cost of manufacture across two separate chassis. Nonetheless,... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Spencer, I was thinking of playing part of this recording on the 15th for folks. It is a neat piece with really interesting counterplay among the instruments, and with lots of sly humor.Rushton, think I'd like to hear the "Age of Gold" sometime. I... | |
| Philadelphia area audio club? Our next gathering is Saturday, January 15th. We will be gathering at my house to spin some vinyl and enjoy some good conversation. If you live in or near the Philadelphia area and would like to join us, send me a private email with your name and ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Tonight...Shostakovich: Age of Gold Ballet SuiteShostakovich: Symphony No. 1.....Martinon/LSO, RCA LSC 2322-45 (Classic Records reissue) (Another J. Kenneth Wilkinson masterpeice of a recording. Simply superb. Almost as good in the 33 rpm pressing... | |
| Can the Manley Neoclassic 300B handle a 2 ohm load Twl's answer is right on target.. | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. Gregadd, yes it's hard to ignore the bait. If you haven't already done so, read Sbank's post from today: Raul's MADLIBThat pretty well captures the essence of every thread. No need to have to read others, just bookmark this one and refresh your re... | |
| Using the VPI SDS with non-VPI turntables Dave, the issue should be just a matter of whether the motor in your Lenco is an AC motor. If it is, then the SDS is compatible. In casting about some of the Lenco web sites I found the following comment talking about the motor in the Lenco turnta... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Bax, Symphony No. 1, Fredman/LPO, Lyrita SRCS 53Stravinsky, Pulcinella, Stravinsky, Appolon Musagate,.....Marriner/ASMF, Argo ZRG 575Stravinsky, Suite Italienne for Cello & Piano, Piatigorsky -vc, Foss -pf, RCA LM 2293Stravinsky, Dumbarton Oak... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. Gregadd, Hmmm... Good points, all. I do agree that the vintage system you describe would acquit itself very well against systems today. As you note, quality of materials is probably the biggest change. My "modern" preamp uses a classic audio circu... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. Gregadd, I like your posts, and frequently I agree with you (and sometimes I don't :-) ). I've been doing this for 30+ years also, but it seems to me that there have been some pretty significant improvements over that time (speaker driver design i... | |
| Vandersteen 2 tweaks ? As mentioned, the dedicated Sound Anchor stands will make the greatest improvement for your 2Cs. The next change to make that will give you a very audible improvement is to bi-wire them: run two identical speaker cables from your amps to the separ... | |
| Who will survive? One last table til I die. I find it interesting the we in the Audiogon community continue to participate in allowing Raul to hijack so many threads. I'm doing exactly that now by offering this post, and I plead guilty to doing so. But, I wanted to let fellow Audiogoners kn... |