rushton
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| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Power conditioning: dedicated 20 amp circuits for each amp, plus an APC PMP2X whole house surge protector panel mounted at the breaker box. Otherwise, no power conditioning. Frankly folks, the MA-1 and MA-2 can draw so much power that the idea of ... | |
| Does the Step 4 final rinse for Walker Prelude help? Thanks for sharing your experience with the Prelude and Step 4 Rinse, Stiltskin. You clearly are experiencing what we're experiencing here!. | |
| Best Recording of Music "Ultimate in playback and listening" ? Well, I'll offer these on vinyl... Next week, I might offer a different list. Stravinsky - Firebird, Dorati/LSO, Mercury/Classic Records 45 rpm reissue (with the Speakers Corner reissue different but still ve... | |
| Best phono pre in the 500.00 price range Used The the $500 range used, it's hard to beat a Conrad Johnson PV10 with included phono stage (or, for a bit more, a PV9A). Use it as a full function preamp or just use it tape out for a phono stage only.. | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps I agree with Pubul57. I used GTAs and was very pleased. When I looked to get more, Andy Bouwman at Vintage Tube Services told me there was very little difference in the sound of the GTBs up through the early '70s manufacture. That's what I'm using... | |
| Does the Step 4 final rinse for Walker Prelude help? Great results, Tbg! I'm experiencing the same here with the Walker Audio Prelude and the Step 4 High Resolution Rinse. It's delivering remarkable results, not just with silent surfaces but also with the improved resolution. . | |
| Recommendations for classical MFSL recordings Bernard Herrmann: Fantasy Film World of Bernard Herrmann, MFSL 1-240Edward Elgar: Falstaff - Sym Study in c, op68; Sanguine Fan - Ballet, op81, MFSL 2-501 Both have good sound without the smiley face EQ so often found on much of the original Mobil... | |
| When Cleaning Records with... The vacuum removal of fluid provided by a record cleaning machine will improve your results, but is not absolutely required. The key to using the Disc Doctor Miracle Record Cleaner solution, and most others, is very thorough rinsing. (And the more... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps I use Sylvania GTBs with matched pairs in the two postions A-S recommend matching. The straight Sylvania lineup is a good match to my Aesthetix preamp. With a different preamp, some other mix might be better. The Sylvanias were a nice improvement ... | |
| Where's the best spot to put my audio stand Keep in mind that the equipment rack will impact your sound, particularly if placed between your speakers or on a side wall between the listening position and your speakers. That being said, my rack is between my speakers but about four feet behin... | |
| Looking 4 a high quality phono line stage $5k-$8k Correction: I was mistaken about the Aesthetix Io connector. The Aesthetix Io has both XLR and RCA jacks for the phono inputs (no DIN). But the first gain stage assumes a single ended input (whether XLR or RCA) and converts the signal to balanced ... | |
| Looking 4 a high quality phono line stage $5k-$8k If willing to accept tubes and buying used (to stay in your price range):Aesthetix Io Signature (add the optional volume controls with the single high level input and your back to one integrated device) Atma-Sphere MP-1 (a full function preamp wit... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Pubul57, my listening to both the MP-1 and the MP-3 have been as full function preamps playing LPs. You may have it right that my differing reactions come from differences in the respective phono stages, but I suspect that's not all that's going o... | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Pubul57, I've had the great pleasure recently to spend some time listening to an MP-1 in a friend's system. I'm impressed: very neutral, very resolving and transparent, very quick and detailed. The virtues of the A-S amps in a preamp.I've not been... | |
| power conditioners for digital If you have only one dedicated line, a still good alternative to the power conditioner is to add a second dedicated line and move the av computer to that line to get it further isolated from the signal processing gear. |