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| Problem with preamp volume control My setup includes a Benchmark AHB 2 amplifier and GoldenEar Triton 1 speakers.The line stage gain is 27 DbThe phono stage is listed as:High gain 54 DbLow gain 40 DbI don’t know why there is a high and a low gain listing for the phono stage.Is ther... | |
| Problem with preamp volume control As a point of information, the preamp was fairly recently Teflon recapped by Conrad-Johnson. | |
| Clear Audio Virtuoso Ebony v2 Cartridge Dweller,I didn’t have any have any problems with audiophile discs. They sound just fine on the Blackbird. By ”high end” I meant the high frequencies were harsh in many of my favorite recordings. I wasn't referring to high end audiophile records.... | |
| Clear Audio Virtuoso Ebony v2 Cartridge Turntable is an extensively modified Rega RP3. | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening I’ve listened to bits of a great variety of records, and, so far, the cartridge has done a wonderful job on almost all, bringing out details I never heard before, and yet sounding very elegant and musical. It is smooth throughout the tonal spect... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening Well, I just got the Clear Audio, and even without break in, the difference is very noticeable. On some of my favorite records that were harsh with the Sumiko, there is smoothness, yet no detail is lacking. I can enjoy them again!On good soundi... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening Atmasphere,You may indeed be right about the inductance and capacitance, but it was much easier to change cartridges. | |
| James Taylor Absolutely! | |
| James Taylor Just listened to “Carole King James Taylor Live at the Troubadour.”Two of the musical giants of our time.They’re songs will last long after they’re gone in the hearts of music lovers. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados I’ll never forget at a momentous Carnegie Hall gala broadcast on the radio, where many of the leading musicians of the time, including Horowitz, played. Cherkassky, cool as a cucumber, in his eighties rattled off the best performance of the evening. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Cherkassky was a giant among giants of the piano.He could do anything. | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening Since the high end of the cartridge tends to be a little bright (which you might not agree with,) records that have a bright high end of their own are exacerbated by volume increase. I’m not saying it’s there on well produced records. It’s not. B... | |
| How to upgrade "power cord" on turntable with wall wart? You might look up Swagman. I was able to get rid of the wall wart on my Rega turntable with one of their power supply units. | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening I probably shouldn’t be writing this, but as I’m listening to the Sumiko while waiting for the Clear Audio to arrive, it sure sounds good on the best produced records. It’s just that the ordinary discs, which make up the bulk of my some 3000 rec... | |
| Cartridge recommendation for classical listening Raul,You are so right!!!MY opinion is the one that counts. I admit, in the first couple of days, I got “carried away” with the first flush of hearing something better than I owned previously, and I had to share it.However, upon extensive listenin... |