saburo
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| Klimo type phono stage from China having at least one dedicated MM input is optimal with a SUT, you can go down to a 0.15mV or thereabouts with no noise penalty. With the Klimo, the MC input is best used with carts higher than say a 0.45mV lower than that and noise is an issue. | |
| Spades vs. Banana plugs ?? Deltron style banana plugs have the tightest fit and most intimate contact with the jack IME, w/o going to a locking banana. | |
| Phono Cartridge Purchase from Asia? Kron is a solid seller. I've purchased three carts from him in the past, no problems whatsoever. Shipping from HK to the States is quick and very reliable. | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? @dabel I’ll give you some of my stats (anecdotal). . I will have 1 - 10+ private message (PM) inquires on individual items I have for sale, call it 4 - 5 on average. Four out of 5 times the offers come over PM and not through the Audiogon "make of... | |
| Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings? "Why do so many sellers take offense to offers on their listings?" How are you making your offer, is it binding through the Audiogon system or is it a weak-ass, noncommittal PM where it means nothing? I can handle low ball offers and respond in k... | |
| D'Agostino Progression Integrated Amp I heard the Progresion Int at the dealers connected to Sasha DAW and it acquitted itself quite well. Source material was all-analog through an ARC phono stage. Horns on the Sonny Rollins on Impulse! LP were lush, big, round, and life-like. The dea... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? lemme guess. you low-balled a seller at 25% of retail for a scarce and hard to get cartridge that rarely shows up new let alone used. you were then turned down multiple times by many sellers. your rationale is that all sellers are liars and not to... | |
| A Record Collection/Moral Conundrum - What Would You Do? having a conscience is different than being a ’doormat’ | |
| Klipsch Cornwall IV @ricevs the best jumpers are no jumpers. remove the back plate and combine mid-high wires to the wires on the bass binding post. You eliminate a lot of cheap metal in the signal path to boot. | |
| Repair tech for Linn LP 12? re-capping the Lingo will probably do the trick but there are reference voltages that drift over time that should be checked as part of the service. I have the service manual somewhere it may also be online. any tech should be able to handle the r... | |
| Is Spiral Groove still in business? try this one:aperkins at immediasound dot com | |
| Wilson Alexx V I heard the Alexx V at Excel in Newport Beach, it was an impressive demo. Mike spun the IMPEX Patricia Barber 1-step of Cafe Blue, im not a big Barber fan but this particular pressing is exceptional. The Aleex V is def in a similar league to the... | |
| The very best sound: Direct to Disc Chad acquired the assets of The Mastering Lab from Doug Sax, Doug practically willed it to him, it included the mastering lathes and custom tube electronics. | |
| Shout out your favorite Audio dealer!! Mike Rose, Excel Audio in Newport Beach. He lives, eats, breaths and sells real music (analog records, lots of them). He also houses some of the very best gear on the W Coast. | |
| VAS (Steven Leung) cartridge repair/retipping service? Don't do it. Never allow a 3rd party re-tipper to touch any cartridge lest you become the laughing stock of your peers here and on all forums where these grand poobahs of phono cartridge wisdom reside. Those proclaiming 100% positive experiences... |