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| What's been playing on your turntable and what turntable is it ? Bach Cantatas No. 196 and 18, Musical Heritage Society MHS 3485. Played on a Galibier Gavia with Triplanar VII and Benz LP. I have played lots of records during the past 24 hours as I am getting used to some new speaker cables (Audio Note SPx) b... | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? That's right. All amps sound different. All tube types sound different. Choosing a particular amp is very much a personal choice, and there are no absolutes here about one specific tube or topology being best. One has to listen to a variety of... | |
| SET amp comparable to First Watt SIT 1? If the Volti model you are buying is the Vittora, you may be able to use a lower power SET amp using a 2A3 or 45, which opens the door to lots of options other than the 300B. I have heard the Vittora at several of the Capital Audio Fest shows, an... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price I realize this is off-topic but for those who might be interested in trying different resistors in their tube electronics, I highly recommend the new Audio Note Silver tantalum resistors. They are only available as 2 watt and so may not be suitab... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Granny, my speaker cable is a Wireworld Eclipse, the original version that dates back to the 1990s. I have tried many other cables over the years but I always return to the Eclipse. | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price Rob, you're right, I have been the minority view throughout. But I find it interesting that my complaints about the WE16 are now acknowledged as the areas where the Duelund improved on the WE. The majority apparently didn't hear these limitation... | |
| Looking for really fine cables at really low price For those wanting to try the Duelund wire as interconnect, I suggest waiting until the new small gauge Duelund wire is available early next year. It should have greater potential than the 16g. I have posted a few times that my experiences with W... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Fitz and the Tantrums---"Handclap" | |
| Found Music Blade Amplifiers Jazdoc, Great report! After reading it, I tried to find more information on the Blade but couldn't find anything. There's no mention of it on Scott's website. Can you tell us whether the Blade is push-pull or parallel single-ended?I totally und... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? I can remember puzzling over "vowel colorations" when JGH used that term many eons ago. I wasn't sure what he meant then, and I really don't have any better understanding now. Can you explain how you understand it? It must be something I am not... | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Great article by Art Dudley in October Stereophile. He comes down squarely on the side of the best vintage speakers not having been surpassed or even equalled by modern speakers. | |
| Best Preamp - NO preamp... (?) I understand your reaction to bypassing the passive. It appears you are not substituting anything new but rather just eliminating one link, namely, the passive preamp. Every signal carrying device has limitations, even if it is just the RCA conn... | |
| Turntable Recommendation 15K budget Avid Acutus, Brinkmann, Oracle, Nottingham,, You should add the Galibier Gavia II to your list. It meets your criteria and is a great match with the Triplanar. | |
| Any modern band that comes close to Mahavishnu Orchestra ? I saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1972 or 73. Great concert! My very favorite album is probably Visions of the Emerald Beyond which is best enjoyed with the volume turned up very loud. | |
| Loudspeakers have we really made that much progress since the 1930s? Johnk is right---Experience does trump conjecture. How can anyone argue otherwise? The problem here is that so few audiophiles have actually heard the speakers he is referencing. My experience is not as vast as Johnk or Larryi but I have enough... |