saulh
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| To truly enjoy this hobby, I need to learn electronics. Any book recs? @rumblestrip I think part of the enjoyment is parsing the impact of different electronics and for me it is fun to understand how the different pieces work together. I don't want to be an engineer, but maybe I'll want to do own maintenance etc. ... | |
| Best SET power amp below $5,000 @mwjones it sounds amazing, but it's the first tube amp I ever bought, so it may be a grass/greener thing, but I want to see if there is anything else out there, even if I never sell the PX25. | |
| Best SET power amp below $5,000 @imhififan Amplifier--Art Audio PX25 Speakers--Blumenhofer Genuin FS2 | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. @soix a lot of logic in that post! Not sure I can afford VAC... But they look awesome. | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. First of all, I misread the SP-11 gain. looks like 29db if I am reading this right: https://www.arcdb.ws/model/SP11. @markusthenaimnut thanks for the comment re "experienced audiophile" but I am afraid you are mistaken. Perhaps "old audiophile... | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. This is the first time I am thinking about the gain from the preamp. So e.g. I see the Ref 6SE as having 6DB gain from its single-ended outputs vs 75db for the SP-11. @verdantaudio @ozzy62 is that more in line with what I should be looking for? S... | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. Anyone have experience with this one?: https://www.decware.com/newsite/ZTPRE.html | |
| Time to upgrade the pre-amp. Some great advice here. Much appreciated! I'll check out Modwright, Good points about the repairs and especially the potential that parts may not be available for the older amps. @blisshifi the LS28 is a hybrid I thought vs the Ref 6 all tubes.... | |
| Solid state or Tubes preamp phono stage. I have only ever owned one phono stage. I thought about the Trumpet, but ended up with an Icon Audio PS1 Mkii. I am curious how they compare and if I am hearing what folks are calling that "classic" sound. Anyone more experienced who has heard bot... | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Anyone do a long (hours or days) soak with a label protector for persistently crackly records? Any success? | |
| What is your record cleaning regimen? Interesting. I might collect my 16 worst and check them out! | |
| Where do you buy your vinyl? @audiodwebe I am talking about different pressings of the same underlying recordings. | |
| Tonearms for a Luxman PD-444 @knollbrent nice system. I am thinking of getting the copper mat for the PD-444. Do you hear a difference in the sound or does it simply look awesome? | |
| Tonearms for a Luxman PD-444 @pindac thanks for the good wishes. Anticipation abounds here with about 3 weeks to go until delivery! @solypsa attaching photo of the armboards if that helps.Armboards | |
| Turntable noobie...what advice do you have? Just getting into this hobby and this thread is hugely informative! Question: how do I identify if a record was recorded digitally or if it is fully analog? e.g. I am planning to get this when it finally comes out, but I don't see any indicatio... |