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| Anyone NOT like the sound of VPI? Stop thinking of spending on ANYTHING until you figure out what's wrong. Tfkaudio & Sonofjim are likely correct. Lower the VTA so the tonearmis lower than parallel at its base. This should increase bass. Make sure your VTF is set a the highest... | |
| Dodd preamp vs. McCormack RLD-1 preamp Guys, yes the Amperex BugleBoy has a cartooned bugle-playing character etched on the glass (orange colored). Try reading "Joe's tube lore" on audioasylum to get good info on the many 6922/6dj8s etc. FWIW, I agree the BugleBoys are nice but a tad w... | |
| tube burnout Makes no sense, your pre is a lemon. Whoever told you it's fine is wrong. If that was the manufacturer re: warranty demand a replacement. If it's not under warranty, ship it to Bob Backert in PA to repair it. He's a wizard. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Dodd preamp vs. McCormack RLD-1 preamp You guys need to spend more time in used record stores. ;-) | |
| The best acoustic guitar recordings?? Kenny Burrell "Guitar Forms" +1Jorma Kaukonen "Quah" is still a classic. | |
| Newbie amp help......why? Taking it one step further, call around and find a dealer who carries 2 or 3 brands of tube amplifier, and go listen to those. For many people, a tube amp will provide sonics that much more closely resemble live instruments. As others have said, i... | |
| Dodd preamp vs. McCormack RLD-1 preamp You might want to read the Dodd review on 10audio.com. It is pretty accurate IMO. One interesting point is that the 6922s are dual triodes, and the Dodd only uses one side of each tube, so you can swap them after normal tube life and double life o... | |
| Does anyone do speaker mods? Have heard great things about Bill Legall, both the man & his work. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Just in case anyone is unfamiliar with it, there is also a version of the MA1s that come with 4 12SX7 tubes in lieu of the 6SN7s. This is the version I own. Rolling 12SX7s isn't an issue, as there are not many to choose from. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Pre Amp Help Borrow something from another local audionut and use that to help you decide. Photon's comments make good sense, and without getting into specific brands etc., I'd guess that replacing the Adcom would make a surprising amount of difference. How ef... | |
| aerial model 7, both speakers completly smoked send them to Aerial! | |
| Atma-sphere S-30 with Reference 3A? Marty,FWIW, I've found the tonal balance great when pairing my MA1s with my VSM-MXs. Not exactly what you're trying to do, but perhaps a relevant data point...Cheers,Spencer | |
| Atma-Sphere MA-1 amps Biased as an owner could be, I'm very happy with these amps, and have lived with many others(check my system page: "Crisis Narrowly Averted". The Atmas have a clarity and ease of presentation that few amps do. The midrange purity is remarkable, hi... | |
| Amp Options for Evolution Acoustics Speakers Jonathan,Please comment on how/what OTLs and Atma-Spheres in particular do vs. others when paired with the Evolutions. Cheers,Spencer | |
| 16K to Spend. Help me make the end all Upgrade. Lots of folks can surprise us with knowledge and understanding of speakers. But without passion, resources, business acumen, manufacturing skills, patience and luck, they will just amount to one of hundreds who've gone out of business building spe... |