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| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. Raul,FYI, I wish my situation had been as simple as a poorly shielded cable. I tried numerous well-regarded and highly shielded single-ended cables and none of them eliminated the RFI. Balanced cables fixed the problem and improved the sound immed... | |
| What new amp for my Merlins Jaydiane,As Rushton mentioned, I have recently moved from Berning to Atma-Sphere MA1s, and am pleased with the change. They both are very good matches, it really comes down to personal taste. In my rig, the MA1s provide greater ability to untangle... | |
| Balanced or single ended leads from your arm. Ken,My experience has been that RFI can be significantly reduced by going with balanced cables from the table to the phono stage. In my case, 1000ft. from a large radio tower, RFI is a significant issue, that led me to abandoning many a single-end... | |
| How Do I Build a Faraday Cage? Update for all:The Faraday cage has been sidestepped. I conquered the severe RFI by doing a number of things. The biggest impact was changing to a balanced junction box on my VPI TNT6-HR, allowing me to go XLR right from the tonearm output to the ... | |
| Von Schweikert DB99 vs Consonance M15-thoughts? Ask Stephen Monte of Quest For Sound. He carries both. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Experience With Grover Cables? They are remarkable for their price, and outperform many high priced cables. Money back guarantee, it's easy to find out for yourself. He's a good guy, too. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Speakers Like Merlin VSM? Having been away from my computer for a number of days, this thread has caught my attention, and apparently wandered far from the original question. Hey Avivey, the answer is that Merlin is "the new Merlin", and that the VSM-MX with Super-BAM cont... | |
| MERLIN VSM OWNERS WITH SUBS Another consideration is the room dimensions and their impact relative to speaker and seating placement. I apologize if straying too far from the original question, but just trying to help.In my similarly-sized room, I found that measurements usin... | |
| MERLIN VSM OWNERS WITH SUBS My room is similar size to yours. I found that the Super-BAM upgrade made a great improvement in bass performance. Your choice of tubes in the 2200 could have an impact as well. Have you rolled tubes? Cheers,Spencer | |
| Suggestions on an integrated amp for Merlin TSMM Joule Vamp, Manley Stingray, the Ars Sonum which is imported by Merlin. For very affordable, the Audio Analogue Puccini SE is really good! Cheers,Spencer | |
| CD trading via La-La... So far so good for me. I've used it to trade about 5 CDs of mine for 5 others, and have received all the art everytime. They certainly have a learning curve for members. IMHO, it's a great concept. When they go out of "beta" on July 4, they should... | |
| CAT sl-1 signature manual, plz Try catamps@aol.com. Cheers,Spencer | |
| Add Preamp to Berning ZH270 An active preamp will be a much better match. Try turning up the Berning's volume to ~2:00. Also try it all the way up. Make sure that your BAM's charged if you have it in battery mode. Run your BAM in the tape loop of the preamp for fullest sound... | |
| best speaker in a small room in the $2000.00 range If you are considering the Merlins, as I would recommend you do, the TSM-MX are the way to go. Someone moving up to VSM-MX floorstanders just listed a pair in a beautiful champagne finish. Cheers,Spencer | |
| I saw Pearl Jam last night... The political stances don't bother me so much when it's in their lyrics. It's the speeches that are the problem! After attending Net Aid, I felt like jumping off a bridge. Indeed it was for a great, great cause, but after a few minutes of driving ... |