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| I'm Very SCARED - Please advise, Cartridge Drop Some additional advice based on my own near fiasco: never, ever, wear one of those sweaters with baggy sleeves while mucking about with your table while arm/cartridge is attached. I was checking my interconnects one night, and the arm/cartridge as... | |
| Tube magic in solid state? You may want to try Audio Analogue (Italy) or Sugden (UK). I recently heard a pair of Audio Analogue Donizetti monoblocs and they were probably the closest SS approximation of tubes I have heard yet. | |
| Placette Passive Owners... Howie, the cables were short - 1.5 m Cardas Neutral Reference, actually the ones from my system. At the time we wondered if the difference in speaker sensitivity (94 db in my system, 88 db in his) wasn't somehow involved, in that could the amp's a... | |
| No Audiophiles in Hollywood Remember the Mel Gibson flick where he can "hear" what women are thinking, with Helen Hunt? i thnk it was called "What Women Want". Anyway, I seem to remember him spinning vinyl on a fairly pompous system in one of the scenes. | |
| Placette Passive Owners... Howie, the power amp was a Classe Omega Reference, and yes it went from a previously balanced connection to single ended. I forgot to mention that bit in my original post. I am still a little surprised that the performance of the Placette would di... | |
| Rega amps and preamps I have never heard the separates, but I did own an all Rega system, anchored by the Mira integrated at one time. In the context of that system, I really was impressed, especially at the price. The sound was not tube-like, but I guess you could cal... | |
| Placette Passive Owners... I had an interesting experience taking the Placette out of my system and inserting into another system, between a CDP with volume control and a power amp. Interestingly, no matter how much gain (up to 4 v) we fed the Placette from the CDP, we coul... | |
| Speaker toe-in & stereo imaging Toe-in can be speaker specific, and also can be influenced by your room and intended listening position. It has been my experience that speaker owners' manuals often suggest optimal speaker positioning, including toe-in. | |
| Best SS Amp Match for Soliloquy 5.3's? I've gotten good results in the past driving Soliloquy 5.3s with a Belles 150A. These can be had used or new for a decent price. | |
| ISO slim floorstander speaker, need recommendation You may also want to check out the little Meadowlark Swifts, in addition to the models mentoioned by Sfar. I used to own a pair of these - very small, and inexpensive, yet great with tubes. Also not a rear ported design, like a lot of small 2 ways... | |
| ultimate final word 3 on best passive preamp I have had the opportunity to use a Placette Passive in my own system (which has evolved since purchasing it) and trying it out in vastly different system. The 2 considerations listed by Jameswei above are right on, and are of great importance whe... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? (Sorry for the length) - I'd like to provide some closure to this thread and thank everyone for their advice and encouragement. I actually ended up backtracking, sort of, and bought a separate phono stage (C-J EV-1), as well as a new power amp (At... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? Macrojack and Rushton, et al., thanks for the response and the insightful comments. As far as the home theater thing goes, I actually have a separate system for that purpose, and thus am looking for an audio only preamp. I am not limiting myself t... | |
| $1100 to spend used -integrated or separates? Nother sweet integrated to check out is the Conrad-Johnson CAV-50. I believe C-J has discontinued this, but you can sometimes find one used in roughly your price range. I used to own one of these and I seriously regret letting it go. The C-J is on... | |
| Preamp with near-reference quality built in phono? Remote control is not a deciding factor to me - more of a nice to have. My current linestage actually requires the remote to switch between sources. I am very seriously weighing the tube factor. In my second system, which we use for entertaining, ... |