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| TT/ cartridge recommendations $1000 congrats bigo, i tink yule be in winyl bliss! ;~) and, if the upgrade bug bites again, the vpi jr has a path to lead ya! that arm's wiring can be upgraded as well. happy listening, doug s. | |
| Will buy Pre-amp today, help please !! personally, i'm spoiled by remote control for wolume/balance, so the cat wouldn't be on my list. but, if ya really are set on one or the other, then yust buy both, compare 'em both side-by-side at yer leisure, then sell the one that doesn't cut it... | |
| Advice sought on Lowthers. horns have always intrigued me, since i heard the jadis eurythmie's at the '96 s'phile show in nyc, & more recently, the original wersion of the avantgarde duo's. i'm not yet ready to give up on my conwentional set-up, tho, 'til i get to try t... | |
| Best amp/pre for AP Virgos hiflyer, i don't tink yule be able to find yust a toob amp to work w/yer speakers, let alone an amp & pre, at yer budget, if high-power is what's needed. mebbe used, but still no $$$ left for a preamp... i know *i* can't afford it. that's why ... | |
| Best Phono stage under $1200? Audiomat? jc, when i was looking for a fono-stage a year ago, one of these cotangents came up on the used market at a great price; i called gordon rankin, owner/designer of wavelength, to ask him about it, & he said to forget about it w/a low-output mc.... | |
| TT/ cartridge recommendations $1000 bigo, years ago (1977?!?), i spent $100 on an ortofon in lieu of getting a gnu 'table to replace the 1229. it *did* make a big difference... a gnu cartridge may tide ewe over until that great deal on a used 'table comes along...gregm, i sure *hope... | |
| Monitor W. Subwoofer VS. Floorstander?? i tried a rel strata - one-note-thump was my experience. my brother-in-law could never get it to integrate well w/his proac 1.5's - ruined the midrange transparency, regardless of which option used on the rel's built-in electronics... he bought it... | |
| How Do You Clean Your CD's? dekay, any decent automotive paint/body parts/supply shop should have it. mebbe even pep-boys, tho i haven't checked.doug s. | |
| How Do You Clean Your CD's? i use automotive-type plastic polisher, but only if i encounter a disc that's wisibly marred or has tracking problems. this stuff will ackshully remove wery fine scratches. best to polish in a direction from edge-to-center of the cd. also works gr... | |
| Tube pre sspwramp vs sspre tubepwr i presently am happy w/a toobed pre & s/s amps. i can't afford a toobed amp that gives no quarter to solid-state amps where solid-state excels. much as i like the air that toobs impart into a soundstage, it takes big bucks to get a toob amp w/... | |
| Monitor W. Subwoofer VS. Floorstander?? re: optimum x-over frequency, i've heard it said that it should be an octave higher then the -3db point of the monitor. my monitor's frequency response is to 40hz, so i should theoretically set the x-over to 80hz. but, w/the flexibility of the mar... | |
| Gain on Odyssey Stratos i'm sorry sibelius, i misunderstood - i thought ewe were looking for another s/s amp. if yure gonna keep the odyssey for a subwoofer, as i said, i recommend vmps subs (two subs, regardless of the brand ewe finally choose), and a marchand xm-9 delu... | |
| phono pre / tube or ss why? i have good results w/a s/s fonostage & a tubed linestage. i don't know all the technical reasons for why this may work, but i suspect it has someting to do w/the fact that the minute electric signals of a fono-stage are inherently easier to c... | |
| Monitor W. Subwoofer VS. Floorstander?? i tink this is a *great* way to go. many ridiculously-priced hi-end speakers are in fact monitors & subs, even if the *monitors* are huge, in their own right. and, a truly full-range speaker in one box can present placement problems of its own... | |
| Gain on Odyssey Stratos sibelius, check out vmps' www regarding their subwoofers. they are passive, which means that ewe need an outboard x-over & amps, but this is an adwantage, imo: yule get much better performance for much less money. the vmps' go way-low, w/tiny ... |