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| VPI 3 owner I second a Zyx. Zyx matches very well with VPI. If Universe is too much cart for you, consider an Airy or a Fuji. Zyx carts are light and will require extra weight on the head shell for proper balance. Don't buy the silver or gold base from Zyx. T... | |
| Vandersteen 5a or Eggleston Andra II Coming from an Energy Veritas you might find the Vandy sounded too polite. I haven't heard the Andra II but I suspect that is the reason you like its tweeter. But the most important aspect of any speaker is the mid-range, not the tweeter nor the s... | |
| Looking to upgrade The KEF 105 are great speakers. They are much more musical than NHT. I used to own a pair for a short period in 1980. Don't change them if they are in good shape. But I would suggest you find someone to rebuild the crossovers. After so many years,... | |
| Convert Flac to Wav - how to & HD space need? I use a program called Max on an iMac to do the convertion. Max can convert between 30 some different audio formats. It works really well especially for its price - free.WAV file generally requires about 2.5 times as much space as FLAC. | |
| Variations of the Micro Seiki MA505 tonearm I used to have a 505S (S stands for silver wire) years ago. I don't remember its azimuth can be adjusted on-the-fly. The lateral balance weight was designed to counter horizontal arm movement in case the table was not perfectly leveled. It has not... | |
| CNN article about Hi Fidelity taking back seat As more and more people listen music at low bit-rate mp3, what is the incentive for music studio to make good sounding recordings? They can certainly get by with low quality and cheap equipment, and spend less time on mixing and mastering. At 128k... | |
| What equipment do you most regret parting with?? My Audio Research SP-6A with 6 Telefunken ECC83 in it. I gave it to my brother in 95 and he donated it to charity. | |
| Tube amp vs. speakers Why do you want to use a 50W tube amp? Which amp do you have in mind? | |
| Best sounding SACD regardles of music For demo I would recommend these:Audiophile Reference IV (All tracks are great, you get a little bit of everything) (FIM)SuperBass2 - Ray Brown Trio (Try tracks 4 & 6) (Telarc)Scary Music (Try tracks 4, 10, & 12) (Telarc)Live Recordings At... | |
| Help My Krell amp is too big. If you like Krell sound why not stay with Krell mono? | |
| best used amp for Martin Logan SL3's I second Classe CA 200. If you can get the Classe 350 mono will be even better. In general, SL3 likes high current high power solid state amp. I have great success driving it with Theta Dreadnaught. McIntosh amps with output transformers are not g... | |
| An interconnect for my system and musical taste.. Try a pair of AlphaCore TQ2 silver. You should be able to get it used for about $100. I have many interconnects and I found that there is really no reason to buy anything more expensive. | |
| When is your system good enough-and why? I guess mine is good enough since I haven't done any upgrade for more than two years. | |
| Best Balanced Tube Preamplifier BAT VK51SE doesn't sound "tubey", you can forget that one. | |
| Sealed Subwoofer Recommendation How tremendous is your room? If it is really too big, maybe none of the sub will work well enough. |