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| What size spade for Vandersteen 3A? Cardas 7mm GRS spades should fit. That is what I am using on my Model 5. I am not sure about CCMS-S. | |
| Need opinion in searching for new pre-amp I second Aball's suggestion unless you dislike the BAT sound and want to have a change. | |
| What's a phonostage, and do I need one? A phono stage/preamp does two things: 1) provide RIAA equalization and 2) provides extra gains for the lower output of cartridges. As a general guideline, you need 30-40db extra gain over line level for high output MM cartridge, 50-60db for high o... | |
| DAC without power switch - alternative? This kind of DAC is designed to be left on all the time. Why do you want to turn it off? | |
| Which Lyra Helicon? I dont think the SL really requires a phono amp with 80 db gain. I am using a standard Helikon with a Krell KPE which has 64db gain and I normally listen at 10db to 6db (10 db to 6 db below unity gain) volume level on the BAT VK-50SE. That mean... | |
| 24/96 DAC + DVD Player - Help Neil,Not all DVD players allow 24/96 to go out. Some will down sample 96k to 48k. Some will simply block it. Please double-check the user manual to make sure your player actually allow 24/96 digital out.Also, which DVD did you play? Not all DVD co... | |
| VPI SDS or Powerplant for speed control? Please see my response to another similar question.http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1039020756&openusid&zzSidssp&4&5#Sidssp | |
| Strangest Tweak? Tweekerman,Actually, putting old speakers at the corners is a well-known tweak. What you need to do is to short the speaker terminals with a wire. Now if you push the woofer with you hand you will feel resistant and it will act like a bass trap. | |
| CD player and DAC If you are willing to buy used and if you can stretch a little, I have seen a few Cary 303/100 for sale for $900-$950 on Audiogon. That is about 1/3 of the list due to the mark 2 effect but nevertheless it is a killer player. | |
| material for curtains? best absorbers? If you are not covering windows I would suggest hanging wool area rugs instead of curtains. | |
| CD player and DAC If CD is your only digital source I think you will be better off spending all $800 on a CD player than split up the money and buy a so-so CD player and a so-so DAC. | |
| How is Wally Tools anti-skate device for JMW? 4yanx, thanks, I will try that. | |
| Linn LP12 Black Felt Mat How do you keep it on ? Have you tried double-sided scotch tapes? | |
| Reference quality sacd discs All titles from FIM especially "Audiophile Reference IV" and "Jazz at the Pawmshop" | |
| Magnepan vs. Martin Logan Which Maggie and Logan are you considering? |