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| Trying out a tube preamp Mick Maloney of Supratek builds the most beautiful and musically involving tube preamps I have ever heard. He makes both line stage preamps and line and phono stage preamps. Even if you are only playing Digital at this time I would recommend a Che... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks Kg,Mick told me a good while back that he thought it would be $2500 to $3500. Hope he keeps it in that ballpark. Please do keep us informed. I have a Berning ZH270 which I love! I may have to try the Melbacs though. Sounds irresistible. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Kgturner,How much are the Malbecs? They sound like some great amps. | |
| VPI Aries 300 RPM motor - Humming Contact Harry at VPI. They will take calls Tuesday through Thursday. He is great to deal with. I am sure he will tell you how to fix it or he will make it good. If you don't have their number, it is listed under the manufacturer's listing on Audio... | |
| Audio Research 100.2 amp I used to own a 100.2 amp myself. I like it very much. It was a sleeper in the Audio Research line (the Audio Research tubes amps got all the attention). I got a good deal on a Berning ZH 270 and the rest is history. The ZH 270 is truly world class! | |
| VPI Scoutmaster or Aries???? I just purchased a Aries 2 Extended with the 12.5 arm and the Valhalla wire upgrade. It also has the outer ring clamp. However, it has not arrived yet, so I cannot comment on the sound. I can't wait to get it. I am using a VPI mk4 with JMW 10 arm ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Indigorose,Congratulations, and welcome to the club! You are going to LOVE the Grange. I have a friend that has one. It is a true work of art and sounds fantastic! Please be sure to let us know your impressions. It should sound wonderful rig... | |
| Difference between JMW 12.5 and JMW 12.6 tonearm I just bought a VPI Aries 2 Extended with a JMW 12.5 arm. It has the Nordost Valhalla wiring. I think you can get the Valhalla wiring on any of the JMW arms. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hello Simon74,I have the ZYX Yatra cartridge with .24mv in my system with my Supratek Cortese. I have more than enough gain with no noise problems. Granted the phono stage is not as quiet as some ss phono preamps, but it is much more musical than ... | |
| Difference between JMW 12.5 and JMW 12.6 tonearm I have spoken with Harry before. He is great to deal with and is a wealth of information. Their hours that they take calls are limited and I just thought that someone on Audiogon would know the difference between the 2 arms. | |
| Difference between JMW 12.5 and JMW 12.6 tonearm Got it the first time. Does anyone know any real differences between these two arms? | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Dilly,I have found that I really like the Michael Wolff Carbon Ribbon Gain power cord with my Cortese. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Hi Pablovila,Mick names all his amps and preamps after types of wines. I am no wine expert, so I have never heard of Malbec, but it is a type of wine. Just type it into google and read all about it. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Just received an e-mail from Mick. He says the name of the new KT-88 amp is Malbec. The amps will have a gain control which will help it match to any system and it will have a feedback control to help it match to various speakers. My Berning amp h... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Mrmb and Docsavage,Glad to hear Thom Mackris is great to deal with. I am considering buying his new Serac turntable when it is ready for production. I would like to mate it with a Schroeder model 2 arm and use my ZYX Yatra cartridge. |