stevecham
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| Help me pick a great phono cable Audioquest Niagra or Harmonic Technologies Silver phono cable. I own both. AQ is smooth but for detail retrieval the HT is hard to beat.In my systems:AQ connects Aries 2/JMW 10.5/Lyra Helikon to Aesthetix Rhea.HT connects Music Hall 7/Lyra Argo i ... | |
| Thiel CS6 As an absolute, against other current models, or personally? This is still my main speaker for the past 10 years and they seem to perform better each year. Local audio buddies of mine agree. They are of solid design, coherent, a bit difficult to d... | |
| Which cartridge do you use with the vpi classic? Dover, what in your opinion is the "correct" price ratio between cartridge and table/arm? | |
| Cart for Aries 1 with JMW-12 I use a Lyra Helikon with excellent results on a JMW 10.5 (Aries 2) and easily recommend any of their carts with JMW arms. | |
| Krell versus Pass Labs I agree about repairing the 750mcx and trying these with your speakers. Those amps are among the best in class and are quite further evolved from the topology in the FPB200C. I would be very surprised if they didn't warm up the Apogees to your sat... | |
| Do any Conrad Johnson Integrated tube ampa come wi The only "integrated" CJ makes, or ever made, with remote is the CA200 control amp, which is solid state. The CAV50 tube control amp requires you to get off your duff and turn the volume knob by hand (the horror). | |
| New JJ KT77 Just dropped a new set of these into my CJ CAV50 and though they haven't really had a chance to run in and settle fully yet, initial impressions are positive. Compared to the EH EL34s I was using, they are extremely quiet, with minimal tube rush, ... | |
| Anyone heard the Krell KCT Preamp? I think the KCT would be an excellent choice for your system. I also dropped this preamp into my friend's JC1 /Vandersteen 5A based system a couple of years ago while he was searching for a preamp and it sounded wonderfully sweet, warm and dynamic... | |
| Preamp help You are fine with whatever combination of these tubes in particular locations in your preamp work best sonically for your system and musical preferences. | |
| Favorite album art? Floyd's Wish You Were Here only because the corporate greed (and banking prophecies) have come true.Art imitating life imitating art.But also anything by Storm Thorgesen's Hipgnosis. | |
| Rogue Cronus an upgrade over the PrimaLuna PL1? I imagine a Manley Stingray might be another option you should consider. I have not heard one but they seem to be popular. | |
| Rogue Cronus an upgrade over the PrimaLuna PL1? I have a CAV50 and yes, if you can find one, do not hesitate. Love mine! | |
| Rogue Cronus an upgrade over the PrimaLuna PL1? I strongly second the CJ recommendation!I too went from an entry level Jolida through the Cronus to CJ phase and, if I had known what I now know, I would have skipped the Cronus and gone straight to CJ. Take it from experience and save yourself ti... | |
| Boulder 1008 advice on cartridge loading Boulder 1008 MC gain is 70, while MM gain is 40. With that amount of gain for MC you should be more than fine. Are you sure you're not on the MM setting? | |
| Boulder 1008 advice on cartridge loading The load does not impact the output; it is the gain function of the phono preamp that determines this. Do you know what the gain level is for your new preamp and that of your older one? |