stevecham
Responses from stevecham
| Arm Suggestions For Lyra Helikon I run mine on a VPI JMW10.5 and this works very well. But in my mind the JMW mates best with a VPI table, as designed. | |
| What will beat ear 834p by a margin Just replaced my EAR 834p with a Rhea and the improvement is SIGNIFICANT. Just installed it last night but immediately there was greatly improved, imaging, bass extension and texture, dynamic range, timbre accuracy, three dimensionality, ease of l... | |
| Your First Vinyl Album. Cheap Thrills - Big Brother and the Holding Company. That one record that I bought for $1.99 at the K-Mart in Brighton, MA in 1969 age 12 started this whole long journey into the netherworld of guitars, amps, hifi equipment, vinyl, CDs, etc, etc, ... | |
| Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov My favorites from performance standpoint are Boston Symphony - Ozawa conducting, and the above cited Reiner. | |
| Pro-ject and EAR 834p - On the wrong path? I am very fond of the EAR 834p and actually own two of them, one each for my primary and secondary systems. In order to upgrade from this phono pre, I realize I will have to make the leap to a Manley Steelhead, Audio Research PH7, Aesthetix Rhea, ... | |
| Other than music, why are you an audiophile? Well, it is the music first for me, but since you asked...Without such a hobby (an obsession?), the era we live in at the beginning of the rise of the machines would never happen. And I want to participate.;-) | |
| New amp Krell FPBcx series of amps will power those Thiels appropriately. | |
| Pro-ject and EAR 834p - On the wrong path? I run the Project Speedbox with a Music Hall MM7 (Project table) with an EAR 834p so I don't know what the problem is. What does the motor control have to do with the phono pre? | |
| One Step Record Cleaner Recipe Musical Fidelity/Record Research Super Wash is all I use. No muss, no fuss. | |
| Amp for Thiel CS6 Droz: good choice for your 6s. Let us know how the amp breaks in and how the sonic picture evolves.Happy listening!Steve | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. Our ear/brains are quite adaptable over a wide range of listening situations. My sense is that if we like the music we're listening to, we adjust our internal processors to get the most sonic happiness out of the experience, hence our audio system... | |
| Cambridge azur 640c v-1 Chances are the laser has burned out. This happens. You may want to check with a local repair shop to see if the work could be done for less. Of course this would void any warranty but maybe the unit is already out of that already? | |
| Vandersteen vs. JBL rock music etc. Ditto Fin | |
| Phono pre to mate with Helikon? & replace Groove I use an EAR 834P with my Helikon on a VPI Aries 2 with JMW 10.5 and I am very happy with the performance of this combination. | |
| First Post, Looking to buy Amp& Pre, $7,000 CJ CA200 will save you mega bux (3-4K) and sounds like tubes. |