stevecham
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| Anyone else regenerating A/C? The P300 has been in my system for four years now, has worked like a champ and can't imagine it not being there. If ever it broke irreparably I would replace it with the newer model. | |
| Music that has good cymbals Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Selling England by the Pound and Foxtrot | |
| tweaks A PS Audio P300 for your front end will do wonders to the three dimensionality and depth. Once I put this in my system, there is no way I will ever take it out. | |
| Trying to extract more from my Vandersteen I am using Tara RSC Prime Biwire with my 2Ces with excellent results. No haze, great highs and details and solid lows powered by a Rogue Cronus. | |
| Rogue Cronus Holy cow Had a Jolida 302B. No way does it even come close to the Rogue. The test CD is Crystal Method's "Vegas", track three.And the tubes you are thinking of are KT77, which are direct replacement for EL34s. I have these but still prefer the Svetlanas or... | |
| Tube CD player? Find yourself a used conrad johnson DV2B, one of the best around. | |
| anyone mention tull? I was just walking down Baker St., London earlier this week on business and was humming that tune. I wish someone would remaster all the great Tull: Minstrel, Thick, Passion, War Child, Stand Up. And also do it on vinyl. | |
| Record Cleaning Machine Fluid Solubilization of salts, proteins, nucleic acids, fatty acids, and the resuspension of inorganic micro and nanoparticles, as a chemical action on vinyl, requires that a surfactant be used to reduce surface tension to enable removal. The amount sho... | |
| HiFi lacking social recognition? When the iPod first appeared, my initial reaction was, there goes the high end. But now that I have one and use it on business trips, I believe that in the long run there will a resurgence of the audio business as younger people begin to make expe... | |
| Advantages of multiplying drivers? Disadvantages include lobing effects when there are multiple drivers that perform in the same audio band. | |
| Vintage tubes vs Current tubes? What tube model/types do you need? | |
| Cayin A-88T or Conrad Johnson CAV50? I have both a CAV50 and a Rogue Cronus. Both are fine tube integrateds, the Cronus currently being manufactured. | |
| Turntable Suggestions Music Hall MM5 or MM7 are good options. I have an MM7 and am very happy with it. | |
| Audiophile 101 It can never be any better than the source can extract and deliver it to the next stage. | |
| cartridge Benz, Koestu, Lyra Funny I did too; cool unintended concept there Njaferi! |