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| Best $300 or less Tube Headphone Amp Another vote for MF Xcans V3 with Senn 600s | |
| Record Cleaning Fluids: RRL vs. L'Art du Son Started using RR fluids four years ago and haven't felt the need to look elsewhere. Rarely do I have to clean my stylus and I attribute that to the efficiency of using these products to clean my vinyl. | |
| Best Guitar CD Recording Any lute recording by Paul O'Dette.Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries | |
| Amps for Vandersteen 3A Signature SS or Tube? All Vandersteen speakers sound great with both tubes and solid state. I have hooked up my 2Ce Sigs to my cheapo Jolida 302B and to my Krell 400cx and they sound simply great driven by either amp. And laid back and detailed are not mutually exclusi... | |
| sub positioning.. With Jim Thiel's subs, it doesn't matter because his system allows you to dial in their placement relative to the room boundaries, then you're done. Voila, perfect integration with your mains. | |
| Do speakers have to "warm-up" too? Hpims got it...It's the ears, inner ear components and most importantly, the synapses that connect our neuronal networks, that "warm up." | |
| Tuner for Jolida 502B I have the Jolida tuner, along with a 302B amp, and after swapping the Chinese tubes for Tung-Sol 12AX7s, the sound improved markedly. The driver tubes by the way are EH 12AT7s, yes this unit has four tubes. I left those in there.Balanced, smooth ... | |
| How much oomph does the Bryston B60 have? Vandersteen 2Ce Signatures will work perfectly for this application. You will not be lacking in the bass either. | |
| What Is Best Speaker for $8000 - $10,000, used ? Ditto the Vandy 5a | |
| Anybody heard new Jolida glass phono box I highly recommend before doing any mods on an already excellent unit, to just swap out the tubes for better ones. My preference after much experimentation are the Tung-Sol 12AX7s. Break in the phono pre and live with that for awhile before jumpin... | |
| Need help - How to transport my turntable You might consider not removing the platter but instead inserting foam between the platter and plinth at several points around the perimeter to raise it just enough to get it off the bearing. This will also help protect the remainder of the table ... | |
| Anybody heard new Jolida glass phono box I have both a KPE Ref and the Jolida for a second system and I can honestly say the Jolida lacks nothing as far as detial, extension, freedom from noise, and overall qualtiy of sound. This is a giant killer, no question about it. Plus the flexibil... | |
| music to wake up vandy 5a subs Digsmithd OK so now you got my attention having had a go at it twice. IMHO Gabriel's "Up" sucks wind next to his other releases for both composition and sonics. I agree with you about ID by Pat and the boys. | |
| Can a monitor sound like a floorstander?? Provided you have a stout amp to drive them, the Totem Mani 2s can get quite close to floorstander performance if you close your eyes and listen, at least that's what I heard a few years ago in a shop in Montreal. They were driven by a cj solid st... | |
| EL 34 vs. KT 88 ---- What's the difference? Also the Tung-Sol 12AX7s are in my opinion, the best of the affordable 12AX7s for all Jolida equipment. I am also running their CDP, Phono pre and Tuner with these tubes. |