stevecham
Responses from stevecham
| Your "DREAM" piece Manley Steelhead phono preamp to replace the Krell KPE Reference. | |
| Alternative albums that sound passable/good Pell Mell - InterstateSeam - The Problem With MePedro the Lion - ControlPedro the Lion - It's Hard to Find a Friend | |
| new to turntables.....need help Ditto Seantaylor about the new cartridge. That will certainly make the biggest improvment and provide you with peace of mind. | |
| Cables for Thiel CS6 Harmonic Technologies Prosilway 9s are what I use with my CS6s. Much improved over the Tara Air Twos that I was using previously. Much air and great balance top to bottom, excellent dynamics. They seem to be made for each other. | |
| Power for Thiel 7.2 I power CS6s with a Krell 400cx and there is no lacking in any one sonic area. The sound is luscious and simply the best I have heard; while very fine products, I really don't belive that Classe or any of the other amps, with the exeption of Pass ... | |
| Jolida 100 cdp I concur with Kehut on this; the Ei's are the best value in tubes that are currently in production for this player. I installed them three weeks ago after trying EH, Sovtek LPS and JJ's and the sound keeps better and better as they settle in. | |
| The next step? A great CD player for the money is the tube output staged Jolida JD100. You can usually find one for a little more than $500. | |
| Best Neil Young Album? A.t.G.R. | |
| Tone arm cable for SME V Check out Harmonic Technologies single crystal cable for phono. I use a pair and I couldn't be happier. Plus they don't cost an arm and a leg. | |
| Jolida JD-100 can U use 12AU7 or 12AT7 instead? By the way try a pair of matched Ei (not EH) 12AX7s in this player, they make my JD-100 sound fabulous and I have tried all except Mullards. | |
| Jolida JD-100 can U use 12AU7 or 12AT7 instead? Ditto Amandarae, you must use the 12AX7, ECC83 or 5751 as only they have the required amount of gain for this circuit. | |
| dumb question re: headphone amps Oui mon ami | |
| Best budget $100 - 200 Phono Pre-amp? I agree with Nrenter and Viridian: The Musical Fidelity X-LPS is a great inexpensive phono pre. I had one on loan from a dealer two years ago while I waited for a Krell KPE Reference to arrive. It was very smooth, detailed and dynamic, much better... | |
| Your Favorite, Most Outstanding Guitar Solo Sorry I read it as solosDavid Gilmour's solo on "Dogs" from Animals.Peter Frampton's solo on "Apron Strings" from John Entwistle's Whistle Rhymes.Kirk Hammett's solos on "The Four Horsemen" from Metallica's Kill 'em All.Jimi on "VC-Slight Return" ... | |
| Jolida JD-100 Mini Mod? I replaced the tubes with matched Ei (not EH, tried these didn't sound as good)12AX7s and this made a huge improvment. All else is still stock. I'm not yet convinced that additional sound damping/isolation makes a difference, especially if the uni... |