stevecham
Responses from stevecham
| Grado new v2 cartridges? I have a V2 Reference Sonata and though I never owned or heard a V1, it sure sounds good. One of my favorite of several MM carts. | |
| Music Lovers Speaker vs. Audiophile Speaker Some of us simply want it all; in one instant we want the detail, depth, imaging and staging, all the formal descriptive audio terms, and then a nanosecond later we want the pure-music-emotive-immersion thing, and then back again, and then switchi... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Ah, quartz is inorganic. It is silicon.Organic would be carbon containing. | |
| Amp or speaker first, upgrade Of your selections, the Vandersteen 3A Sigs would the ones I would go with; I am a Thiel owner now but have owned Vandersteen in the past and greatly enjoyed their sound. | |
| Bad NOS tubes... Disclaimer: This is my opinion only based on years of my own experience with both new tubes and so-called NOS and used vintage tubes from a variety of sources.My personal opinion, for what it is worth, and that may not be anything at all, but, bas... | |
| Tube Phono Stage with balls, and slam!! Manley Steelhead. | |
| Best solo piano recording...redbook CDs only...Jazz, easy listening, piano bar John O'Conor - Beethoven Piano Sonatas (complete)- John Field: Nocturnesall on Telarc http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/?filter=recent&type=artist_related&id=1424 | |
| Considering buying a CD transport PS Audio PWT; I have one and absolutely love it. | |
| Is my room going to suck Just make sure you also have a good set of headphones/amp for when you need to really "rock out" and everyone else needs quiet time. | |
| Loud pop and "Left Fault" I agree; sounds like a cap that needs replacement. | |
| Tube Phono Stage Despite the can opening, all suggested phono stages are certainly good "worms" here. | |
| Cartridge Recommendation for Dual 1229 N: I also have an XSV 3000 that a friend gave me (lucky me) and I replaced the stylus with a new one from LP Gear. Those US made vintage carts, in good shape with new styli, are very hard to beat. | |
| Cartridge Recommendation for Dual 1229 Sorry, it's witsolutions, my bad!You need to go on eBay, he doesn't have a website per se.http://stores.ebay.com/witsolutions?_trksid=p2047675.l2563 | |
| Tube Phono Stage EAR 834P the MM version | |
| Recommendation for Integrated Amp with Tone Controls I have both Pioneer SX 737 and Marantz 2070 vintage receivers that I did partial restorations on with new filter caps. The Marantz is an amazing performer, with the Pioneer perhaps 80% of the 2070's performance sonically. I would get a good 2045 o... |