stewart0722
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| Recomendation on turntable for less than $1500 stretch to 2K and try to get the newly introduced Clearaudio Concept Wood with the Satisfy arm and MM cartridge. List is 2400, but you could probably find a dealer who can get it under 2K.....This would be a lot more value than anything out there@... | |
| CATSL1 best pre under 3K? I've owned a CAT SL1 Renaissance w/ Phono for over 2 years now.I heard my first SL1 in 1986.The CAT is very neutral, uncolored and revealing.....it is not a "beguiling"and "colored" pre.....You might be able to do better than the CAT in certain re... | |
| VPI 3D & 10.5i armwand compatibility VPI's return/upgrade policy will be to charge you for whatever is required to make your arm work.I went through 3 rounds of returns and reworks with VPI on my 3D armfor a C3 and in the end the experience left me so exhausted that I have sincesold ... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm Based on Mat's email to me at 2:30AM, I am not done w/ VPI. I wasjust momentarily pissed like many in this thread have been.....I have faith that they will resize my sideweights so they don't banginto my VTA tower and that they will come up with a... | |
| New VPI 3D Arm As much as I hate to say it, I think I'm finally done with VPI.After waiting 3 months for my new arm, with no communication on delays from VPI, I finally get my 10" arm for my Classic3 today and upon unboxing it,one of the sideweights had popped o... | |
| Threshold Amp repair www.vintageamprepair.netyou're not going to find anyone in Vancouver whoknows that amp like this guy does. He can alsoprovide updates and upgrades to make your amplast another 30 years..... | |
| Budget Speaker Recommendation? If I was looking today based on your description, I would seriously consider the Pioneer SP-BS22-LRAndrew Jones is a legendary speaker designer, formerly withKEF and now with Pioneer's luxury brand, TAD Loudspeakers.He is typically found designing... | |
| VPI Customer Service mystery solved. dealer ordered c1 at same time and ups split the shipments and delivered the platter box for c1 with the table box for c3 and the other two arrived next day after mine was shipped out. he's sending me my ringin the platter/ring box... | |
| VPI Customer Service just checked boxes. serial number on big box, no serial on platter box. the clamp is the hrx clamp but it was packed in the big box with the misc items on top. there is no room in the packing of the small box where any other item could have fit. I... | |
| VPI Customer Service There is no VPI dealer in my state so I bought it from the nearest VPI dealer in an adjoining state who set it up with a Lyra Kleos and shipped it to me. I have asked the dealer and he is checking. Not really a customer svc. matter as of yet, I ju... | |
| VPI Customer Service Has anyone heard if VPI is no longer including the periphery ring on the Classic 3? All references on their website say it's included as well as all recent reviews linked to on their website, but mine came today with no ring and no reference of a ... | |
| Good amp match for vinatge Vandersteen 2C's? Vandersteen's like tubes. Magic combination would bea Music Reference RM10 as previously advised or the newAudio Research VSI60 integrated which I've used with 2CEsignatures in a very large room for some time.Either one will be detailed and open, ... | |
| Leben CS600 or ARC VSi60 with Harbeth Compact 7's Have not heard the VSI60 with that speaker,but have heard it with similar efficiencyspeakers and it sounds far beyond it's 55watts especially with the KT120 tubesit ships with now. It is the best bargainARC has ever produced.I've had one for 1 yea... | |
| best phono preamp under 500? get to high 6's and get the PS Audio GCPH.Then you have an upgrade path with Underwood totruly compete with 10K phono preamps and out of the boxit stands up to anything under 2500 that I've heard. | |
| Audio research vsi-60 power concerns Just to give you an idea, here is an iphone video of the VSI60 driving my new power hungry Studio2's in a HUGE room. This amp is not even half broken in yet and the speakers had only 5 hours on them when this was taken. The amp really only runs ou... |