stringreen
Responses from stringreen
| Ortofon 2M Black? Soundsmith and Grado cartridges are WORLDS apart from each other regarding the way they sound....not to say one is better than the other...just WAY different. | |
| Rega Planar 3 upgrades help. When I had a Rega, mine improved when put on Cadas blocks (2 in front and 1 in back) to eliminate the factory installed feet. | |
| Second audio system in your house? TV 5.1 system in one room....big high end 2 channel stereo in another. | |
| To Power Condition or Not to Power Condition? In my experience, power conditioners change the sound, but I never heard an improvement..mostly a degradation. You have a line conditioner now, you say. Try removing it and relistening to your system without it. Oyeida is good...I've been using... | |
| Is there advantage to balanced phono-preamp only if you have your VPI with XLR outputs, and all your other components that work differntially balanced. To be correctly balanced, electronics should have completely seperate circuits for the plus and minus portions of the signal.... Most c... | |
| Clearaudio Virtuoso Ebony Wood or Ortofon 2M Black Cartridge? this is so odd to me....the Virtuoso wood is 900 dollars...why doesn't your friend just get his own? He probably could get a discount and pick it up cheaper. | |
| Just moved to an apartment need speaker suggestions If you want to remain friends with your closely situated neighbors, and still remain an audiophile, get the best earphones and matching amp that you can afford. You will get better sound and everyone will be happier | |
| Magnum Dynalab Amp Experiences I know nothing about this company's amps...they are noted for their fm tuners. I personally would sooner get a used name brand amp excellent quality component ..noted for their customer support ...Ayre, Audio Research, etc. | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? yes...seperate cables for each run...not ganged together. | |
| Replacing the speakers link with silver wire I agree with albert, but would not rewire the innards with silver...sounds like that would be the next place you would go. | |
| how much better is the kuzma 4 point then my TTW Jelco Nope | |
| best value current production tonearm McBuddah....if you like the 10.5, you'll love the 3D.. | |
| Has biwire speaker cabling become "old" ? Richard Vandersteen explains bi-wiring advantage on his website. | |
| Do top Idler drive tables fall short to top belt drives in any particular area. I had a belt drive VPI Superscoutmaster which I modded to their rim drive. I certainly heard a difference for the better after the mod....same turntable, same cartridge, same arm. | |
| Will Changing my 100 Watt Tube Amp to a 200 Watt SS Amp Solve My Problem? I personally love anything Ayre makes...all my electrical components are Ayre ....extremely pleased. However....It seems to me that your problem is not with your amp. |