sugarbrie
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| HELP!!!!.....RCA to XLR Termination I would send it back to manufacturer also. I have some Nordost SPM re-terminated by Nordost and they came back looking like I bought them that way. FYI for Nordost owners, they charged me $35 per termination when I had it done plus return shipping. | |
| Sources for NOS tubes Thetubestore.com and Electron-valve.com | |
| Best MC Cartridge $300.00 or less Sumiko Blue Point Special | |
| Power cords makes difference-Why? There is a lot of information on this subject at the Vansevers website. | |
| CJ PV-11L I play around some with a PV-11 a year ago and found the CJ supplied tubes were the best (they were new). Well balanced overall. Did not try Mullards. | |
| CD Player with Volume out for Woops, the RCD-990 does. Thought they were the same except for the CDM-9 Pro Metal transport on the 990. Sorry. | |
| CD Player with Volume out for Top of the line Rotel RCD-991 has variable output. List is $1300. | |
| CD playback - 1 box or 2 If your current CD Player has a digital out, keep it and get a DAC upgrade. More bang for your buck. If not, then get a better one box unit. | |
| Best beadroom speaker under $350 (NHT?) B&W DM302 or used pair of DM601s. | |
| Two integrated's for bi-amping? I agree. If you bi-amp with an integrated, use the same version in a power amp as the other amp. For example with the Rotel RA971 Integrated use the RB971 Power amp. | |
| Pre-amp with great phonostage (tube) Best CJ Tube Preamp with built in phono is the PV9a. | |
| Musical system for under $2K? Cambridge Audio A3i Used (or A500 new) or Rotel (970-used or 971-used or 972-new) Integrated Amp; B&W DM602 or DM601 Speakers. Cambridge Audio D500 CD Player (or CD4SE used). Van Den Hul D102MkIII Interconnects or Nordost Solar Wind or Nordost... | |
| intergrated tubed amp under 2000 Lets make it three. There is a hybrid Anthem integrated with a tube pre-stage and a solid state amp-stage. | |
| intergrated tubed amp under 2000 For under $1,000 there is an AMC CVT-3030 EL34. I've seen demos for about $600. Has phono if you want a turntable in your office. | |
| intergrated tubed amp under 2000 Conrad Johnson CAV-50 |