swampwalker
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| Best phono preamp in the $ 1000 to $ 2000 range ? There is a used ZYX Artisan for sale now @ $1500. Comes v., v. close to some top notch phono stages like Doshi Alaap, Manley Steelhead, or top end VAC. Battery operated, accepts MM or MC (active gain, NOT SUT), and was dead quiet w 0.25 mV LOMC. I... | |
| music servers for bad eyes Check w Neal @ Sound Science. He may be able to set you up w a voice recognition solution. BTW, he sells his Music Vault servers w an ipad or android tablet remote control so you would have a relatively large screen that you can use at your listen... | |
| Mr Stereo passes away RIP Peter. It was always a pleasure dealing w him. My condolences to his family and friends. | |
| All about Music Servers for a minute...... Yes you can. | |
| Are these speakers fully compatible? I'm not following Harley52's math, but I found that a 300b was fine w 89 dB speakers in a medium sized room (14 x 23 x 8.5 = 2735 cu. ft.) if I wasn't pushing them to high spls. If your room is truly small (12 x 12 x 7.5 = 1080 cu. ft, which means... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Of course, if your amp has its inputs in front.... Anybody on this thread have any leads on a monoblock w the inputs in front???? Paul, Ralph, anyone???? | |
| VV300b tube specs Brf- Many thanks. I'm going to call Alfred from KR and then will follow up w your email address. | |
| Nice Tube Preamp for Boulder 1060 in my experience, the VAC Sig Mk2 is an extraordinary pre-amp (not sure what beyond extraordinary is...), but I am a tube guy. Never heard any of the Boulder products. | |
| Reference 3A La Suprema- Manual/advice wanted Always willing to listen. However, you should know that I had a local tech upgrade the single cap and resistor in the "filter/crossover" and replaced the brass binding posts w Cardas copper. I still have the old parts so if someone wanted to turn ... | |
| VV300b tube specs Rodman99999 (you a surveyor?) "I've sent an email to KR's U.S. distributor" who actually answered pretty quickly to ask me to call them (but then my cellar flooded so I've not yet had a chance).Brf- Hmmm. that makes sense. I thought that they also... | |
| connecting a sub to nad c-162 pre Unless your friend is running 2 pairs of mackies,he should have enough outputs. Pre out 1R (or 2, it shouldn't matter) to right speaker, pre-out 1L to left speaker. Pre-out 2R to sub R input and Pre-out 2L to sub L input. If he's running 4 speaker... | |
| I have the dreaded hum There is a problem in MC portion of the the internal phono stage. I'm not knowledgeable enough to tell you if its the MC switching or or the MC gain or step up, but there is no question that there is a problem in the internal phono stage. You know... | |
| "Light Loading" Amps - Music Refence and others... OK, for us non-geeks, what's an AB2 class amp and more importantly how does in vary in factors significant to human music perception from Class A or AB amps. | |
| Girlfriends and wifes, how do YOU cope? Mrs. N- To paraphrase Michael Keaton, we 'Goners prefer the term "luv broker". p.s. How's the hubby look in his new Speedo? | |
| open baffle speaker question check out GR Research. they usually show w Dodd's tube gear and their high eff co-ax designs w powered subs can really rock the house. |