swampwalker
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| Which purist interconnect?? W my equipment, I found the Cardas GR a tad slow or thick. You might want to consider Jade Audio Vermeil, which new is a bit less that the GR but comes up used less often. Not sure if JD has any demos but worth a call email. | |
| Preamp advice needed Maybe a used Adcom 750 pre. V good ss piece w passive and active modes. | |
| My New Manely Steelhead Yep, its a good'un. It stands up to quite a few v good phono stages. | |
| Best 3 tube preamps under $18000? Ooops, I should have mentioned the Joule LA 300 (and the brand new fully balanced Joule 450, which I heard @ RMAF this year and was formidable to say the least). I for one have never been impressed w the CATs. YMMV. | |
| Best 3 tube preamps under $18000? VAC Ren SigDoshi Alaap | |
| help me remove noise from my vinyl setup Not sure I understand. Why are you sending the phono stage output to your sound card and what happens after that? Where is your pre-amp, amp and speakers in this array? If you are playing back thru your computer there are lots of ways noise can be... | |
| Gain Question the mm vs mc thread can be found at http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1200430667&read. | |
| HDCD VS SACD Good analysis Rwwear. | |
| Gain Question FWIW, HO mc carts are "generally" a poor compromise. To get the higher output, you need more windings on the coil, whoch makes it less responsive. You might want to check out one of the MM carts that are discussed on the MM vs MC thread that Raul ... | |
| Tubes vs. solid state. This is the beauty of the hobby, isn't it? So many different Nirvanas!Well said, Guido!!! And so refreshingly different from one of our other members who recently wrote that there was "only one road to Rome" and apparently he was the only one w an... | |
| Emmylou Harris, "Red Dirt Girl" Live @ ryman is a great one and Get up John is only one of teh good tracks. I've got the CD. | |
| help with speakers that rock, pleeze Rockingest speakers I've heard (don't own) in a long time were the GR Research open baffle Super-V. Powered integrated sub and co-axial high eff woofer/tweeter. 97 dB. Easily made >100 dB @ RMAF driven by dodd tube amp w 2 el-84s a side; maybe ... | |
| MC cart, can I use MM phono preamp? Crazy-before you buy either an LOMC or an SUT, do some (I mean a LOT) reading on cart/sut matching. Its more than just the getting the right gain ratio. The loading has to be dead on and it matters whether you are loading teh primary side or the s... | |
| Would an amp or preamp have a larger SQ increase? The amp you have is generally considered to be very good in the mid-fi/entry hi-fi market. I've found that, assumming that your amp and speakers are properly matched, a good pre-amp is the foundation of a good system. In your price range, the Adco... | |
| Help identifying VPI table Try emailing VPI: vpi_help_4u@yahoo.com maybe?? |