swampwalker
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| Need MM phono stage under $300 Another well regarded phono stage that is at the top of your price range is a used Lehman Black Cube. Plug-n-play upgrade available by adding PWX power supply at a later date. | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? Well said, Lewm! | |
| Anybody with an expensive TT try this???? Agree w Moisin, Dougdeacon and Audiofiel. If you really want to get an idea of what can be done with a modest (by our insane standards) price cart on a good tt/arm, check out the long running thread on MM vs MC carts (if you have a few hours to sp... | |
| Novice here with questions If you are only going to be listening to stereo from a CDP, then I would stick w an integrated amp (power amp and control or pre-amp in one box), CDP and speakers. If you give us an idea about the kind of music you like to listen to, relative volu... | |
| Cryo 6CA7 EH- Any experience Anybody? | |
| which is better ? MC phono stage or MM+step-up ? Not to complicate an already very complicated matter, but if you have a good MM phono that you are happy with, you can also use one of several "head amps" or pre-preamps" that are available. These are stand alone active gain stages and would be us... | |
| Help. Wife says Teres 340 Is too bright. I'm sorry for your loss, Art. Hang in there. Ultimately, time heals. | |
| SET amps and biasing 300B's; expert advice needed Kerlfd- NP. If it looks "remarkably like" and has similar name, I would not be surprised to find out that there is a "common ancestor". None of my business and I think you probably made a good call on the tubes, but it wouldn't hurt to contact Aud... | |
| Suggestions on a balanced preamp? Why not try a BAT VK3i? It's fully balanced in and out and also has RCA in and out, w HT pass thru. It has remote volume and input selection (optional, but most have it) and would a used one would be at the lower end of your price range. BAT has g... | |
| Your First Concert was..... Jefferson Airplane, 1967 or 69, University of Hartford, in CT. Boy was that an eyeopener!! | |
| very basic, bear with me... Very basic response- some Suprateks have gain control (rotary) or hi/lo gain switch. Does yours? | |
| Help. Wife says Teres 340 Is too bright. Artemus- I will also tell you that when you are running a LOMC through a step up, small changes in loading can be readily heard and I would imagine, changes in the quality of the loading resistor and the cabling. | |
| New Rickie Lee Jones CD Kewl. I've found her work to be as she presents herself, highly idiosyncratic. When its at its best, i love it, but sometimes, whew! Thx for the heads up. | |
| SET amps and biasing 300B's; expert advice needed From what I can gather from a quick web search, the current crop of Audion integrated/amps are auto-bias of some sort. "The Audion 300B single-ended amplifiers employ pure Class-A circuitry from the input to the output, with two voltage gain stage... | |
| Joule - Electra: Just How Hot?? No reliability problems at all w my VZN-80. Disclaimer and shameless plug- its for sale. They certainly run hot and tube socket replacement sometimes is required if an output tube blows, but it did not happen to me the one time I lost an output tu... |