swampwalker
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| Phonostages A phono stage accepts an input from a turntable and does two things:1. Provides equalization- during recording, for a variety of reasons, the frequency response of the music to be recorded is altered in a precise way. These days, its an accepted s... | |
| If you were a tube preamplifier manufacturer Redman- have you actually used the EAT tubes yourself? Lots of folks are interested in hearing about their performance, esp considering that I'm told that their cost is up there with the good NOS tubes. | |
| Amazing... OK, so your rcvr has a phono stage. Its not likely to be super great; but it will give you an idea if vinyl is for you. | |
| Amazing... The Denon 47F is a very good choice if you do not want to do to much mixing and matching. The arm is a proprietary design which has its limitations but would not involve much in the way of set up. That or one of the Regas or Music Halls is a good ... | |
| Background noise I use a MC Sumiko Blackbird through the MM phono section. The Blackbird is 2.5 mV, and the Shindo dealer says the minimum MM should be 3 mV.OK, now we are getting somewhere. You probably have a noisy tube or tubes that is exacerbated by being belo... | |
| Small Floorstander/Monitor good with tubes Merlin VSM and then upgrade as time goes on. | |
| How to hook up 2 amps from one set of pre outs? Or you can have a full length set of y cables built. I know audioquest has done them in the past; no reason why other manufacturers could not, if they do any custom work. | |
| "O Perfect Preamp, wherefore art thou?" Doshi AlaapVAC Ren or Ren sig. | |
| New2Analog - Table Setup Help? Michael Fremer of Stereophile has a DVD on turntable set up. It might be a good investment in terms of understanding how all these issues interact. Setting up a table is an iterative process. For example, many are finding that very precise cartrid... | |
| $3000 Upgrade Dilemma: My Next Purchase I suggest option 2. The Tandberg is probably getting near the end of its useful life and, IMO, a good preamp/phono stage is the "heart" of any good system. For $3k there are some very good full function pre-amps available; look at VAC, Modwright, ... | |
| Best tube amp $2000-2500? Second on the M-60s. A very good match, great customer support, no snow peas. | |
| NHT superzero XU or superone XU in 7.1 set up FWIW, Bob Hartley really liked 5, SZs in a 5.1 rig and I did a swell. | |
| Proper Toe-in Configuration Laser pointers would work well. As far as exact amount, only you can tell. It varies w the room, the speakers, the distance away from the wall, your personal priorities, etc. | |
| Vandersteen woofer replacements Richard Vandersteen is usually available but he can be a bit abrupt. The demands on his time are quite high, I imagine. | |
| newbie questiun on E88CC and ECC88 They are AFAIK, direct replacements in the 6922/6DJ8/7308 family. But you will get loads of opinions on which are the best in which product in which position. Try Joe's Tube Lore at audio asylum for detailed descriptions of just about every varian... |