swampwalker
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| Is it worth this tonearm? Peter- I have had my VAC in Doug's system and as you can tell, he has listened to it at my place. Without having done any detailed long term comparison, I would say that the differences between it and the Doshi are small. The MC stage on the Doshi... | |
| Is it worth this tonearm? Hi Dan- Yeah the M2 is quite a step up; the music just flows. Still need to make some minor tweaks to deal with occasional mistracking on highs. For its price the Silver is a real over-achiever, but I also think the M2 falls into the same category... | |
| Exemplar Denon 3910 Run a search. Lots of posts. Most people are very happy with it (myself included). Only con I know of is that modded units sometimes are harder to sell and recover a reasonable % mod costs. | |
| Is it worth this tonearm? Peter- Great choice. I can't say anything about your table, but the rest of the set-up should be killer! Congrats. As you know, the Doshi/Tri-P/ZYX combo works very well (as does VAC/Schroeder/ZYX). The Schroeders also have dedicated phono leads a... | |
| Is it worth this tonearm? My guess is that the arm/TT interface may be the most impt part of this equation, so that all comments from non-Amazon users (including myself) should be taken with a grain of salt. However, I am going to throw another arm into the mix- the Schroe... | |
| Denon 2930ci Looks Like Crap on 1080P LCD? This is a common problem with very high resolution products. They reveal every defect in the source material, little of which is mastered/manufactured/shot/recorded for very high res viewing/listening. Bummer!!!! Many of us have been there. Try wa... | |
| stereo amps and preamps for rent,what do you think If cable co charges 5% plus shipping, then I think you would have to at least double that to cover damages. In some ways, isn't that what Audiogon is all about? A larger initial investment, but then resell and take a small loss aka rental charge? | |
| Can tube amps give true high end bass? Audiobob- FWIW, Ralph (Atmasphere) is well known among U.S. audiofools for impeccable integrity, outstanding customer service, and intellectual generosity. You may find an amplifier that has better synergy in your system, but its pretty unlikely t... | |
| Kr Audio Kronzilla vs Atma-sphere MA1? Hi Richard- You should know that the Atma amps perform much better with a balanced signal or at least through the XLR inputs and are subject to hum when used single ended, although shorting pins do help substantially. Never heard the Kronzillas. | |
| How do I stop the Humming from my LP12? Teach it the words!!! | |
| "romantic" sounding cabling Cardas GRs seem to have a bit of a softer more romantic sound in my Exemplar/Teres- VAC- Joule - Merlins system, if that's what your looking for. | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE FWIW, I am pretty sure that the Doshi pre-amp uses Jfets in the phono gain stage (at least for LO MCs) and it sounds wonderful, IMO. | |
| MC TRANSFORMERS VS TUBE PRE PRE There has been extensive discussion on this issue; search the fora under step up vs gain stage, etc. Also check threads by/contributed to by Dougdeacn and others. Most but not all feel that the added gain stage is superior to the xformer, but not ... | |
| Recommendations for 1000 You are way better buying here than on fl-ebay. | |
| Merlin Upgrade Experience Marty- never heard the SEs but my Merlins MMs showed a substantial improvement in bass extension when I went to the superbam. I suspect that that is a big part of the improvement. so far I have not heard the "e" series. |