swampwalker
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| My receiver won't work Unfortunately, it's time for a visit to the repair shop. | |
| New to turntables - does this gear combo work? What Al said...Dougdeacon said:I genuflectDoug, your personal habitats have no place on this forum ;-) | |
| Help Inherited Sonus Faber Speakers They are good speakers. You can get a decent idea of their value by buying a one time access to the blue book on this web site. | |
| My receiver won't work Check to make sure your speaker wires are not touching at the receiver or at the speaker ends. | |
| Aesthetix Rhea or Manley Steelhead Doug- As our fellow adopted fellow Nutmegger said, "Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!" | |
| What Preamp to replace ARC sp-9 mkIII Lots of really good line stages or phono stages at that price, but its's kind of in-between for a full function pre. Not sure that BAT is tops for phono stage and it is I believe not a hybrid design. Of course you need balanced gear to really make... | |
| Subwoofers hum - Vandersteen 2wq - can't stop it I'd suggest you try contacting Richard Vandersteen. Richard does not suffer fools lightly (no insult intended) and he can be abrupt, so first make doubly sure that they are connected as described in the manual. I assume you know that they require ... | |
| New to turntables - does this gear combo work? Unfortunately, the answer is "maybe". The phono box is designed as what is called a line level device, to feed an input on an integrated amp or line stage pre-amp. The Pro-ject does not have an attenuator or volume control. The 9 volt specified ou... | |
| Aesthetix Rhea or Manley Steelhead I'd recommend the Manley. We had a shoot out several years ago w those 2 phono stages (actually, a Rhea sig w NOS tubes, I believe) along w Doshi Alaap, VAC Ren MK2 and ZYX Artisan. The general outcome was that the Doshi was clearly the best. The ... | |
| manufactured refurbished I would search the web and ebay and find out people's experience with refurbs of that model. some manufacturers job out the refurb work and the results can be very spotty. sometimes it's a totally new unit that was open box. sometimes they've been... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report ghosthouse-I was so young and naive then. I remember how surprising it was to hear rock played on a piano. Never had heard Jerry Lee Lewis and it was before Billy Joel. I thought Nicky Hopkins was the most amazing musician ever! | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Your Saving Grace". God bless Nicky Hopkins. Wow, does that take me back. 1970 college dorm room, smoke so thick you could cut it, towel stuffed under the door in a fruitless attempt to...well you know. Pioneer receiver w volume set to 11. Not a c... | |
| Is Coincident Statement Phono pre-amp an overkill Essrand- I have not compared the CAT to the Coincident, but you have introduced an active pre-amp into the equation. To my ears, the influence of a top notch active line stage on the overall sound of a system cannot be overstated. I believe that i... | |
| How do I break in a tube amplifier? Mcjelo- Wolf is right. People are making this much too complicated. Because of the potential to damage the output transformers, the general rule of thumb (not necessarily applies to every design but being conservative never hurts) to to always mak... | |
| How do I connect Benchmark DAC Assuming that you have digital out from your CDP (otherwise, the DAC would unfortunately be of no use), you would connect a digital cable from the digital out of the CDP to digital in on the DAC, then analog out from the DAC to any line level inpu... |