swampwalker
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| Two very pleasant conversations Wideload- Never have interacted w Mr. Chapman or even heard his speakers, but Ralph Karsten is definitely one of the real good guys in this business; your experience w him is not unusual and his amps are extraordinary. I've never been to Newport, ... | |
| The Trouble with Cartridge Recommendations If (big if, i don't have enough experience to say yea or nay) carts have a house sound, I would not recommend the Benz. I had one in my system and found it underwhelming, esp. when paired w Benz/Lukachek phono stage. | |
| The Trouble with Cartridge Recommendations If you are interested in ZYX, it would be worth your while to call Mehran @ SoraSound. He is the U.S. importer/retail outlet and he often has cleaned, inspected demos and trade-in carts at very good prices. He is absolutely trustworthy and a pleas... | |
| 1/2 speed cutting not usually so good? LOL, Doug. | |
| 1/2 speed cutting not usually so good? Co-incidentally, I have been thinking about this issue myself lately; what are the tradeoffs; why aren't more masters cut at half speed? I do not subscribe to AS; is the article available on-sline? | |
| Help with Cartridge Alignment If you search the forums you will find several discussions regarding the Fozgometer. | |
| How can do you extend the life of your tubes? +1 Jmcgrogan, Yogiboy & Ryriken. | |
| hair brained idea and a hello If you are going from a phono stage directly into the YSP-1, you are relying on it to act as a line stage, amp & speaker. I'm thinking you are not going to get anything approaching what your TT can provide. I'd consider phono-pre to new integr... | |
| hair brained idea and a hello The Yamaha sound bar is a designed to substitute for multiple speakers to create a pseudo-surround set-up. It is not designed to optimize sound quality for 2 channel listening. You will almost certainly need different speakers and I would expect y... | |
| Another what pre.. At that price point w balanced in and out, I am thinking of BAT. | |
| Does the volume control effect sound quality? Yes the can, so you may not be imagining things. | |
| Mains Out Inverted inverts absolute phase. Some people can hear the difference. If you are going to bi-amp they both should be connected to outlets that are either inverted or normal. If you use one of each, it would be (more or less) the same as connecting... | |
| Daisy Chain Your Front End I guess I am the only one who thought the OP was talking about a different kind of 'daisy chain"? | |
| Quality media streamer? I don't know anything about the WDTV streamer, but you should check out the MusicVault offerings from Sound Science. They will output to your DAC at native resolution. | |
| Need RCA repair Try Drew @ Moon Audio. |