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| Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 I use a power conditioner more for the surge protection and I thought using my ancient $100 monster PLC was doing the HP an injustice. In keeping with the "value" theme, a now discontinued PS Audio powerplay unit is used.I guess the unit is doing ... | |
| Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 Your gear has allowed "entrance" into the room of great sound.Now you have to sift through ridiculous claims, price and as you mention-awful aesthetics. I flip flop between being agnostic and a follower. The PL HP does respond favorably(in my syst... | |
| Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 I meant to include in my post-have you read the "Cable cost relative to system" thread in "What do you think?" Almost like a religion debate. More stuff to digest. | |
| Heimdall 2 vs. Frey 2 Robert Deutsch of Stereophile reviewed the amp with Nordost Valhalla and gave the amp a thumbs up.Would the review have the same outcome had he used Heimdall? We can only speculate. I think yes, because he may reason it questionable to stick cable... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... Pani, you have a system a few notches above mine, so I can imagine how the the 9 sounds in your system.Hindsight, I could have saved over 2k forgoing my 2 other carts.Guess it's part of the hobby. I've certainly blown ridiculous amounts of cash on... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... I believe my ART9 now has enough miles to declare it settled in.Unquestionably kicks the OC9 to the curb. I will also include my Benz Glider and Sumiko Blackbird. This is just my system, so perhaps these in another setup would result in a differen... | |
| Audio Research PH6 Phono Stage - How is it? Djfst, you have have very nice system. What are you using for a phono currently?There are fans here of the Herron and Aesthetix, both good choices.In your price range, I would also look at the other suspects-Cary,Rogue,Manley.You're going to have ... | |
| Speaker Cables for Sonus Faber Olympica III Djst, the HP replaced a PL Prologue 2, which was troublefree. I'm envious you have the Olympias. Being a SF admirer, if funds allowed, I would have a pair of Ellipsa's fronting my rig. I do have the Italian thing going on with the nice veneer/leat... | |
| Speaker Cables for Sonus Faber Olympica III I have the PL HP AND use Nordost Blue Heaven cables. Recently, I've switched to another "budget" level $600 cable-Silnote. Comparing the two,I prefer the BH.The BH I have are an older biwire model. The newer version is supposedly improved. When I ... | |
| Woofer pumping WHY?? I have a B3, essentially the sames box, but you have the 12" woofer.When I see my B3 looking like the woofer is going to jump out of the cabinet, usually means 1-system is cranked and the particular recording is "hot" on the low end, so gain needs... | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... Yes OP,the value of everything is skewed beyond humanity.Not that it matters at this point, but did you consider the ART 7 before getting the 9?You seem to be a classical fan, and when I picked up the 9, the dealer mentioned the 7 as the choice be... | |
| Good, better, best. VPI Classic 1 accessories and upgrades. Ground wire suggestionDon't get caught up in audiophoolery.Use that length of wire from your drawer of " stuff" | |
| Pani ... New ART-9 up and running ... Month old ART 9 here.I replaced an OC 9III, which replaced a couple of 1K carts.The OC9III was a good enough compromise especially for half the price.Unfortunately, the shortcomings eventually wore me down, and I bit the bullet and opened my walle... | |
| Good, better, best. VPI Classic 1 accessories and upgrades. If you're getting the LATEST model, you can't use the SDS.It's updated with a 600rpm DC motor. If you want to use the SDS the motor is replaced with the 300 rpm AC motor,along with the pulley.I have the latest model. If I feel like tweaking my tab... | |
| Any Herron VTPH-2 Phono Stage Owners out there? "Another concern is that I have a Primaluna Dialogue Premium HP Integrated Amp and was wondering how another tube phono stage would sound with the tube phono stage? Is it better to Mix solid state phono stage with a Tube Amp or keep it all the sam... |