tbromgard
Responses from tbromgard
| Thanks All, Turntable Problem Fixed Cool, glad it sounds better. Its a common issue.I like the originals if possible but many are rare and high priced at least for mint copies) so I have purchased a lot of reissues on 180 gram. There are mixed reviews from some on the quality and/or... | |
| Why is my turntable so loud? The MF shold be very slightly warm sounding rather then lean. | |
| Putting together first stereo.... Buying used high end equipment is usually a pretty good buy and good stuff, like McIntosh, is pretty reliable. Same with cables. | |
| Forced to Downsize The recent class D amps and pre amps are very small-the Bel Canto, Wired 4 sound and PS Audio look nice. | |
| Why is my turntable so loud? Sounds like your MF pre amp phono stage might be set to MC instead of MM (the 2M Red is most definately a MM) | |
| Car speakers? I have a car audio system with Polk components up front and 6x9s in back powered by a Rockford amp. They are in the budget. The speakers and amp can be found at a lot of different car audio shops. I am happy with it. My former car had an Alpine am... | |
| What to upgrade first I agree with Dhcod-upgrade the phono stage and source first. | |
| What is approx. percentage of your total I have about 3000 lps. Most are stored in the garage on book shelves, and I have 50-60 at a time in my listening room-mostly the new lps I just bought. I listen to lps, and rotate them occationally. But I can always walk into my garage and find a ... | |
| Upgrading recommendations Yes-Rotel is a bit lean. I like all the amps Meiwan suggests. IMO NAD and Cambridge will sound better than the Rotel too. | |
| Inexpensive Tube Pre? Maybe a rebuilt PAS 3 or Van Alstine? | |
| SubWoofer Help ASAP... Yes-keep moving the sub away from the corners, behind your speakers is usually a good place. However, a suspended wood floor (I assume its suspended wood rather than concrete since youre on the second floor) will probably never sound as good as a ... | |
| Audio shops, manufacturers LP shops etc. in OC Why not try deep sea fishing. Charters out of Dana Point. | |
| How to avoid being scammed? Once the payment clears, why would you care? | |
| Upgrading recommendations I owned a Musical Surroundings phono stage I purchased used for $300-it was very good too. | |
| Upgrading recommendations You have a really nice front end. I agree, the phono stage should get upgraded first. If it were me, I would put the Jolida phono stage at the top of your list. Then consider upgrading the tubes in the Jolida. |