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| Recommendations on Turntable for under $1k Yes, you would need a separate phono stage. The Parasound JC2 is a line-level pre-amp only, and does not contain a phono input. (Many modern preamps don't contain a phono input. The additional required circuitry adds to the cost and many people no... | |
| What tubes for sibilant SET Triode amp How sure are you that the tubes are to blame? I wouldn't advise buying some expensive NOS tubes to cure this problem until you know you've isolated it. Buy a couple of cheap JJ Tesla 6922's and try those first.A couple of other suggestions (I know... | |
| Classical Music: A How-To Guide for Beginners Mozart Piano Concertos are great for an introduction to classical music. The complete set on London/Decca played by Vladimir Ashkenazy is excellent. If you don't want to buy the whole set, I recommend finding a disc with Concerto's #20, #21, #23, ... | |
| Marantz SA-11 S1 vs Sony XA-5400es Hello, My experience with the SA-11 is limited to a few listens, and I haven't heard the XA5400ES, but the player I own is a Sony XA9000ES which is the predecessor of the XA5400ES. To my ears, the Marantz came across as a very warm, relaxed sound... | |
| VTF and VTA- Constant or not? Doug, What would happen to the data on your post-it notes if you changed arm, cartridge, or table? This thought has always kept me from adopting a similar system. Cheers.Tom | |
| The better Led Zeppellin live recordings on vinyl. Why did Classic bother? 1) It's Led Zeppelin. It's gonna sell.2) When it sounds like crap, they can be blameless.3) Completionists would "wring their hands and moan" about the omission.4) It's Led Zeppelin. It's gonna sell.Cheers.Tom | |
| Any Thoughts on the Sonic Frontiers power 1? I owned a Sonic Frontiers Power 1 many years ago. It was my first tube amp. I loved it, and eventually upgraded to a Power 2 because my Sonus Faber speakers needed a litte more power to be at their best. The sound can be best described as full-bod... | |
| Vikings Fight Song: Try again I thought the Vikings fight song was "Spam Spam Spam Spam. Spam Spam Spam Spam. Lovely Spam. Wonderful Spam."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RECheers. | |
| See if you can "predict" a future ground loop hum? As I understand it, the safety issue is real in theory, but not in practice. If, for instance, you have a gound loop and use a cheater plug to lift the ground on the amplifier power cord, this is ok because the amp is still grounded via the interc... | |
| Decent sounding Pretenders album? Point taken, Metralla. Remasters are not guaranteed to be better. They should be, if done right.Cheers. | |
| VPI Single Motor Flywheel / SDS / Aries 3 Hi Stan, I've noticed that the voltage on my SDS will sometimes read 72, and at other times will read 84. And this happens without making any changes to my system. I've often wondered why this happens. Cheers.Tom | |
| Decent sounding Pretenders album? I haven't listened to any of my Pretenders albums in a while, but I recall that they sounded pretty good. These were original vinyl issues, however, and I can't comment on CD issues since I don't have any. If they haven't issued remasterd versions... | |
| It is 5 AM, Do you Know where Mikey Fremer is? I probably have in the neighborhood of 50 records in my "backlog". I've mostly halted my buying until I catch up. | |
| Sony SCD-XA5400ES-Best SACD for under $10,000 Has any compared this player to its predecesor, the SCD XA9000ES? That is my current CD/SACD player. Cheers. | |
| Another VPI or something else for under $2k Since the Anna is unipivot arm, many of the good choices for the JMW tonearms (med. to high compliance) will also be good matches. The Anna arm has a higher effective mass, though, so a lighter cartridge than those you use on your VPI may be bette... |