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Ortofon A90 broken stylus
Two weeks ago I traded into a brand new factory sealed Ortofon A90. I have had several Zyx cartridges in my system, Airy 3 SB, 4D-G/SB, and a Atmos, I have also owned several Koetsus (BLACK, Rosewood Signature & Urushi) and a Sumiko Celebratio... 
ZYX Omega or UNIverse?
Two weeks ago I traded into a brand new factory sealed Ortofon A90. I have had several Zyx cartridges in my system, Airy 3 SB, 4D-G/SB, and a Atmos, I have also owned several Koetsus (BLACK, Rosewood Signature & Urushi) and a Sumiko Celebratio... 
Oppo/Nuforce 93 CD/DVDplayer: That good or hype?
I have an Extreme Eddition Oppo 95 and it does sound very good how ever two of my good friend's lent me one ARC CD 7 and an ARC CD 8 and it is very apparent that the ARC players are in a different league. I have logged lots of ear time on alll thr... 
Krell FPB 350Mcx's enough for THIEL 7.2's + CS5i's
I have a client that drives a pair of Revel Salon 2s with a set of the Krell FPB 350MCX's with no problem. The Saolon 2s are a very extreme hard load with a low sensitivity output. The Krell mono amps drive the Salon 2s speakers with a ease and wi... 
Help Me select Mini
I have had all three processors and, the Core I7 sounds the best. Do not use thunderbolt. You will find that a firewire 800 is much more quiet then then thunderbolt. I have played with several thunderbolt drives, and one drive had both thunderbolt... 
Help Me select Mini
I have had all three processors and, the Core I7 sounds the best. Do not use thunderbolt. You will find that a firewire 800 is much more quiet then then thunderbolt. I have played with several thunderbolt drives, and one drive had both thunderbolt... 
Help Me select Mini
The best Mac Mini to buy is the 2.8ghz Intel Core I7. You will have to order this machine from apple. I would make sure it has the 8gigs of ram and a esata 3 solid state hard drive. go to www.Ultraf.biz and click on the link; Optimization Guide fo... 
Pass Labs INT-150 with Power Plant Premier
I bet your new Pass Labs amp sounds better plugged directly into the wall. 
2010 Mac Mini Audio Tweaks
There are many things that you can do to make your 2010 Mac Mini sound extremely good. 1st thing I would do is replace the stock internal hard drive with a 40gig SSD drive. On the internal SSD drive only keep the operating system and the music pla... 
Speakers suggestion that can be driven hard
Cerwin Vega D9s 
Pros and Cons of "Staying with" Analog and Vinyl
Digital is the best tweek for your turntable. Listen to digital for a couple of days then go listen to your turntable. 
Pros and Cons of "Staying with" Analog and Vinyl
I have gotten out of vinyl just to get right back into. I have done this several times over the last 25 years. I did it as a teenager. OOH look at this new digital thing oooh! it is so convenient and it sound better so I thought. Then one day I di... 
TT suggestion in the $7 - 10K range?
Buy the used Sota Cosmos MK IV here on audiogn it is the best sounding table I have heard under 30K. Get the right arm and cartridge and you will be in vinyl heaven. I have owned many turntables and the Sota Cosmos MK IV is one of the best turntab... 
Kenwood KD-500-Use it or Lose It?
Use it I have just set up a KD 500 with a Rega RB 301 and it makes great music! I built it up for a friend and she loves it. 
Wilson Sophia III vs Sasha
Not in the same system but I like the Sophia IIIs better. They just sound more correct. I know that to be fair I would need to A B comparison in the same system. The Sasha'a sound great but I really think Wilson hit it out of the ball park with ne...