thorman
Responses from thorman
| Solid State or Tubed Phono Pre ? I don't feel its neccassary to get tubes one way or the other.Its more of a fit sonically for your taste.Todays equipment both solid state and tubes are much closer than many think.I would definately consider both but judge only what your ears tel... | |
| Meridian, ARC or Cary? I realize you may be looking for a HDCD deck but if you only have a small $$$ capability and can find a nice Meridian 508/24 ( non hdcd ) these things are pure pleasure to use.They work well with ARC and B&W 801s. I purchased a new 508/24 play... | |
| Vintage tubes vs Current tubes? So far the Cryo'd tubes I have tried I like... The cryo'd ones i've tried are Svetlana el34 ( quads ) E.I. 12ax7( pairs ) GE 12bh7a ( nos cryo pairs ) These I like but it is a crapshoot wether it be nos,cryo or just plain new tubes.What works for... | |
| Buzz Hum Problem try a cheater plug ( 2 prong adapter ) see if that works.When i used a Crown amp ( many years ago ) I had to use a cheater plug ,do to the same buzz you describe.... | |
| Any Thorens restore/mod shops in NW ? Check out vinylnirvana.com he does do rehab work and resells and maybe he can do whatever needed by an hourly repair fee... You could aslo try theturntablefactory.com Good luck | |
| Power amp for ARC SP-6 For Used vintage amps,Threshold S-series works great... | |
| Is Audio Research SP-6 considered a good model? Very good piece in its day and still should be very good.However I would invest in a test bench professional to go thru it and get as much out of it as possible..I think there is a company called "Great Northern" that specializes in upgrades etc o... | |
| Looking for turntable for under $1000 Check out www.vinylnirvana.com for used quality tables.very nice stuff..... | |
| Cryo tubes for Herron phono Preamp Some work well others don't.Its a crap shoot... The mentioned Sovteks are a warm tube already and I would think the cryo treatment would make them even more so overly sweet. I have 3 versions of The Sovteks lp,lps, WXT and I actually think the Ear... | |
| Need some help Maybe try a maple cutting board under 1 peice of equipment or even Cardas blocks to maybe get a little more body and soften some of the edges. Possibly even Vibrapods under digital, which will take away a little edge too... This is at least a chea... | |
| What's better than Oritek X-2 Sory: I shud hav uzd spel chek ! | |
| What's better than Oritek X-2 Check with Robert at Ridge Street Audio and see if his new Alethiuos cable is ready!!!! | |
| Need some help I think you need to give more info: Exactly what do you not like about it? Bright? Dark ? Boomy ? Too much bass? Need more info to help! | |
| Tube question I am not a tube expert by any means but I do think that for the money spent the SED el34 are a hellavu good tube.Many other very good new production tubes out there..Sure the NOS Mullard/Telefunkens tubes are great,but what did they cost when new.... | |
| What speaker to buy to start over. Considering you don't keep any speaker too long,consider B&W or Vandersteen ,due to the resale value ( very popular ) as you will probably change again fairly soon..These two speakers are easy to sell down the road......... |