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| Tube Pre-amp BAT, ARC, EAR, Sonic Frontiers ARC, sweet and a good value. EAR while a good unit, is outrageously priced now with the pound/dollar relationship. If you still want it I suggest you order from a UK dealer and safe the 20% VAT. Beware of used EAR, very expensive to service. | |
| Upgrade phono stage? go with the wright, sweet sound, good value in the used market but plan on replacing the tubes. | |
| Good Semi-Automatic Turntable Technics 1200's solid transport, arm can be upgraded too. | |
| Anyone heard the Luxman CL-88 Tube Preamp? pricey, hard to beat ARC in that category. | |
| Preamp question about loudness Depends on the speakers. Best way is to get a dealer to loan you a unit and try it. | |
| Tubes vs. Panels? Try inexpensive tubes, round is better the flat. It is the squareness of rooms that create the standing waves. | |
| Room Acoustics overkill or worse? Absorption is what you are doing. Sonics will degrade if you cover with silk. So, a better bet would be to cover with speaker grille cloth. Check Parts Express for their black, 70 inch wide stuff. Inexpensive and very effective. Also, have you con... | |
| Tube amp for Magnepan 3.5 with autoformers. cayin 100T, tube, used. You will never hear sweeter vocals and jazz. | |
| How big a deal is the 120 hz feature on new TV's? Very on LCD's. You need all the bandwidth you can get if you are going to match 24 frames. Look at the Sharp 64 series. They also have a gaming unit the g3u, not the g1u. The problem with LCD's is the viewing angle, limited compared with plasma. R... | |
| Local audio dealer absolutely essential Yes, especially if a new hi end turntable is sought. My town has had a single hi end dealer, in business for 30 years. Carry's most of the main line equipment. They received their education from Michael Kay at Lyric in New York City. Visiting Lyri... | |
| ear 534 Currently any EAR is not a good value and can easily be bettered by many amps. EAR is a quality product, just not a good value new, now. | |
| phono stage placement Correct, shorter is better, especially on the phono. On MC it is even more important. I have tried short and long with a ARC PH3SE and can always tell the difference. | |
| a record cleaning device and proper method steam, steam and more steam. Forget a machine. | |
| Help with audio racks Try the Atlantis rack, which are on closeout at a number of dealers, including Spearitaudio.com. Search on Audiogon in racks and stands, I think the link and current pricing is there | |
| audio research sells out good or bad ? bad, bad, and really bad. The brand will always be there, the quality, engineering and passion will not. If you doubt this, just look what happened to McIntosh. Sad. Quadrivio is deep into China, and you know where that leads. Not announced, but a... |