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| What is the Best Phono Pre-Amp Under $750? See if you can locate a Heed Quasar demo. Got mine for $700 (demo) and am lovin' it. | |
| Your best chair you listen to your gear I have an Ekornes Stressless and now use a "Luna" chair. It has a low back and is very comfortable with ottoman. It's about 1/4 the price of the Ekornes. You can also get a version with headrest. There is a picture of one on my System page. | |
| Great and well-recorded jazz on CD Clifford Jordan "Live At Ethyll's"Ellington "Blues In Orbit"Charlie Haden "Nocturne"These came to mind right off the bat..... | |
| Loricraft PRC, multiple-step cleaning and static Try less time on your last cycle/rinse. I don't know what you had before, but on my VPI 16.5 I shut it down after no more than 3 rotations or else I get static. Possible that the Loricraft dries more efficiently and so in less time. The static is ... | |
| Inexpensive speaker cable for Merlin Find a pair of TG Audio HSR speaker cables at about your price point used, or new for just a little more. Just my opinion, but shared by a few others who have or had Merlins.good luck, | |
| SS amp for Merlin VSMs? I was always pleased with the Plinius SA100 MkIII on my TSM-MX's. This was with a Reference Line passive and later with the Joule LA100 MkIII preamp. I now have the Filarmonia integrated amp, but miss having my amp powered on 24/7 where I could si... | |
| Heed Quasar or Jasmine Audio phono stage? I have not heard the Jasmine unit, but have the Quasar in my system for the past couple years. I purchased mine as a demo for $750 (full warranty) and am entirely pleased with it. I'm running mine with a Dynavector DV20XL and have plenty of gain. ... | |
| Berning EA-230 vs RM-10mkII with Merlin VSM The Joule is a wonderful preamp for the Merlins. Used to have this one that I used with a Plinius amp for my TSM-MXe's. Nice combo but I ended up with a Filarmonia integrated. Still wish that I would have kept both the Joule and the Plinius.....ju... | |
| REL Strata III spikes The Strata originally came with spikes and Sumiko recommended to "not" use them. I don't with mine atop a sandbox. | |
| Cables & Merlin TSM-XMr Tg Audio HSR speaker cables is what I've been happily running for 7 years now. | |
| Comedy Albums No Firesign Theatre?....blasphemy!!!!!! | |
| Merlins & Speaker Wire I'll second the TG Audio wire. I've been running these with my TSM-MX's since getting them about 8 years ago. Very nice match. | |
| Cary, Cayin or Primaluna EL34 for Merlin VSM-MME I think you'd do well to try to audition a Manley Stingray integrated. I think that you could find one used close to your price range. | |
| Best way to couple monitor speakers to stands? The best method would be attach via screws to firmly couple to your speakers/stands. This is what I would do with my Merlins, but refuse to drill into the cabinets so I use blu tak. I think the secret is to use just very small blobs. About the siz... | |
| Any good equipment racks that are afordable? I would take a look at TAOC racks. You could get a 3 tier setup for under 1.5k and these are nice. Positive Feedback did a write up a few years ago with lots of details.http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue22/taoc.htm |