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| Looking to get into tubes? To me there's no point arguing about the relative sonic merits of tube and solid state. Class A solid state is an interesting option to me, I have heard ones I liked, but I have not heard any that I would willingly give up my tubes for. Which brin... | |
| Looking to get into tubes? I'm 58, started with tubes at age 16, went SS later but was never really happy. Now I have tubes again and I love them. I think the Rogue Cronus is a good suggestion and so is the Audio Space AS-3i. Both unfortunately near the top end of your budg... | |
| Tweaks for AudioEngine2 Desktop System? Short speaker stands would be cool. Market opportunity here. You could also tilt the A2s upward. You could buy a sheet of Herbie's Thick Grungebuster and cut pieces to fit under the front edge. Maple platforms à la Mapleshade might be another opti... | |
| Tweaks for AudioEngine2 Desktop System? Hi Headshrinker2, no they didn't, stock. I glued the Herbie's pads on with rubber cement ( my very favourite glue ).FWIW the Visonik Davids aren't square and can be mounted upright, on their sides beaming up or on the wall with a matching bracket,... | |
| Tweaks for AudioEngine2 Desktop System? I can't tell what kind of feet if any the A2s are equipped with stock. I've put my Visonik desktop speakers on Herbie's Thick Grungebuster pads. That damps and isolates them and the sound gets an inexpensive but worthwhile improvement.Herbie's Gru... | |
| SPDIF Cable Length Critical? The only critical point concerning S/PDIF cable length AFAIK is that it should not be shorter than 1.5 meters so that internal reflections are not timed to confuse the DAC's clock. Your longer length should be OK, although Sidssp's point about noi... | |
| Phono preamp suggestions I have not heard any of the phono stages you list, so perhaps you should take my advice with a couple of grains of salt. I still have one to recommend if you can find it: the Moon LP3. It is a wildly musical device and its 100 ohm MC load setting ... | |
| phono pre amp giant killer? I really enjoyed the SimAudio LP3 when I listened to it recently. I though it preserved the music's essential heart and liveliness wonderfully well. There's one up for sale here at exactly your price. | |
| phono pre amp giant killer? I don't know if there's still one up for sale here, but the phono stage in the Klyne SK-5A is a very nice one indeed and the whole preamp is a find at its going price of around USD$1200. | |
| New to Classical Music - Album to try first?? Wow, the Lone Ranger theme--that was one of my firsts too. Thanks for bringing it back, Avguygeorge. | |
| New to Classical Music - Album to try first?? Try the Brandenburg Concertos by J.S. Bach. On CD my favourites are the Benjamin Britten version and the Naxos set. On vinyl, if you can find it, Karl Ristenpart conducting on the Nonesuch label. There are a lot of recordings of these pieces, as m... | |
| Linn Basic LVX or Rega RB300 ? Well, I ran a rewired RB300 with a Cardas Heart on an LP12 Lingo for a number of years. The tensioning spring was removed during rewiring and the VTF was set with the counterweight. There was no problem whatsoever with setup or installation, or wi... | |
| Linn Basic LVX or Rega RB300 ? The RB300 would be a huge upgrade from the Basik. Rewire the Rega for even more fun. | |
| wall mounted speaker suggestion North Creek Echo or Okara II. All the current North Creek dynamic designs are specially meant to perform at their best very close to the rear wall. The higher end of the line ( Okara II and Kitty Kat ) have phenomenal bass.http://www.northcreekmus... | |
| What do you put your bookshelves on? Herbie's Audio Lab Extra-Thick Grungebuster Dots.http://herbiesaudiolab.home.att.net/gb.htm |