tom_nice
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| What tube amps for the Quad ELS 63 I've used two tube amps with Quad ESL 63's that have had the wonderful Nick Gowan upgrade (62' of inferior wire replaced, among a lot of other, more obvious things). One was a heavily customized Sonic Frontiers SFS-40, the other was a pair of Atma... | |
| Good moving magnet or cheap moving coil I heartily agree with Twl. Denon DL 103D is available from Dnon USA for $229 plus $5 shipping. A classic that has survived, and deservedly so, IHMO. I'm on my second, decades after the first, and very happy with it. Output is about .3 mV, though. ... | |
| The best USED transport today - for under 500.00 Hi,I just saw an Audio Alchemy DDS Pro listed, new today, for $450. IMHO, that's a steal. I have one myself, and have found it first class, and I also have an Accuphase DP-75 (which I'm trying to sell) and a Sonic Frontiers SFT-1. How many transpo... | |
| Which cone's or platforms have helped? Jadem6 did a very nice review for this Forum on Neuance Alpha and Beta Shelves. If this isn't easy to find, email me and I'll try to find it and let you know. He knew more than I ever did about materials and mode of construction.The website at lea... | |
| Which cone's or platforms have helped? Most experts regard cones, pucks and the like, as relatively minor players, compared to shelves and platforms. I looked for many years, for improved vibration isolation, and tried many products, and I've stopped now, completely happy with Neuance ... | |
| Volume Control? Evidently you don't have your SACD player yet. Why ask about an external volume control until you know whether your SACD player will have one? But if you end up without one in your player, and don't want to spend as much as a Placette would cost--... | |
| Will "Tape" input on preamp work for a T/T if I... Your preamp's tape input will be controlled by the preamp's own volume control, alas. One possibility is to get the phono preamp's volume control bypassed, and gain some sound quality that way. Two volume controls on the same signal would not be i... | |
| What is the next Phono Pre-Amp for me? I've never heard your ARC, but have fairly recently had in two systems of my own a Vendetta ???, an Aragon 47K, a Welborne Labs Reveille, an AHT DM-P, and, last but not least, a Pentagon PS-3. I can't fairly compare the Pentagon with the AHT, sinc... | |
| Review: Neuance Alpha & Beta shelf / Apollo Aria 455 rack Stand I heard about the Neuance Shelves from Redkiwi too, and now have three, and consider them one of the great bargains in high end audio. I can add nothing useful to Jadem6's excellent and highly informative review, for which I'm grateful. But I can ... | |
| Review: Neuance Alpha & Beta shelf / Apollo Aria 455 rack Stand I heard about the Neuance Shelves from Redkiwi too, and now have three, and consider them one of the great bargains in high end audio. I can add nothing useful to Jadem6's excellent and highly informative review, for which I'm grateful. But I can ... | |
| Jazz lovers. Any Dizzy Gillespie recommendations? If you want to try Diz in a Latin mood, the Compact Jazz "Dizzy Gillespie" is a real winner, IMHO. Recorded well a long time ago, still holds up well, I'd say. | |
| Can you overdamp the front wall? I recommend buying F. Alton Everest's "Sound Studio Construction on a Budget" (covers all kinds of rooms) or the 4th edition of his "Master Handbook ogf Acoustics". You'll see that he advocates diffusion rather than absorption for front and back w... | |
| Where to buy unterminated speaker wire I'd try The Parts Connexion--www.partsconnexion.com, I think, or do a Google search. They used to sell Kimber TCSS and may plan to again once they're fully up and running again. They have an 800 number, findable on the web site. | |
| Matching preamp inputs. If you can solder, you could build a fixed attenuation network (one for each channel) either into an interconnect cable to be used with the tuner or inside the tuner. At a guess, you might try an 8K ohm resistor in series followed by a 2K ohm resi... | |
| Audible Ilusions Preamp Have you thought of replacing the stepped attenuator with one with smaller steps? Does the preamp have a balance control? If so, you could take it and the present volume control out and put in dual mono ladder stepped attenuators with steps any si... |