tonyptony
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| Breaking in a new cartridge,..Denon DL 103 R. Pboutin, if you are using an active phono preamp then the best loading for the 103R is 100 Ohms. No need to experiment. If you are using a transformer based phono gain stage then I do not have enough experience to help.BTW Rodman, Denon still does... | |
| Analogue Synergy....Which is the best Cartridge? "Second, your Basik Plus is a low mass tonearm"Doug, I'm not sure I agree with this.To Calgarian...Is the arm the Basik LVX+? The LVX has an effective mass of 12.5 grams, according to the data on Vinyl Engine and Cartidgedb. The LVX+ has (as I und... | |
| Is there a way to clean... Jaybo, truth be told I've been using Last for at least 20 years and have not had any real complaints. But I've always wondered if a deeper application or better method of removal would improve the outcome. | |
| Is there a way to clean... "I had the same question:"Pawlowski, thanks for the pointer to the thread. I read through it and found some good ideas. Your method sounds interesting, but is there any danger in the application of steam to the vinyl surface? | |
| Warm and Detailed S.S. Amp? Vitalik, Bdgregory, before I got my AVA FetValve I would have been the first to recommend the Bedini. I used a 250/250, later upgraded to an 803, for close to 16 years. In all that time I heard plenty of other big name amps in my system. Some were... | |
| Need a better cheap long cable than BetterCables You don't need new cables ..you need a buffer.My God, I actually have one of these! Haven't used it in years. I'll give it a try.You may be right, but I did notice that even over this length there were differences. When I compared cables for this ... | |
| Tube amp with SS like bass Second for Audio by Van Alstine. Although his most expensive hybrid (the Ultra 550) is over $2K, the Ultra 350 is $1850. I would strongly urge you to try it out. AVA is direct sale and you'll have 30 days to see if you like it. I think you'd be pl... | |
| Proceed transport repairs......Help? Mark, you are right, of course. I did not mean to imply that Harman is able to repair all possible problems, but that they still do offer repair services for the Proceed gear. Should have made that more clear.As for the going in cost, that is the ... | |
| Proceed transport repairs......Help? Bruce, I think you will be unhappy with the most direct answer. Harman Design still offers repairs on Proceed transports and players, but you will have to pay them a $1000 (or maybe $900) upfront fee. This is a "not to exceed" value, but the botto... | |
| PAD Venustas I have been able to recently compare the Venustus against the Aqueous.The Venustus has defintaly more bass but not tighter bass.The Aqueous has more high end extension and better overall dynamics.Ozzy, a bit more info please. Were the cables teste... | |
| Great budget phono cable needed Steelhead, thanks for all this info. It seems no one who's used it has anything bad to say about the Zu Xaus. | |
| Great budget phono cable needed Steelhead, I've got to say the Zu Xaus seems to be mentioned here and on AA in a very positive manner. I just missed one of the eBay listings for a Xaus. I'm a little hesitatnt because it is an alloy cable, which traditionally is looked at in a cr... | |
| Upgrade Denon 103 R to Shelter 501 II? I'd like to open up the discussion a bit to include other things. I just picked up a used 103R from another 'gon member, and am waiting for the rest of my Scillia / Merrill upgrade bits to bring my AR ES-1 to a higher level (yeah, I'm one of those... | |
| Great budget phono cable needed Hmm, don't know much about Tara cables. I'll do a search here to try and get a sense of their character, but can you add anything in that vein which might help? | |
| What is Best Sound from PC into MF Tri-vista What Ckroady said. Get a SB2 or SB3, have Bolder do a digital mod to it (yes, it does help), and get a better power supply. With your Tri-vista I think this will give you an awesome front end.BTW, I think Red Wine may not be modding Squeezeboxes a... |