tpsonic
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| Rebuilding ESS AMT series crossover. Drewportland:Any chance you were able to compare the "Superior" to the "silver" series?? | |
| How will XLR cables vs RCA effect a phono pre I have configured my table to run balanced,to take full advantage of the Aqvox phonostage.All that is need is to parallel the arm-ground to be used as the "ground" on each XLR.The cartridge is naturally "balanced",the "+" being non-inverted and th... | |
| Rolled some 12ax7's recently... Try the Shuguang G-9s.They have,unfortunately been discontinued.As for the Mullards,I prefered the military CV-4004s-more "sparkle/life" in the upper octaves. | |
| Proac Response D25 match with low power tube amp Much depends on room size and listening distance.You might be surprised what 10W is capable of.Of course,the 1st watt is the most important. | |
| Tone arm question Been very happy with the OL Encounter.It is the least expensive to offer VTA adjustment w/o using spacers. | |
| What subwoofer to use with Maggies? Any number of woofers can be used in a series-parrallel arrangement.Using 4 (2 squared) will appear to the amplifier as one 8 ohm,unless you are looking to lower the impedance-ie:4 ohm. | |
| Anyone go without power conditioning Direct to AC.Nothing sounds like,no middle-man-direct. | |
| $1k preamp for McCormack DNA-125 recommendations? The Parasound PLD 1100 works well and one just popped up. | |
| Triplanar RCA out to Balanced out for MP-1 Thom_mackris:It's time for your update-just a reminder. | |
| Which tubes to roll If looking for the "power and bass" of the kt-88 with the midrange of the el-34.Try the Gold Lion re-issue. | |
| Sub DIY vs mass produced? If you're goung to use the LFE output on the receiver,check out the D-sub kit.15" with 240W plate/amp at around $300 ea (www.parts-express.com). They offer the 12" Reference series with 500W PL/amp,which insorporates the parametric EQ (Mo money). ... | |
| Turntable on a $5k budget? If I remember my Oracle Delphi,it was good in the mids/highs,but the bass was lean-deep base being non-existant.Has the design/implementation changed that much?? | |
| If you lost your stereo system would you still ??? I remember being out late on Saturday nights.The local radio station had a tradition of playing the same tune at Midnight each week.Funkadelic's Maggotbrain.....and I was not offended,... | |
| The Most Musical Class A/B Power Amplifier?? When I have heard the Belles/Power Modules,I have always enjoyed them.Find a dealer or contact Belles himself.My X-employer is now their rep (Hello Bruce). | |
| What is with B&W these days? soundbars, ipod doc.. My friends with B&Ws have kids.They listen to i-pods.It is a way to bridge the generation gap and expose them to the pleasures of owning an audio system. |