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| Help trying to return to vinyl The best phono stage with volume controls I know of is the Aesthetix IO w/volume control. It is expensive, but very good. And it has all the gain you'll ever need for going direct to the amp with just about any cartridge. | |
| Upgrading Planar 2 You can upgrade in any order you want.But, there is a specific order that is correct to follow if you want to acheive the maximum benefit from the upgrades. That order is TT, then arm, then cartridge.The cartridge is limited by what the TT and arm... | |
| Suggestions for optimizing Argent Room Lenses? I have my lenses positioned as I described above, and my system throws a soundstage 4 feet wider than the lens positions. That's 4 feet wider on each side. I don't think that the lenses are limiting your soundstage. | |
| Acoustic Signature, Final Tool It looks to be a pretty good unit. I like the basic design and implementation. I haven't heard it, but I'll bet it sounds good. | |
| Speaker priority: high or low??? Spent plenty of time in the audio business, and I totally disagree with speakers being the most important part in the chain. Maybe they are the most important part of the mid-fi business chain, but not the audio system chain. | |
| Suggestions for optimizing Argent Room Lenses? My suggestion is to flank the outside of each speaker with a lens, at a 45 degree angle. Place each lens about a foot outside of each speaker, and about a foot forward of each speaker. Then take the last lens, and place it directly between the spe... | |
| Best High Output MC Be aware that some phono stage MM inputs are too low in gain to even properly accept some HO MC cartridges. I have talked to some people recently that had 2.0mv output MC carts, and the output was insufficient to get decent volume levels. Check wi... | |
| Question about Sufficient Gain for LO MC Yes, you just add up all the gains from the phono stage, line stage, and step up device( if there is one), and you have the total gain.The reason why the amp sensitivity is important, is that the output of the preamp will be a certain voltage, dep... | |
| Question about Sufficient Gain for LO MC I used a 0.27mv output cartridge before the one I have now, and it was just perfect with 66db gain in the phono section and 20db in the linestage. But I have a very low input sensitivity on my amp of only 0.3v for max output.If your amp is fairly ... | |
| OTL Tube Amps-- are they superior to everything? Sorry I came down so hard on you Saxo. | |
| 6 Components + A Big Amp: Which rack? No turntable should be on the same rack with the equipment. The turntable should have a dedicated stand with nothing else on it. Suspension TTs use lightweight rigid stands. Mass-coupled suspensionless use heavy rigid stands. | |
| Setting VTA on a new Shelter 901? 100 ohms is where it should be. Also a hair down in the back, just like 4yanx says. The cartridge is broken in after 40 hours. There is no need to wait beyond that for making your final adjustments. | |
| OTL Tube Amps-- are they superior to everything? The Berning amp uses a high-speed switching supply instead of a normal power transformer. This was discovered to be superior about 20 years ago. So much for that argument.You don't have to like the amp. But judge it on its merits, and not its weig... | |
| OTL Tube Amps-- are they superior to everything? Saxo, you have alot to learn. Is the poundage of heat sinks or the glitziness of a face plate the measure of an amplifier, in your opinion?Do you buy your amps by the pound?FYI, Berning has about the best reliability reputation over the last 25 ye... | |
| Goldring 1042 on a Rega P3 - Cueing Problem - Help Cueing mechanism needs servicing. |