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| Hypex HS200 amp vs Marchand for use as sub amp... From my reading of the Marchand web page, the XM9 is stricly an electronic crossover, with no amp in it. It is one of the better electronic crossovers available. Their very best one is the one with the tubes, but it's alot of money. Marchand also ... | |
| Have anyone pics and tech-data for a SU-1 step-up? Don't know how to get any info at all on Expressive Technologies SU-1 MC step up transformer. All I know is that it's supposed to be one of the best ever. And also very expensive. I don't know of anybody who ever found one for sale. Very very rare... | |
| Are silver coated cables a bunch of hype? Redkiwi, I have read that silver oxides are still conductive, so that they still sound good after being oxidized, whereas copper oxidation is not conductive/less conductive, and adds bad sounding artifacts. So this could be a good point for using ... | |
| Manley 440 monos to drive low impedance ribbons? Jstones, I just don't think that 1/2 ohm impedances and tubes go together in the same sentence.You are going to need a SS amp, or maybe you could use one of those autoformers from Zeroimpedance to help, but I don't know how good those things work.... | |
| SACD- my intial thoughts.... My 6 month experience with SACD was with the Sony 9000ES. I would say that the well-recorded SACD's were significantly better than well-recorded CD's. I feel that there is definitely an improvement over CD. However, I felt very limited by the avai... | |
| Trying to improve two channel - direct or preamp? I have been researching the direct route lately, using passive pre/volume controls. It seems that the best option for that route, is the Bent Audio system using Stephens & Billington stepped transformers. For basic manual controls, they have s... | |
| Manley 440 monos to drive low impedance ribbons? You're kidding, right? | |
| Need monitors with a BIG sound Meadowlark Swallow. Much less than $1k new. Nice sound. Good design. Not big. Solid hardwoods and nice appearance. High WAF. You could probably get the factory stands and the speakers as a package from a dealer for $1k. Speakers retail for $799 an... | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path My personal belief is that the upgrade hierarchy follows the signal path. Upgrades at the earliest part of the chain give best results for the money spent. If you are already at the maximum level you intend to go with the source, then the preamp w... | |
| Are silver coated cables a bunch of hype? Yes, guys, and as I mentioned above, the skin-effect problems are not present, either at all, or to a much less degree, in a properly designed cable. When the diameter of each conductor is less than twice the figure of the skin-effect depth in tha... | |
| Review: Denon DL 103R Cartridge Ferrari says it all. | |
| Starting out for about 1000.00 Used Linn LP12 with Basik Plus arm ~ $550Goldring 1012 MM cartridge ~ $100Used Lehmann Black Cube Phono section ~ $350Total ~ $1000The LP12 is the most TT for the money under $1k. The Basik Plus arm is very good, and usually comes with the TT as a... | |
| what phono pre-amp to get? Well, we don't know what you want to spend, or what cartridge you want to use, so I will assume that you are looking for a reasonably priced unit that will take the MM input from the stock Goldring that came on the MMF-7. In that case, I would rec... | |
| Are silver coated cables a bunch of hype? Topheavy, apparently you are unaware of the phenomenon of "skin effect" and therefore think that everyone else is ignorant about it. Perhaps if you studied it, as I have, you would be aware of it, and wouldn't make statements like you just have he... | |
| Are silver coated cables a bunch of hype? Dennis, I never said that nobody would like silver-plated cables. I just stated their typical characteristics. Since different people have different systems, and have different needs, sometimes a bright cable is needed to offset some other deficie... |