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| Preamp Deal of the Century Nathan, it is kind of a moot point as to whether to get the preamp or the amp first, if you don't have the other also. If you wanted to use digital source, the Berning has the volume control for direct input. That could get you by, while you are w... | |
| Initial Impressions: Integra 8.3 DVD/SACD/DVD-A Chucki,it is odd that there is so much difference between dealer and home. I don't know the details about the Integra, and have never seen, nor heard it.These "settings" you refer to may be an issue. And down-sampling to 44kHz may be to allow use ... | |
| Initial Impressions: Integra 8.3 DVD/SACD/DVD-A Be careful, here. On some combination players, the SACD output is converted to PCM, and run through the same DAC's as the DVD-A, placing the SACD at a disadvantage. Some mfr's. do this to avoid the cost of 2 sets of DAC chips. SACD has special DSD... | |
| Cable Sleeving for cable bundles? I advise against bundling cables together. It may look nice, but you can degrade your sound quality that way. The cables may interact with each other's magnetic fields, if they are not shielded, and possibly even if they are. And under no circumst... | |
| Oracle Alexandria TT - Need Advice Origin Live OL-1(modified RB250), with Expressimo Audio HeavyWeight counterweight, and HiFi mod.Much better than NOS Magnepan. Magnepan will NOT handle the DL103 series carts. Rega arms will. Modded ones sound alot better. If you are not modding r... | |
| Replace Parsound Z-pre with what? In my opinion the MFA Magus preamp, Audible Illusions early Modulus series, and Counterpoint SA-3000, would be your best bet for sonics in your price range. These may require replacing the capacitors for best performance, since they are all older ... | |
| Review: Denon DP-61F Turntable Ferrari, the Denon Direct Drive TT's were some of the best direct drive tables made, in the affordable category. It does not surprise me that it challenges the Oracle Alexandria, but it will never beat it. The DL103 cartridge is going to be a real... | |
| Cartridge Match for Krell KPE Reference/Rega P25 The Grado had a mismatch with your arm or possibly with your table, as Rega and Grado are known to be a problematic combination, and the Blue Point is just not a very good sounding cartridge, which is why you could not get it to sound good.Buy a S... | |
| Effective length of Well Tempered Classic? Can't answer that one, but if you are looking at one, why not measure it? Effective length is from the pivot to the end of the headshell. Most arms are about 9 to 9 1/2 inches long, effective length. Some are a little longer, and "Transcription Le... | |
| Vinyl lovers, I need help how about posting a partial list of the excellent condition ones, that you think may be rare, or you never heard of, or think may be worth something.. Then we could look at the list, and let you know if we see anything that is obviously a rare val... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Slowhand, I have seen the Hal-o tube dampers right here on the Audiogon Classified. I think that one of the main dealers puts an ad up regularly. They also have feet and other isolation materials of the same stuff.I think that if you play reasonab... | |
| Cheap Old Preamps Hafler DH-101 or DH-110 are decent old preamps that could be had for under $100. The DH-101 had some problems with the push-button function switches, so you would have to check them before buying. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Walter, thank you. I don't live too far from the Asheville NC area, so that may be a possibility. I would enjoy that. I doubt your turntable needs any tweaking, but I am flattered that you would consider me for that task. I really would like to he... | |
| What's the deal with palladium?? Seandtaylor99, Is that the "London Palladium" model that you got? I heard that one was very musical. | |
| Bruce Moore Tube Amps Gunbei. Bruce Moore sells direct through RB Audio in California. Bob Bergner, who is RB Audio, is a heck of a good guy, and you would enjoy talking with him about Bruce's products. I believe that Bob has a demo plan where he will ship you an amp t... |