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| When to change a cartridge? As others have likely already pointed out, change the needle! No need to get a new cartridge. Needle life varies wildly: from 500 to 3,000 hours. Imho, keeping track of hours only tells you when you are getting to the point where needle inspecti... | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? $15,000 for a bookshelf speaker? Really? | |
| I’m considering upgrading my speakers internal wiring I’ve always questioned the validity of spending tens of thousands on cable interconnects for components, and I have asked this forum more or less the question you pose: if interconnect cable is so important, why aren’t the amps, preamps, and espec... | |
| Has it all been worth it? I’ve been at this since I built my first amp from a Dyna Stereo70 kit when I was 14. That’s 66 years ago. Sometimes I say it’s definitely worth it. Sometimes I say meh because it is such a hassle. I curse the fact that I have excellent hearin... | |
| The Allure of Vintage Audio Gear @esporma Well, I know no one is going to change your mind, but I had someone over the other day who was dumbfounded and scratching his head. He was struggling with the fact that he spent $150,000 on completely modern equipment, yet I was getting... | |
| A question about tube rolling If I may add: since I am a guy who is busy with things on my plate other than sitting around listening all day, that Mr Grant has been exceedingly patient with the pace of my decision-making. Another plus! theaudioatticvinylsundays.com | |
| A question about tube rolling @hiend2 @dseltz Please contact me through theaudioatticvinylsundays.com it seems that cannot respond to you via messages withought giving audiogon my credit card number. Go figure. I hope you two see this, the @ did not link to you. | |
| A question about tube rolling @mattw73 He definitely knows an amazing amount of stuff about tubes. He is sort of an archeologist of tubes. He can talk your ear off all afternoon. I am that way with vinyl LPs. I have 6,000+ here, and I can talk for at least a couple minutes... | |
| A question about tube rolling All right one of my comments was removed. Again. I've about had it with audiogon. | |
| A question about tube rolling @mulveling The prices on tube phono stages seem to go from $500 to $2,000 and then jump way up. audio research: $12,000. https://www.musicloversaudio.com/product-page/audio-research-ph9-phono-preamplifier that’s 35% of what I have spent on the... | |
| A question about tube rolling @inna sort of nails it. I’m just staying with this for now and if Trump fails to crash the world economy within four years, which after the sheer chaos of just the last four weeks makes me doubt the wisdom of spending even on these tubes, I may -... | |
| A question about tube rolling @mulveling speaking of snark. I will be selling a Benz Micro. I’ll be using my iPhone camera. It’s what I got. No worries: I’ll make sure there’s no dust bunnies. 😉 | |
| A question about tube rolling @mulveling I have gone through a number of devices in the $500 to $1,900 range. Nine to be exact. Most recently, Graham Slee, three of theirs, including their top of the line model. I settled on the Pro-ject. I am doing well right now with the ... | |
| A question about tube rolling I asked brien why I should pay more by factors of 2 to 4 or more, when I can find the tubes on eBay for $250 to $400 a pair. His reply: “You’re right you can find cheaper ones. But how did you come to know these tubes even existed? How did you c... | |
| Is there usually a dramatic difference between $5k and $10k cartridges ? I started out with a Pickering in a Garard when I was in high school. That was $50. I moved up to a Stanton on a Dual 1229 in college. Next was a Koetsu on a Sumiko MMT on a VPI HW MK II. This retailed at the time for about $900 at the time I be... |