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| Using a phonstage to by pass a preamp ? possible yes but the volume would likely be sadly lacking. The minuscule voltage that a phonostage lifts still needs a preamp to boost it, to get an easily listenable level out from the amp. | |
| do blind tests have any practical significance yes but perhaps only for the blind. This being audio it is all aurally dependent not visually so | |
| Your favorite classical composers/works? I don't necessarily have Resphigi as a favorite composer but the Toscanini vinyl of his Fountains of Rome is just astounding. I have rarely heard an orchestra play in what seems like such lock step precision. The opening few bars literally explode... | |
| What recordings do you use? For CD's Nat COle's Pick Yourself Up, right after "take a deep breath" you can hear Cole do that.For Vinyl Vaughn William's The Lark Ascending with Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields with Iona Brown on the Violin, you sh... | |
| Classical Recommendation A little different take might be Frederick Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds doing Holst Suites #1 and 2, Handel the Music for the Royal Fireworks and Back Fantasia in G. An orchestra of only brass, percussion and winds might be enough dif... | |
| What is the best phono preamp you have heard? Listen to the Thor TA-3000 with separate power supply when you have a chance it worked for me | |
| marantz sa8260 or sa14? Ihave the SA-14 my son the 8260. He wanted to har the difference so we unplugged his from his system and plugged it into mine and turned it on for three days before doing the test. To do the test we first played a CD through my SA-14 then through ... | |
| Marantz SA-15S1 SACD player I have a 3 or 4 year old SA-14,different model, my son has the 8260. He wanted to hear the difference. So I took his and added it to my system and turned it on. 3 days later, after, it got up to speed we played a piece of music that had just been ... | |
| Out of curiosity, where does everyone live? Planet Earth | |
| Nordost Thor &State of the ART: Power conditioners Have not tried the Thor but I would recommend you consider the line put out by Sound Applications. I tried a few and the moment that one went in my system, my search was done. I know another line to look up is another choice to consider. but give ... | |
| Looking for a good power conditioner I tried a few power conditioners and the moment the Sound Applications unit entered my system I knew I was done looking. Yeah I might have been able to find better if I kept on looking but what I heard more than satisfied what I was looking for. C... | |
| phono stage advice please This may not be much help. I tried the Premier 15 but had a low output moving coil cartridge and it just did not cut it. There are many good phono preamps that work well with either moving magnet or high output moving coil and they tend to cost le... | |
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| Entry level phono stage In February's Stereophile Michael Fremer has a review of the Bellari VP 129 where he ends his review with "The Bellari VP129 gets my highest recommendation and is the budget phono preamp I will now enthusiaticlyy ecommend for every genre of music.... | |
| What are good phono cables ? I wish I could remember the various ones I tried before settling on the MusicGrove2 by Hovland. I remember trying Cardas Neutral and another Cardas, a couple of Siltech which at times was great and at times a bit just not right. It has just been a... |