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| Vacuum tube ! And Warnings Every few months there is a thread titled "Where Do Buy Tubes" or "Good Tube Vendors". Good Reading. | |
| Jelco SA-750D cartridges @agripps nice post! Thanks. | |
| Old vs. new I prefer original pressings. That said, even new Lp's sourced from digital material sound better the average compact disc. At least to me they do. | |
| Jelco SA-750D cartridges @minkwelder I really don't know, I have not kept up with the changes in the audio-technica line. | |
| Jelco SA-750D cartridges I use an AT-150MLX and a Jelco 750 9". I current use a ATN-150Sa stylus with it's Shibata tip. Their is tons of information in the forums on the AT-150. NOS one are still out there. | |
| Music streamer device vs laptop/phone? Mini Mac & DAC. Upgrading a DAC is easy. I've used a computer & DAC since late last Century. Over the years, I have upgraded computers many times but only 3 DAC's. | |
| What other Hobbies or Interests Do You Have? My Wife and I target shoot. We don't live in California or New York LOL. | |
| AT 33SA or OC9 for 1200 mk5 I use an AT-150MLX with an ATN-150Sa shibata stylus. Together with the 150 stock Microline stylus it's like having two really nice cartridges. That's the benefit of AT's MM product line, interchangeable stylus. | |
| Tubed Monos for Focal Aria 948s https://vtl.com/ | |
| Any difference in SQ from USB drive storage to NAS playback? For many years I used a late 2012 Mini Mac with an internal 1TB hard drive. A few weeks ago the HD died. I'm back-up crazy so nothing lost. I have a NAS which was used for streaming movies and back-up's for multiple computers. I re-tasked the ... | |
| LP made from a digital master recording... @gpgr4blu I look at it the same way. I like music and only hope it's recorded, engineered and mastered well no matter what format it's served up in. | |
| With what you know now what components doe you wish you had bought years ago? More efficient speakers. Since the late 80's I've own nothing power hungry speakers and powerful amps cost powerful money. | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl What works for me is an AT-150MLX, it may be discontinued and I don't know where it's replacement sits in the current audio-technica line of cartridges. In my system the 150 really performed well with worn well used LP's. It just seems to pickup... | |
| What is the appeal of the Denon 103 cartridges? Simple, It sounds good and it's cheap. | |
| Turntable, Two Arms, Stereo and Mono: Is your system ready for 2 phono??? Yes, it's nice having a Pre with two phono inputs. Currently I use three TT's. The 3rd is used with a Jolida JD-9 into the AUX input. Most of the time it's two MC and a MM cartridge. Before the latest Pre arrived, I used the JD-9 along with the... |