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| Bob Carver 180 Mono-blocks perform superbly I recently got a pair of the Cherry 180s albeit in black. Been enjoying them for a few months now just with stock tubes. After reading this thread I will certainly upgrade the 12AX7 and 12AT7 input tubes to something better.I was wondering if anyo... | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE My little Linn Kans are still with me after literally dozens of different stand mount speakers. They just work in a small room close to the wall like no other speaker I have tried costing ten times the price of the Kans. | |
| Phono Preamp Advice Highly recommend a Graham Slee Era Gold V. Although a little out of your budget it is a giant killer among phono stages IMHO. Compared favourably to my Herron VTPH-3 and Boulder 1008 and was certainly not disgraced by them. | |
| Best integrated Amp for Hansen Prince V2 I have had the Dartzeel CTH8550, Boulder 865 and the Vitus SIA-025. In fact have both the Boulder and Vitus at the moment. I found the Dartzeel to have the sweetest sound but lacked the ultimate dynamics I expected and was used to with my CJ pre a... | |
| The best speaker you ever heard? Being an owner of these speakers, I am biased of course, they are the best speakers I have ever heard. They just get out of the way of the music. Not full range but the midrange is almost perfect to my ears. A little subwoofer augmentation puts th... | |
| Boulder 1008 advice on cartridge loading Just another update that I have soldered in a resistor to make the effective loading 500ohms. The beauty of the Boulder 1008 is it has two inputs so I have left input 1 as 1000ohms loading and input 2 as 500ohms!First impressions with 500ohms give... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Thats 100% correct buddy!The amp that is musically engaging that lets you forgot about all your gear is the best amp period!I have a little Redgum RGi60 that does that. | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. I now have a pair of Signal cable XLR to RCA cables connected between my Vitus amp and sub. In fact got a second sub today and must say the sound the bass is so tuneful. Signal Cable left pin 3 unconnected upon request.Very happy with the results ... | |
| Best Integrated, period. Ha!Everyone in those blind tests must have had wax in their ears. | |
| Boulder 1008 advice on cartridge loading Thanks mate. I will give that a try once the Boulder has reached a few hundred hours of run in. Its only a few weeks old.Cheers. | |
| Boulder 1008 advice on cartridge loading Just like to mention that I disconnected the resistor in each personality card to bring the loading up to 1Kohms to more match my Benz LPS.This has worked a treat and my vinyl rig is singing now!Needs a few hundred hours for the Boulder 1008 to ru... | |
| Boulder 1008 advice on cartridge loading Thanks guys.Realized I posted this thread in the wrong subsection!Yes, my mistake Al. I do have the Herron VTPH-2 which is their current model phono stage. Will try disconnecting the resistor using a soldering iron and see how it goes.Keep posted! | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. Just an update that I have ordered a pair of Signal Cable female XLR to RCA interconnects. I am a tiny bit worried about your comments on the grounding issue though. Will see how it goes.Thanks again for all your help Al.You are a fountain of know... | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. The amp is a Vitus RI-100.It does not have a dedicated sub output.But the 2 XLR preouts can be used into a subwoofer.Both XLRs need to be used when I emailed Vitus recently.Thanks. | |
| Recommendations of Cables to a Sub. Thanks Al.Yes, the connection from my amp to sub would be line level. There are a set of XLR preouts on the back of my amp. I need to use a pair of XLR cables from the amp and a pair of XLR to RCA adaptors for the sub side to keep the L and R chan... |