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| Next Phonostage Wmr57- I always enjoy your posts here.Lotus- i think we have corresponded here or elsewhere on other gear.To the OP- good hunting, there are lot's of good phono stages at the higher end of the scale, but I agree that you should try to audition som... | |
| Next Phonostage I had a Steelhead (2.0 version, but without remote) that I bought new, and used for a number of years. I rolled tubes, and settled on NOS Teles, and NOS Raytheons for 7044 slots. I ran it through the MM, not the step-ups, with both a Titan i and a... | |
| What is your favorite 1 hit wonder from the 70's? Ozz, Inna Gadda Da Vidi was 60's. I saw Iron Butterfly when the song was a hit.Stuck in the Middle with You was really Gerry Rafferty, he had a string of hits.What was the hit by 'Spiral Starecase'?(Pretty sure that was 70's but maybe it was 60's ... | |
| New level of ridiculousness Which power strip are you referring to Maril? | |
| Mc Anna , Lyra Titan or DynaVector XV 1s In view of the advice that the factory does this, I would probably go that route, and not try to have it done locally, if you can give up the arm for a little while. | |
| Mc Anna , Lyra Titan or DynaVector XV 1s Dream, there is a whole crew of pretty serious audio guys in Manila. They post on the What's Best Forum. You can reach out to them there for local help on rewiring, and avoid shipping issues. They are very nice guys and seem to be quite facile in ... | |
| Mc Anna , Lyra Titan or DynaVector XV 1s I have compared the Titan i to the Airtight PC-1 (not the Supreme) in my system and, using the Airline arm, the Titan sounded more 'spotlit' in the highs, the mids were natural and the bass was deep; by comparison, the Airtight sounded richer, but... | |
| AC Outlets I don't want to skew what people want tested but here's my offer- I'll put up $50 bucks toward the purchase of some additional outlets -whichever they are, I don't care, let the folks here pick em by consensus for the test. Send me a PM Peter, or ... | |
| AC Outlets Thanks Peter, i'm hardly an expert, some of this comes from basic behavioral 'testing', i.e. when you do polls or try to get an honest opinion from a subject; some of it, just my experience as a listener, i.e. i think i have pretty 'quick ears,' i... | |
| AC Outlets Leaving aside hook up, burn-in, etc., is there some way you can log listener reactions to match what receptacles/plugs they are responding to?are listeners allowed to share their comments as a group in deciding what sounds 'better' or 'worse'? (Th... | |
| Why does better power = better sound? Rower- I need you to clarify something and I'm not busting your chops in asking this: if the power supply in a component is less than perfect, wouldn't it be affected by the power that is delivered from the wall?Thanks in advance.(and no agenda on... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Philip: not sure I have much more to add, since I don't know what amps would sound best with your MLs. (I used stats exclusively from around 1974 until 2005 so i know why you like them, I do too, but I don't know what amps work and sound best with... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Hi, Charles, yes, I heard the first generation of it in my system, however, the later version to my ears, using the DR version of the 6H30 tube is substantially better. I am unclear whether the OP was looking for a line stage or a full-on preamp t... | |
| $18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please Philip, i think so much is dependent on the other pieces in the system that any absolute ranking is not going to be terribly meaningful. I think you do have to hear these things in your system, which, from what I gather, is not easy for you to do?... | |
| Micro Seiki, or TW AC-1 I was the one that raised the question of system synergy, given some of the diverse descriptions of sound, from too much leading edge, to dark and dead. I don't own an AC table; I'm using the Kuzma XL and Airline and am not promoting that either (... |