xagwell
Responses from xagwell
| Queen on American Idol I concur, Ace has to go. | |
| Shelter 90X Tracking Force Tom thanks a mil. Although I have a Shure Gauge, I had my Linn dealer fine tune my initial set up of the Shelter 90X. The Shelter dealer recommended the TF of 1.9. I will probably leave it alone as I am more set it/forget it until it is time for m... | |
| Shelter 90X Tracking Force Thanks. Yeah this cartridge is revealing things I never paid attention to before.....and I almost bought a Zyx airy, but my dealer suggested this would provide a better fit for the sound I was after. Actually it was going to be a 901 and a Agon me... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale Even Andy at VTS says good things about Kevin at Upscale. | |
| DAC or CD Mike although I have read a lot re: the "Remy" please advise how it improves over my CAL Audio/Benchmark DAC 1. | |
| Insurance Thanks for your info. My current homeowners policy is with Met. I'll check with my agent Monday. | |
| audio research LS15 preamplifier I have the LS-15 and use the Direct input for my DAC and the Balanced input for my phono stage. I can't say that I hear a big difference. Obviously you receive some advantges in gain when using balanced. Theoretically balanced makes a difference i... | |
| Good sources for tubes other than Upscale I recommend Andy at Vintage Tube Services hands down. I had a positive experience with Upscale, but VTS just seems more forthright. At this writing, Andy is preping a set of 4 Amperex/Mullard 12AX7LP for me to evaluate in my phono stage. Good luck | |
| Quest For Phono Preamp Try the E.A.R 88PB tubed stage. Gain/loading is automatic. Volume/mono is there with MM/MC. It is very quiet as well. I just auditioned one and it bettered my PH-3. | |
| Classical Recommendation Thanks for the feedback. I really love the sound of oboe/sax. Do any of your recommendations feature this combo? | |
| Best Male Singers of the 20th Century Remember in answering this question that you have stylists which most singers are, or you have technically good singers. A tech superior singer would be Mel Torme, also referred to as "The Velvet Fog" His pitch, tone, diction, and breath control w... | |
| Audio Research PH3 service, upgrades If it is not too late/you still care, I used the Tungsram 6922 in both my PH-3 and LS-15. For me it opened the soundstage, and dramtically extended the base vs the stock Sovtek 6922's | |
| How to Manage Rhea "Noise" Thanks again for the feedback. Please refer to the other post. | |
| Rhea Noise Once again Thanks for your feedback.. I recently spoke with Mike from Aesthetix. After some tube "gyrations" he concluded the tubes were bad at V 1/2 on both channels. He is burning in a new set for me as I write this. Since I mounted the Shelter ... | |
| Rhea Noise Thanks all for your feedback. Refer to the other post for additional info, however I never heard noise with the PH-3. The stock ARC/Rhea both use sovtek 6922. |