xiekitchen
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| Impedance loading low-output MC cartridges... I have an older Benz low output (model 3 or something) and when I had my crummy Forte 2 preamp I could also hear a great deal of difference between 47K ohm setting and 100 ohm setting.. the 100 ohm was better. I am told by my dealer Benz likes to ... | |
| It seems that I wrote a psychodelic poem You guys ever have dreams about speakers and other equipment? I sometimes have dreamt my system's speakers suddently were really big and then phantasmagorically got very small or had sound that really sucked and I was perplexed in my dream.. you g... | |
| Analog newby question I have a heavily modded Rega Planar 3 with a moving coil Benz 3 (old one, nowdays) going into a benz PP1 phono stage.. it is absolutely CRUCIAL that the cartridge is properly installed with azimuth, offset, VTA, and antiskating set right. Otherwis... | |
| Spica's TC 50 vs. Sound Dynamic RT 3's I've had two pairs of TC-50's. The first was the original and the second has slightly better connectors, a cross brace, different felt configuration around soft dome tweeter and supposidly better power handling. The later model TC-50 was better. T... | |
| Rap music on high-end speakers I have been reading this chain and a philosophical discussion on aesthetics (what is beauty, are there defendable or identifiable musical values that are recognized by everyone? or is there nothing and so anything is good if I say it is good, etc.... | |
| Speaker Mods? I bought tweeter replacements from Madisound and had no problem... these were exact replacement tweeters. Changing tweeters to another model is NOT recommened.. will really screw alot of things up I'm told. | |
| Best speakers for a small room? 10'X14' I have modified TC-50's and they sound spacious in a large room but no bass.. they only seem to work in a smaller room. | |
| Audiophiles in Caracas, Venezuela? can't say I do but I go fairly regularly to Trinidad & Tobago not too far away and their idea of "sterio" is "boxes" or very large homebrewed PA-type systems with 15"woofers in horn loaded enclosures with large horn tweeters, usually low quali... | |
| To turn off or not to turn off I have a Forte 1a (fifty watts a side class A) and I have never been able to really tell that much difference between cold and hot running. It did sound lousy when I first bought it until it broke in, however. | |
| GEORGE HARRISON I remember the first time I heard "all things must pass" in a record store in Erie Pa, I think I was about 12 or 13 years old at the time, it was 1973, I loved it and have never forgot that music.. also remember seeing Yellow Submarine on TV about... | |
| seeking info from MFSL experts These Anadiscs were produced from early to mid 90's, I think the Bob Marley title produced around '97 or '98(?) | |
| I Need an Upgrade Path...Help Please where's your power conditioner/filter?Buy a Tice solo or similier.. immediate improvement.Try out some cardas cables... | |
| Cheap Stuff That Keeps Up? Rega Brio... Rega cartridges.. JPW millenium speakers.. | |
| My 1st TT your thoughts, please? Go rega all the way and you can't go wrong..Music Direct sells hi-fi vinyl. I buy vinyl imports when I can find them on e-bay.. keep searching for the titles you want. | |
| What are you doing with your tax return? I already spent my $600.. on a used Rega Planet.. it's great! 1st CD player I ever owned.. (I'm a die hard rega ANALOG fan) |