closdesducs
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| Best drink while listening to your rig? A well-cellared bottle of Domaine Georges Roumier Chambolle Musigny, Les Amoureuses. A glimpse of Heaven in a Burgundy stem... | |
| Garrard 301/401 audition request Coincidentally, this past weekend I received from the gentleman who sold me his Shindo 301, the following link to a Positive Feedback article: The Garrard Project 2015: From Simple to Spectacular!A great read and somewhat of a surprise to me that ... | |
| Garrard 301/401 audition request Just a little note to say that my journey has come full circle. Several years ago, I was able to audition a Shindo 301 Player System over at Pitch Perfect Audio back when Matt was based in SF and came away mightily impressed in its performance wit... | |
| Source for Belden 9497 speaker wire? Much appreciated Kjweisner! | |
| What Preamp to replace ARC sp-9 mkIII While I too kept my SP-9, mki, I later acquired an SP-10 mki that was a workhouse in my system and paired well with Vandy 3A's and both an ARC VT100 mkiii amp and a pair of ARC M100 monoblocks. Mostly analog playback. A year later, I added an SP-1... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? Chris_Launder,Here's the link to ModWright's website. http://www.modwright.com/modifications/sony-xa5400es.phpModWright did an excellent job and the build quality was great. My analog/digital playback ratio is ~70/30 and I don't think I'll be upgr... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? Sony SCD XA5400ES with the ModWright Ultimate Truth Mod. Upgraded the stock Sovtek 6SN7 output tubes to Sophia Electric 6SN7 and the stock Sovtek 5AR4 rectifier tube to a NOS Philips 5R4GYS. A pair of WyWire Juice II Silver power cords complete th... | |
| Remember the year and first vynil you ever bought? Summer of 1972 and it was a 45 of the Raspberries "Go All the Way". My neighbor Edmund Malama and I played it on my mom's Zenith hifi on a cart with the flower pot speakers until it drove her batty. | |
| ARC SP-11 MkII vs. ARC Ref. 1 & the winner is..... I had a similar experience with an Agon seller A/B-ing his ARC Ref 3 against his SP-11 mki that he had listed for sale. On his system, the Ref 3 was marginally better, but it was so very close. I'm glad he sold me his SP-11. It's been a workhorse ... | |
| Separate playbacks for vinyl, cd? I can totally relate to your post. I have an Audio Research SP-10 preamp that really brings out the best in my turntable setup, but IMO it isn't as strong when it comes to digital playback (a fair amount of bloom and color). Conversely, my ARC SP-... | |
| Tube Preamp for McCormack DNA-0.5 When I'm running my McCormack DNA-1, it's been paired with an Audio Research tubed preamp with very good results; either an SP-10, SP-11 or an SP-9. The SP-9 only has two 6922 tubes and I've subbed in Siemens CCa's, amongst other NOS tubes, for th... | |
| Garrard 301/401 audition request Gospelcollector,I've heard great things about the 401 too. Comparing the two TTs side by side, it feels like the 401 build quality isn't the same as the 301, but I've heard others rave about its sonic capability.I have a fairly clean 401 tucked aw... | |
| Garrard 301/401 audition request Jcote,Thanks for sharing info on your Woodsong Audio 301 plinth and rebuild. I agree, Chris H. does exemplary work! I was fortunate to acquire a Cocobola plinth from him for my Linn LP-12. As for the 301, I'm in the process of obtaining quotes for... | |
| tonearm + cartridge for custom lenco 75 I am in the same boat and while I'm saving up for the 12" Schick tonearm, my near term plan is to use a just acquired SME 3012, Series 2 tonearm and a Denon DL-103 mounted in a wood body. Total came to ~$1300. | |
| Your First System My first system which I bought from a hifi store on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood the first week after enrolling in college consisted of an Onkyo TX-1500 mkii receiver (which I still have and other than a missing power button, works great!) that put o... |