dhcod
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| Best MM? Thanks for all the advice! 2M Black is what you are all saying, ridiculously good... even after only 2 hours of listening.I started this process because my Lyra Delos was either broken or worn out or something. Turned out it was just dirt on the c... | |
| Best MM? Amazon sells the 2M Black so I can return it if I don’t like it! | |
| Best MM? $1500 will buy one a London Super Gold. It's a Moving Iron, not Moving Magnet, producing an output voltage of 5mV! The Herron phono amp has enough headroom to handle the London's unusually high output; not all do. The cartridge is not for everyone... | |
| Best MM? Budget, FYI, is up to $1500. I guess it's just going to be trial and error.... starting with either the Audio Note IO3 or the Clearaudio Maestro V2 Ebony. | |
| Best MM? I used to have a Virtuoso Wood but IMHO the Zephyr is a better tracking and sounding cart. Good to know. What's your phono preamp if I may ask? | |
| Best MM? Thanks for the thoughts. Anyone have any experience with an Audio Note IO3? Its so crazy that there’s no way to try out any of these cartridges before you buy. | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable I have my Thorens 124 with glued-on ebony wood spikes sitting on a 1" maple butcher block which sits on spikes attached to wall shelf bolted to a stud in the wall. It allows me to use the classic Swiss Beachwood plinth with no mushrooms instead of... | |
| Herron NOS Tubes I had a set of bugle boys in my system and to me they sounded great but not better than the 7DJ8s. | |
| Lyra Delos Stylus Crud on top of cantilever Did that just now. All it did was push the dirt up the cantilever. I was able to use a toothpick to knock it off. Don't think I killed it. Definitely sounds better. | |
| Neil Young - Guitarist I know from interviews that Neil Young isn't even in Neil Young's top 100 guitarists of all time. | |
| Can anyone who has heard Raidho X-1s and Harbeth M30.1s discuss the sound? Thanks for the spot on advice. Managed to hear X1s again last night and I can confirm Dave and Troy's assessment. | |
| Good Used Speakers ($8K-10K) For A Little Listening Room Another vote for active pro monitor in a small space. I use ATCs at work and the immediacy is exceptional. | |
| Lyra Delos A truth teller or what? J Carr has voiced the Delos to have a slightly bright top end to match more warm systems that need some detail.Thank you for this. It's the whole point I think. In this environment, the Delos is pretty tough to beat. Everything is system dependent... | |
| Herron VTPH-2 12ax7 Recommendations? One final update. I grew tired of the Telefunken 12AT7. Too analytical and I still wasn't able to match the balance very well with them and I found out why: it's the middle 12AT7, the one supplied as an Ei tube. It's the single output tube and tha... | |
| Herron VTPH-2 12ax7 Recommendations? Another update for people searching the archives for tube advice on the VTSP2: Telefunken 12at7 are a HUGE upgrade from the stock EH. In the end I’ve found this unit to be very sensitive to matching. Trying to get a solid center balance with NOS r... |