ihcho
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| Newbie Analog High Expectations?? As somebody pointed out, you have to get used to the play noise. Sometimes a brand new LP has play noise. Many times used LPs sold in mint condition have play noise.You would also need to purchase a good cleaning machine.As for quality/money, Thor... | |
| I need an economical but good phono preamp? My pick: Yaqin MS-12B tube phono preamp. With sock Chinese tubes it was just about as good as bellari vp129 and Clearaudio micro basic. But after changing to NOS tubes, it works noticeably better than those two and almost as good as my friend's Au... | |
| lps from "classic records" as awesome as axis bold >>I cannot believe how much better the new vinyl is than the old.<<...By and large the preponderance of original pressings will smoke the reissues.I've experienced both. Some of the new re-release I have are exceptionally good, like Mu... | |
| Blues from the 50s/60s/70s If I were to pick one to start with, I would go for Muddy Waters 'Folk Singer.'It was released a couple of years ago. | |
| Phono Pre Amp? My mistake. Not Audio Electronics ae-3 mkii, but Audio Electronics PH-1. | |
| Phono Pre Amp? Try Yaqin MS-12B. You can get it at somewhere between $250 and $400. ;-) It worked better than my friend's Bellari with Chinese stock tubes.I changed the stock 12AX7s to old used mullards and 12AU7s to old RCAs (paid $80 for both), and the sound g... | |
| Vinyl Find of the Week? I bought 1300+ LPs at $150. Mixed lots - classical, jazz, pop, rock, folk, easy listening, ...Over half of them in (very) good listening condition.It was a deal of my life time. | |
| Cartridges - what have you owned and your opinion Grado ZTE+, Black, Green, Prestige GoldAudio Technica AT125LC, and few more lowerSchure M97xEADC XLM MKII ImprovedClearaudio Aurum Classics WoodMy pick for best performance/price is ADC XLM, then comes AT125LC, both at under $100 for both cartridg... | |
| Tube preamp noise I got NOS Sylvania GTB tubes and 1960's Russian tubes. They sound equally good, but got Russian tubes at the same price as Chinese ones, much cheaper than Sylvania tubes. Sounds notably better than the Chinese.For the microphonic noise, the Russia... | |
| ADC XLM Mk2 question The ADC XLM MKII Improved is one of the best among several mid-low priced MM cartridges I have owned:Clearaudio Aurum Classic WoodGrado Prestige GoldAudio Technica AT125LCShure M97xEI also bought a new ADC cartridge from LP Gear and it is a real b... | |
| Tube preamp noise I could not notice any microphonic problem with the new Chinese tubes. I have 10 used 6SN7 GT/GTA/GTB tubes form GE, Sylvania, and EH, and they all suffer microphonic rather severely. With a gentle touch on the amp case will generate an echo on th... | |
| Tube preamp noise "You might buy some new production 6SN7 tubes...like Shuguang...and install those. The new tubes should not be microphonic, especially if they are purchased from a dealer that screens for this problem."I got Shuguang 6SN7, and yes, I found they do... | |
| Rogue Magnum 99/ph vs PrimaLuna Pro3 vs AE PH-1? I tried those two preamps on McIntosh 275 (with Klipsch LaScalar and Velodyne subwoofer) and Linn AV5105 (with Tyler Taylo 7U).I felt Magnum 99 worked real nice with MC, both the CD and phono. The sound stage was wider, the base was deeper, and mo... | |
| Top resistors "Of the lot that I tried, I rank Russian 6N8S tops, followed closely by Raytheon GT, followed by EH. "Is it common consensus in audigon?I've read from some other forums that Russian made 6N8S tubes are not as good as US made 6SN7 family tubes.This... | |
| Tube preamp noise Socket replacement? It is an easy job?How often a socket can go bad? Is it a common problem for tube amp/preamp?Thanks much for your help. |