sbrownnw
Responses from sbrownnw
| Floor standing speaker isolation advice needed. Wouldn’t hurt to call Paul at Soundocity.com before you do anything. | |
| What are the best entry level integrated amps and speakers? I would recommend demoing as much equipment as possible. This may require establishing a good relationship with one or more audio shops in the area or dealing with equipment ordered online with a trial period. I will +1 the Rega recommendation, ... | |
| Full-Range to Monitors I went (mostly) the other way about 2 years ago from Tekton 6.5t monitors to ProAc Studio 148s. While I would consider the 148s full range I would not consider their behavior to follow "full sized" boxes given their 2.5 way speaker and slim tower... | |
| Preamp under $2,000 used I have some extra Audio Refinement (YBA) gear. Preamp, matching CD and tuner also. | |
| Best cartridge under $1500. AT-33PTG/II from 2juki on eBay for $500. | |
| 1K sleeper MC cart? AT-33PTG/II and it’s only $500 from 2juki on eBay. | |
| Vincent SV-236MK Any input from the following thread posters on the design question I mentioned above? TIA@wilhoover @wolf_garcia @unplugged1 @rantzmar @jdlivestrong | |
| Vincent SV-236MK Joining this thread with my eyes on a Vincent SV-236 (non MK) with the all black knobs (no silver accent rings) with all 6 inputs as analog (yes, I will use them all). I currently use Audio Refinement separates (see system page for details) desig... | |
| Sweet Vinyl Sugarcube - I Want It!!! Will be interesting to see if Sweet Vinyl sells enough of these to keep the product line / company going. For me, the SC-1 new is: - 3x more than my phono preamp - about the same price as my modded RP6 (I got it as a demo) with GT Ref subplatter a... | |
| Which Budget Speakers, Tekton or Omega? I really liked my Tekton 6.5t monitors. Great midrange with right amount of punch about 12" from wall. I tried their mini lores, too laid back for me. I upgraded to ProAc Studio 148s and have not looked back. There is a pair of the 148s for sa... | |
| Falling out of love with tubes Last night I tried a Cary CAD-5500 premamp between my Audio Refinement separates (Pre5 preamp and Multi5 amp) in an attempt to get some tube harmonics introduced in the signal chain. Didn’t last an hour as it dulled my dynamics and musicality.Rest... | |
| power cables where do I start? I used signal cable magic power on all my sources including preamp. Great price for a great power cable. Didn’t like it on my amp. | |
| Tube buffer or tube preamp @elizabeth, how did you have the VAC tube preamp wired up in your system? Did you use the tube preamp in the solid state preamp's tape loop or between the two solid state components? If you used it between the two solid state components, did you... | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) I would consider a SV-236 (non mk) or SV-226, both in black. | |
| hybrid integrateds (Vincent and others) I'll pass on the Pathos... |