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| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black I have no idea what you are talking about, I have two Linn LP12s a SOTA Sapphire, A Micro Seiki MR711, Logic Tempo E and Russco Cue Master to play my 78s. Which I have not sold, though I did have it up for sale once and cancelled the ad. Good dete... | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black And I will respectfully disagree... | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black Big_Greg, of course you are correct, and are speaking from first hand experience. Some have not been in the hobby long enough to understand that someone’s first hand experience may be contradictory to another’s experience. We can all just report w... | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck I think that I listed the speakers that those who post on the Naim forum use and have found to be a good match in my first post.And BTW I did not say that there was any problem with the Vandy pairing, as I have not heard it. I did say that the pai... | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck All XS-2 are the older 60 watt amps, and all XS2 are the current, 70 watt amps.Vandies and Naim are not a usual pairing. Having owned both, at different times, not sure that road would be for me, YMMV. | |
| Want to upgrade my cartridge from 2m blue to black Agree with Stevecham source first. Put the money aside until you can chip in some more for a new turntable. No need to put racing slicks on an Accord. | |
| Hercules 2 vs Valhalla heat problems Well cap life is affected by a number of factors, how old the cap is, how close it is operated to its voltage rating, power pulses, ambient temperature, and I’m sure several more. No doubt about it the caps are operated near or over voltage which ... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" LOL, thank you. Fortunately, most of my Naim gear is in the rack where I don’t have to see the back side, or in storage boxes where I don’t have to see any side! | |
| Hercules 2 vs Valhalla heat problems I think that they both use the same high voltage stage. I would also say that the 15K power resistors fail a hell of a lot less than the caps do, in the Valhalla. | |
| Naim Nait Integrateds... Sound Quality Comparison, User Comments and Bang for the Buck You’re in luck. I have owned them all, with the exception of the 5si, and most at the same time. I will start by saying that all Naim amps sound best in the context of the complete Naim ecosystem, so no power conditioning, din interconnects and NA... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" Back in the day, pro amps were sited with what we call the back facing the front so as to make changing interconnects and speaker cables easier, without having to go behind the amp. Studio time was expensive even back then, so anything that made c... | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" How about dual volume controls? Good for sound, bad for ergonomics. | |
| Best return for the money, system upgrade suggestions please. Pay down those loans!After that, source first. IMHO your system is unbalanced by the middling digital sources, YMMV. | |
| Replacement tubes for C-J Viva tubes is my go to tube vendor. Very reasonable prices and the match on their matched tubes is excellent. | |
| Top Ten "Reasons I Don't Like This Component" I think it’s interesting that Audio Research preamps are designed for left handed folks with the volume control being to the left of the selector switch and the furthest left dial on the face plate. Conrad-johnson being designed for right handed f... |