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| atmasphere 6as7g output tubes. It's your amp and it's your money, therefore, as long as you are using the same tube type, knock your socks off and roll the NOS tubes. | |
| before I buy Why not just plug it in and see how it sounds? Unless you have some technical expertise, what exactly are looking to test and/or see? Are you concerned about unauthorized modifications? | |
| Focal 1027 be or micro utopia be signature? This may sound like a flippant comment, but I would buy the one that sounded the best to my ears.If you have a large room and play your music at high spl, then the choice leans more to the Focal 1027 | |
| Question about Nordost Power Cables There could be a third possibility..they are fake Nordost. Take a detailed picture and send it to Nordost or take them to an authorized dealer for verification. | |
| VPI HRX The HRX "use" to come with air bladders in the suspension towers which were prone to leaking. VPI latter replaced the air bladders with a air balls (racquetballs). The previous owner of your table probably upgraded the suspension. | |
| UP-OCC solid core copper for speaker cable Audioquest, Furutech, Oyaide, MIT, PAD, Acoustic Zen, Harmonic Technology, Neotech, Wireworld are just a few companies that use UP-OCC Copper in their cables. | |
| VPI Rim Drive vibrations Stringreen, I own or have owned the TNT 3,4,5, Super Platter, and Classic platters. My order of preference is Classic, TNT5, Super Platter, TNT4 and lastly the TNT3. I can easily understand how someone may prefer the Super Platter over the Classic... | |
| Granite surface plate Audio blazer, don't forget that HRS uses a 0.75" granite platform set in a aluminum shell and sitting on a polymer bed and supported by load specific feet. The surface plate being discussed is 4 times the mass of the HRS. Granite is useful for iso... | |
| VPI Rim Drive vibrations The Super Platter had a problem with the Delrin seperating from the stainless steel middle sandwich on a few examples, not all. In addition, manufacturing the Supper Platter cost 3 times that of the Classic platter which would drive its retail pri... | |
| Got big amp-help with 20A line and receptacle Whatever you end up doing, make sure it's up to code. My electrician installed a pony box off the main breaker box that services my audio components. When I go on vacation or the system is not in use for extended periods of time, I can turn the po... | |
| Granite surface plate Surface plates when purchased from machine equipment suppliers are inexpensive. As other have noted, putting a heavy surface plate on the top shelf could cause a pendulum effect. You do have an option of counter balancing the pendulum effect by pl... | |
| New Vandersteen oil cooled hybrid amplifiers Why oil and not a traditional coolant like ethylene glycol mixed with water? | |
| Update from EMM XDS1 to XDS1 V2 Don't people who spend $25,000 on a CD player just go out and buy a new unit and not worry about upgrades? | |
| CATSL1 best pre under 3K? The CAT SL1 is an awesome preamp and represents great value especially when you factor in the outstanding onboard phono section. | |
| should I suspend a floor-standing turntable? Go ahead and mount it on the wall. Most wall mounts are secured by 4 screws that go into the studs. A little puddy and paint will fix the wall "if" your landlord finds out and insists that you take it down. |