clio09
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| Speaker cables.. Budget again.. With a twist... Try the White Lightning DIY recipe as described in 6Moons:http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/whitelightning/moonshine.htmlYou can buy 2 bundles of 40 ft. cord at Wal-Mart for around $20. Then get some connectors and give it a whirl. | |
| Music Reference RM9 - user comments please The Avatar and Avatar SE run EL-34 tubes only. I believe the Avatar Super runs KT-88s.Autoformers are a bit more work to get into balanced mode. John is a bit of a perfectionest so I anticipate a good 6 months or so before something becomes availa... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp I have about 200 hours on mine and the bass has started to open up more. It sounds very good and am looking forward to hearing what it can do with my VAC Musicblocs that I'll be getting this week. | |
| Music Reference RM9 - user comments please Interesting on the KT-88s. I myself have always preferred EL-34s. I thought both my Cary V12i and my RM-9 MkII sounded great with the Siemens. Right now I'm using a VAC Avatar SE with the National Electric EL-34s, but am getting a set of Auricle M... | |
| dead quiet My first epiphany with the term "dead quiet" as it relates to analog was when I dropped by to visit Albert Porter and heard his system.Wish I could say the same for mine, although digital is another experience altogether. | |
| Balanced or Unbalanced? Spoke to Ralph just this week and he indeed does like the Mogami Neglex. I'll be trying it myself. | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp I opened the unit to change the gain on the phono boards and was amazed at their size. Swapping the gain though was a snap. I haven't heard the phono stage yet but I have had the K&K Audio SE and Hagerman Trumpet recently and if it gives me at... | |
| Jeff Rowland Capri preamp Just got the Capri and put it in my system yesterday. Currently running it single ended but that will change once I get some balanced cables. I'm currently looking at trying Mogami Neglex, Oyaide Pa-02TX, and Magnan Vi. I may add the Alha Core TQ-... | |
| Recommendations For New Table/Arm Under $4k $4600 or $4050 the Galibier Serac rig is hard to pass up.If you want to set your budget dollars a little lower A Scheu Analog with battery power supply could be an option. | |
| Calling for inputs on Oritek X-2 I preferred the X-2 to the X-1. As previously mentioned bass was more improved and I felt the sound stage was larger and the imaging was defined a bit better as well. | |
| Warm copper speaker cables under $500 new Second Alpha Core as a good choice. Quite the bargain to boot. | |
| Advice on turntable rig Graham arms have been known to work well with SOTA tables. You might be able to get a Nova in your price range. | |
| Tube Rolling 12AX7 - Need Advice/Suggestions Of those new production tubes that were given to you the Groove Tubes are the best IMO. Try them in the amp. As previously stated those RCAs will be hard to beat, so keep them in the CDP. Of course a lot depends on whether you are using closely ma... | |
| New Rowland Criterion 2-chassis battery pre I'm going to be running a Rowland Capri with Tubes (VAC). Should be an interesting experiment. | |
| ZeroDust still the best? I have read here that some people do that. I tried it myself but now just dry brush after the ME. |