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| Joule Electra Amp Repair Hi Maril555,Sorry to hear about Simon. We were communicating in Jan this year about upgrading my LA-300ME to Platinum edition and then all went quiet. Is Judd Barber still active?Hi Atmaspehere,Can you upgrade the LA-300ME to platinum edition? | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Hi Charles,Thanks for your feedback. Looks like I have to try the Elrogs. I do agree with your previous post that the reissue WE300B is not great. But I do have a few pairs of vintage WE300B with rectangular getter of 1950'd and early 1960's era. ... | |
| Joule Electra Amp Repair Hi,I just called Joule Electra and a lady answered and said they are closed for business. I asked for Simon Thacher and she was quite abrupt and insisted they are closed for business. UP until Jan 2015, I was communicating with Simon vai email to ... | |
| Elrog 300B vs Takatsuki 300B tubes Hi Charles,Your posts on the Elrog has got me interested in them. Better than Takatsuki and EML is a very good thing. Have you tried old WE 300Bs? By old, I mean pre-1960? | |
| SPU Gold Reference vs Silver Meister vs Synergy? Dear lhcho,Sorry for late reply. I mean SPU Gold. Have not compared to Gold Ref. But I think the newer stylus don't sound as good as the older stylus. I also agree that SPU Mono sounds better than DL102. | |
| LCR phono stages we know about Lewm,Well, my Cole is available for sale. It's currently a 230v unit but I think it can be converted (need to rewire the input transformer). Will let it go for $500 excluding shipping and paypal charges.I bought my Wavac used. That's the only way ... | |
| SPU Gold Reference vs Silver Meister vs Synergy? I have heard the following and own all expect the Royal:1) 85th Anniversary, 2) Gold, 3) Royal and 4) Silver Meister. And I rank them in that order of preference. But the difference is small and all of them do have a house "SPU" sound. Just the di... | |
| LCR phono stages we know about There is also the Wavac LCR-X2 phonostage which uses LCR type RIAA equalization. Apparently, Wavac's founder is considered the originator of the LCR concept as detailed in some internet pages (don't flame me if you think otherwise, I am just passi... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms I have used a variety of headshells. I agree that these are important but need to be match with the cartridge. Unfortunately not enough is mentioned about headshells and leads IMHO. I like the Ikeda headshells for heavy carts and these have azimut... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Yes, I have done the Krebs mods on my SP10mk#. BTW, I have 2 units of SP10mk3, both with Krebs. It seems to make it sound quieter and more fluid. | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Lewm and HalcroI am very satisfied with the FR66s. In fact, through the years, while many others arms have come and gone, the FR was my first arm and still remains. I sold 3 FR64s to get the funds to move to the FR66s. It remains my favorite for t... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Jeff1225,Thanks for your inputs. You have a nice system. I like the SIT amps too. The only SS amps that I can live with so far.Yes, I am aware of the alternative view of the FR64s/66s from a few well known audiogon members and audio manufacturers ... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Hi Lewm,Yes, I understand about Silver Oxide being conductive also but I would think that having a mix of pure silver and silver oxide would have some detrimental effects, after all the audio community go to great lengths to get 4N/5N Silver with ... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Halcro,Thanks for the link to the WE-800/ST. $8K though is a little too steep for me now but ... LOL! Won't it be funny if I buy another and it's the same one I sold years ago.A nuded TT-101? Woo, you tempt me. But I already have too many TT's. I ... | |
| FR66s vs Ikeda IT-407 CR tonearms Lewm,Understand where you are coming from and I can agree with your comments in general.I had Dertonarm (Daniel B) change the wiring in my FR66s (Thuchan's recommendation). Wanted someone who knew how to work the FR66s and builds arms himself. I h... |