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Have anyone pics and tech-data for a SU-1 step-up?
Hi Raul,I wonder what phono stage you might be using? I must respectfully disagree with your assertion that a step up device inevitably degrades the sound! The combination of a tube phono stage with a nice step up driven by a lower output cartridg... 
Are Wilson speakers
I think you have upgradeitis...not that there's anything wrong with that! In fact about 2 1/2 years ago, I felt the exact same thing having lived with WP 2/1's for about ten years. I was using them for the most part with older Rowland electronics ... 
Best female manly voice?
Koko Taylor... 
Verity Audio Sarastro - Anybody heard
I listened to the Sarastros at the recent Montreal show and would have to agree with the impression that the ribbon tweeters did not appear to integrate well. They were also quite strident sounding and the whole setup which used a large solid stat... 
Personal speaker evolution
Speakers have changed least often so they can be remembered.I'll start with smaller Advents although there were some no name jobs in my very first system. Then came the larger Advents...I thought the smallers were better with more tuneful bass. Ne... 
What was your first music that you paid for?
Although I had been collecting 45's for a short while, I remember my first LP purchase vividly. I was brought along to Toronto with my parents on a trip and ended up at Sam the Record Man, then and for a long while the mecca of record stores in Ca... 
would you bother?
It all boils down to software availability and that boils down to several factors...1. Are you prepared to wait for the few new releases to come out on LP vs. CD?2. Are you prepared to pay a premium for LP reissues of music you may already have on... 
What music do you want to play really loud?
Lately it's been Rachel Podger doin' La Stravaganza. 
Review: Cable shootout Nordost, Purist, Synergistic, MIT Speaker cable
Well done Cmo! Happiness is finding the "right" wire. My personal IC/SC shootouts over the past two years has left the Purist Venustas standing for much the same reasons as you describe. No mean feat since our systems differ. 
Tubes for Nagra VPA
JWK, I have no clue what the other two holes are for. Just don't stick anything in there while the amps are running! Perhaps someone reading this could fill us both in.I have left the tubes alone in these amps. In general, swapping out tubes in yo... 
Tubes for Nagra VPA
JWK, I received your email but I'll use some Audiogon bandwidth and reply here as the bias adjustment seems to be a FAQ that has been asked before and in fact another Audiogoner helped me out with this as well.For this adjustment refer only to the... 
Tubes for Nagra VPA
I've been told well over 5000 hours for both the small tubes and the carefully selected stock Sino 845's. I doubt that you would need to change your tubes at least from the perspective of tube life.I agree that the owner manual's description of th... 
Tubes for Nagra VPA
You have the factory tubes installed. There was a mistake in Scull's review and even the owner's manual where they describe the small tubes as ECC82 and ECC83. You should use an E182CC and NOT the ECC82/12AU7 as mentioned in the other sources as t... 
You used to love it but now.......................
I used to listen a lot to Yes, ELO, Pink Floyd and Genesis (Selling England by the Pound saw a tremendous amount of time on the Technics) in my youth. I still have a few of these albums others having been lost, stolen, damaged. Frankly they just d... 
name this CD player please?
I think it's a Classe Omega.