larryi
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| Get new FM receiver or better antenna? Kotta,Your suggestion for the C. Crane antenna looks interesting. It appears to be a fancy and more versatile version of a simple dipole antenna at a not unreasonable price. They give good advice on alternative configurations of the dipole legs.Di... | |
| Lean sound. What's the cause? Unless one spends BIG bucks on a multichannel receiver, these things necessarily compromise sound quality. In particular, volume controls are critical to sound quality and good ones cost a lot of money. So, most multichannel receivers go with chea... | |
| Get new FM receiver or better antenna? Even if you upgrade to a better tuner, you will need a decent antenna, so I would start there first. Check out the following website for guidance on indoor antenna selection:http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/antenna.htmlThere is a link on th... | |
| Harmonic Resolution Systems - under SS pre-amp It's pretty hard to say if there will be an improvement. There will likely be a change, but whether the change is for the better is another matter. A lot of people think that any reduction in vibration (either from external sources or internally g... | |
| The best phono stage out there? Ecka,At best, you will be able to compile a list of candidates. Unfortunately, there is no realistic way to audition the various candidates in your own system.I've only heard the Sutherland at shows, so at best, I can say that the systems I heard ... | |
| Buffer pre or active pre... Hi5,It appears that you are talking about an active buffer linestage with unity or close to unity gain vs. an active linestage with some gain. If you don't need the gain, the simpler circuit should sound better. The buffer linestagestage, if well ... | |
| Buffer pre or active pre... When you say buffer pre, you are talking about an active preamp, the buffer being an active component. Do you mean a unity gain (no gain) buffer preamp vs. one with gain? Or, are you confusing active vs. passive (no amplification stage or buffer s... | |
| What footer best under cd player As others have mentioned, there is no "best" and no real way to determine what works best for you except experimentation. It is NOT the case that the more isolation/absorption of vibration the better the sonic result. A bunch of friends tried diff... | |
| Which is the most tubelike solid state amp around I am a tube person, but, more specifically, I like low-powered triode tubes (I run a SET 2a3 amp in my system). There is nothing quite like a SET amp to get all the beautiful harmonics and texture of instruments right and to get notes to bloom nat... | |
| Surface Noice, yubes and solid state Atmasphere,That is a very interesting, and plausible, explanation. Ringing does make sharp, short impulses, such as a record surface blemish, seem much louder. When I want to play music loudly late at night I use a pair of Stax Omega II electrosta... | |
| First jazz spin ever Horace Silver, what next? I would look for a double CD put out by Bluenote with the title "Best Bluenote Album in the World." It includes the following classic titles, and a whole lot more:Horace Silver: Song for my FatherJohn Coltrane: Blue TraneArt Blakey: MoaninCannonba... | |
| Cartridge Setup w/Geodisc by MoFi A friend has a Geodisc and I have a Feickert. When setting up an arm where the pivot point can be easily sited, they come quite close to agreement on proper alignment (we used both on a Schroeder Reference). I much prefer the Feickert for ease of ... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret I set antiskating by ear, using a Shure test record (i.e., a torture test with increasing modulation levels). Setting antiskating this way always improves the ability to track test records. Frankly, I have so few regular records that my cartridge ... | |
| Transformer-coupled tube phono pres I believe that some of the Audionote (uk) phono stages are transformer coupled (referred to as balanced output). These are truly cost-is-no-object designs, so there must be something good about using transformers for the output. Audionote uses tra... | |
| Buying expensive used CD player/transp = bad idea? If it is a very expensive piece of gear, I would consult with the manufacturer about availability of parts or whole assemblies. Most long term manufacturers will have an inventory, but even that may not last. If you are really committed to a parti... |