mofimadness
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| arc pre-amps SP-9 LS7 or the SP12 with vandersteen One of my all time favorite preamps is the SP9MKII or MKIII. It has a wonderful phono stage. The SP12 is pretty old. I have heard the LS7, but not in my system.The SP9 series only uses (2) tubes, so tube rolling is inexpensive. The SP12 uses (5) t... | |
| Does anyone have advice on power cables? Sorry, I'll try again:http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PGAC9 | |
| Does anyone have advice on power cables? I'm also a fan of the Pangea AC Power cords. Excellent value. I am an infomerical so here you go:http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=PGAC9 | |
| Azden Cartridges The job of the stylus is to trace, (or retrace) the groove as close as possible to the actual cutting stylus. So, in this case, yes the line contact will have a closer profile to the cutting stylus. | |
| Preamp suggestions I third the Modwright. Excellent sound and value. Punches way above it's price point. | |
| Azden Cartridges Same cartridge, different styli. | |
| Testing speaker capacitors I am assumimg you have a pair of speakers? Just remove both tweeters and swap them. If the twetter works in the other cabinet, then you have a crossover, (or wiring) problem. If it doesn't work, you need a new tweeter. | |
| Rotel RB1080 vs Odyssey Stratos vs McCormack DNA If you have a tight fit in your cabinet, the Odyssey amp is a MONSTER amp. If the Rotel fits tight, the Odyssey might not fit at all.I agree that either the McCormack or the Odyssey will better your Rotel. | |
| Kora in the U.S. There are (6) US dealers listed on the Kora website:http://www.kora.net/ | |
| Amp Power Conditioner or not? I have my amp plugged directly into the wall. I found it sounded better also. | |
| No sound from cdp. Sounds like the DAC is not "locking" onto the output from the transport. Maybe the Marantz is shuting off the digital output after a period of time. Turning off , then back on, resets the digital out. Could also be that the transport is outputing ... | |
| Snell CIV woofer? If you still actually have the woofer, just have it reconed/refoamed. This is an excellent company to use:http://www.simplyspeakers.com | |
| Best Online Music Retailers Here's a few:http://store.acousticsounds.com/index.cfmhttp://www.elusivedisc.com/http://www.musicdirect.com/http://www.soundstagedirect.com/ | |
| Excellent affordable cables and interconnects. I also have read and heard a lot about Grover's cables. I am currently using Black Mountain Cables, (available here on Audiogon at auction). They are a tremendous value and sound wonderful. I'm going to try Grover's cables next very shortly... | |
| Dgital cable under 150.00. Cardas |