nsgarch
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| Insurance A note of caution about "replacement value":You want to make sure you BOTH read your policy AND confirm with your agent whether it is NEW replacement value OR current market value of your (now used) equipment.1.) It should be for it's current NEW ... | |
| SUPEX SD-900 Retip ? van den Hul will retip anything (cartridge, I mean!) and reasonably (around $200 or so) with their best diamond. Go to their website to get the email and phone of their US office. | |
| Bryston Amp for Magnepan 3.5R Bryston and Maggies are a match made in heaven (which is why the factory demos Maggies w/ Bryston amps) But Maggies are also very power-hungry so the 3B probably won't cut it. 4B at a very minumum, 7B should be quite adequate.On the other hand, if... | |
| Opinions on speaker cable upgrade John, thanks for the report. Now I'm wondering if the AA's might be too detailed for my system (check it, you'll see what I mean) On the other hand, they're only making them for a year I understand, so maybe I should try a pair somewhere. Where wo... | |
| Opinions on speaker cable upgrade Jwpstayman: You comment that "The PAD AA cabes are better at the frequency extremes than the Venustas"What led you to that conclusion? Thanks. | |
| Helikon LOADING Raul, I did not realize your new phono pre was a "current" device. I think that is wonderful. I did see another one recently, and if I can find it again ;~)) I will send you the link.N. | |
| Maggies with Mark Levinson preamp/amp A friend of mine (also a member) has, like me, a 23.5 and 26s. I have Martin Logan CLS IIz's, and he has a pair of Maggie Tympani 1-Ds. Both systems sound terrific, and although I think Brystons would also be very nice with Maggies, I think they'd... | |
| Helikon LOADING Raul is correct, though I think I already covered all those same points.It is important to remember however, that installing load resistors of the maufacturer's specified value will most likely not result in your cartridge actually "seeing" that e... | |
| Helikon LOADING Nil, the 25x rule emerged from experience and experiment and also compiling data from those (few) cartridge manufacturers who actually publish optimum load values for their products (like van den Hul).Anyway after compiling a lot of data (on norma... | |
| Double your pleasure with same cable throughout? Jim, you're going to get responses on both sides of this issue. Here's what I think about that:If most of your electronics (particularly amp and preamp) are from the same manufacturer, you (should) already have a built-in system synergy. In this c... | |
| Second Chance offer Scams on ebay? The email might look like it's from eBay (same form and graphics) Here's how you can tell if it's a scam or real (and don't worry about trying to read all the other "clues"):Go to your "My Ebay" page and click on "My Messages". If the same message... | |
| Helikon LOADING Jeff: Well, yes, you are endeavoring to impedance-match the cartridge to the phono preamp. The 25x value may turn out to be right on the nose (after experimenting a little up or down and making listening comparisons, taking notes -- always take no... | |
| Helikon LOADING Hi Jeff, re: impedance matching of cartridges:A device which is generating a voltage into a load (could be a source like a tuner or CDP into a preamp, or a preamp into an amp, or a cartridge into a phono preamp) has to "see", or work into, enough ... | |
| Helikon LOADING Nil, the 25X rule (that I have been endlessly promoting and which you'll find discussed in depth on other threads) is, I keep reminding people, a theoretical optimum, based on the more or less universal objective of good impedance matching.However... | |
| Watt-Puppy Bitimus disks I believe it's 'bituminous' disks, anyway, a great substitute that does the job (better, I think) are the thin, nickel-sized clear vinyl disks you can buy in packs at Ace Hardware or HD (meant for putting under glass tops on wood furniture). As lo... |