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| Best Phono Stage within 2000 $ With an X-1 pre I would not even think long about the right phono stage: Pass XOno. A friend is running one with his INT150 and it's a perfect combination. He runs a Dynavector XX-2 cartridge into the Pass which works well too. | |
| Budget Low-Capacitance Interconnects I third the Blue Jeans LC1 (C=12.2 pF/ft).I didn't realize the capacitance of the Blue Heaven was this low (C=8.1 pF/ft). | |
| Best Phono Stage within 2000 $ I heard good things about the Whest PS30R but no chance to listen to one yet. There have been excellent reviews on some German forums comparing it closely to a Pass Xono which seems to fall in a similar direction sonically.For the US$ used price t... | |
| Best Phono Stage within 2000 $ While there is not necessarily a "best", I would consider the following:- Vacuumstate JLTI- Pass XOnoI preferred both to the Sutherland Ph.D., EAR 834R and some much more expensive stages. Some others that look interesting:- ARC PH3 SE- K&K Ma... | |
| EAR 834P and gain A reduction of voltage gain by 30% amounts only to a 3dB reduction in gain. You would end up with a gain of around 65dB. | |
| Jelco Tonearn SA750D Jelco does manufacture the Vivid arms as well as Sumiko, Graham Robin, and some others. | |
| My LP couldn't beat my CD, until now After 15 years in analog, I had a similar 'wow' experience when I inserted Vacuumstate JLTI phono stage into my system (after a Trichord Dino, Wright WPP200C). The second 'wow' followed quickly when I got my first >$1k cartridge. I did not thin... | |
| Cain and Cain dealers in western canada? You could just cross the border and visit Jason in Walla Walla who is running Terry Cain's shop now. A few hours and nice trip across the mountains. Or maybe Jason can refer you to someone who owns a pair of Cain & Cain's.If you make it to Eas... | |
| Is there a process to match a Cartridge to a Phono The other way round ;)You have to match capacitance for MM and resistance for MC for fine tuning. Lots of info on cartridge loading in the Asylum and on Audiogon. | |
| CDP's being dumped for hard drive driven units? You get full benefit of the license and so does someone else, but the artist gets paid only once.What if I have a vinyl copy as well as the CD? Do I get some license contributions back as I paid twice for the license? :)I agree otherwise, it is mo... | |
| Your vote: Most Useless Audio Adjective "taken my system to the next level"Which level, how are they defined, much difference is there between levels??"huge improvement"That one has a "huge" information content...I am probably even guilty myself using these now and then ;) | |
| Preference for separate phono stages? To contribute some more to this topic:The best people to ask are designers of full function preamps on why they choose a single box solution. Talking to Allen Wright, he thought the main advantage was that one could avoid one more gain/buffer stag... | |
| Preference for separate phono stages? Paul, don't you own a Shindo preamp? If that is the case you answered your own question - it's all about the design and the implementation (and maybe some added flexibility for separates).Most external phono stages are better than internal ones ju... | |
| Zero Stat Gun I complete second Dougdeacon's response. What you are hearing has 99% likely nothing to do with static. As Doug state with static you would hear a very loud pop only every few revolutions.What you DO hear is dirt in the grooves or possibly even gr... | |
| CDP's being dumped for hard drive driven units? After my last high-end CDP developed problems with the transport, I switched and now don't even have any CD or DVD player around any longer. |