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| Looking for the Honda S2000 of turntables Either the Technics SL1200 MK II or Rega P3 are good choices. Yours is a question that has been asked dozens of times, and the same answers can be found in those threads.You *will* need to do some thorough homework about phono stages. There are a ... | |
| Feedback on Classic Audio Reproductions T-5 ...and Classic Audio has not had the T-5 at any shows that I have attended in the last few years.Few owners. Dearth of feedback. Little opportunity to hear them. Not a recipe for success.Have you looked into AudioKinesis' Planetarium Alpha? | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? Kal, you've touched on all the points. I see no need to debate the issue. | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? The merits...scientific and audio...the two are interlinked:Lower noise floor due to EMI/RFI rejectionLower noise floor due to absence of ground loop humBetter high end and low end extension and resolution when using long interconnects | |
| Balanced vs Unbalanced? I don't know what the heck you mean by separating the scientific merits of balanced and audio merits of balanced.It seems like picking a fight without understanding the topic. | |
| Cars. What does the typical audiophile drive? What defines an AMAZING deal on an E550?Please be specific. After all, you've now teased us with it. | |
| Great Monitors Joseph Audio Pulsar ? I agree with Madfloyd. I heard the Pulsars at RMAF 2009, and I was extremely impressed. I liked them so much I made it a point of listening to their full range big brothers in the next room, the Pearl 2. I thought the Pulsar and Pearl 2 were some ... | |
| SS amp - which one ??? 05-29-10: Jax2At $1500, I'd probably agree with Tvad - you'll be back to tubes as I can think of nothing in that range (that I've actually heard myself) that would keep me from going back to what I could do with $1500 in a used tube amp (Grant, if... | |
| Merlin TSM comparisons What's pertinent to this thread is the model TSM that Rebbi purchased, which he hasn't mentioned. Any discussion/debate about TSM models is wasted bandwidth until he specifies what he bought. | |
| SS amp - which one ??? Won't happen. You'll be back to tubes within six months of the switch.Good luck! | |
| tube damper help Magfan, McMaster.com lists the temperatures in Fahrenheit. I'm reporting what's on the website. I'm not an engineer nor a scientist. For explanations about the specs published in their catalog, I refer you to McMaster-Carr. | |
| directional cables? If Jea has more questions it would probably be best to post them in a new thread...Herman (System | Reviews | Threads | Answers)I'm beggin' ya. | |
| tube damper help McMaster.com has many O rings available, including silicone O rings with heat tolerance to 500 degrees, and in durometers of 55, 70 and 80.If you think you need temperature tolerance to 600 degrees, they have O rings made of Kalrez® Perfluoroelast... | |
| tube damper help In my experience, tube dampers are the least effective of all tweaks I have tried. | |
| dual volume controls? 05-26-10: Yogiboy...why not take it a step further and have two mono block preamps with separate power supplies?First Sound Paramount Statement Series with four chassis (scroll down the page for a photo). |