waltroman
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| Stand out phono stages The phono stage in my Rowland Concentra integrated was stellar. That said I have been listening to MM cartidges latley and settled on A Soundsmith Boheme cartridge mated to there top MM stage. I have just spent the last three weeks on the power su... | |
| Quad II/forty problem solved First off I think the parts you are referring to are resistors not capacitors. My guess it was one of the KT88's but that is a WOG (wild ass guess.) Is it possible for a KT88 to be bad or fail in a way to make it draw and abnormal amount of heater... | |
| what is an ideal tube amp If you want to save some bucks check out Mapletree Audio preamps and a pair of their Super Stealth amps. Classic circuits and just different enough. SET's will work with horns but having a more controlled bass lower output impedance will never hurt. | |
| Killing sibilance distortion - VPI & Jubilee I happened upon this thread and thought I would chime in a few years late. My Black Widow arm and Empire 2000E/III has 'O' sibilance problems. I also tracks like a hound dog on a hot dog. My Denon 301 MKII in the same setup was very good but not t... | |
| Ray Samuels F117 Nighthawk vs. PS Audio GCPH I have listened to the Nighthawk with a number of cartridges and it has performed very well in my system. It has a large presentation that never gets restricted in size during symphonic crescendos. I would describe it to have a full rich sound, no... | |
| surface noise and cartridge/ phono pre questions Static charge on records is also a very strong candidate, especially if your in house conditions include lack of humidity. First things first. | |
| Vintage or new turntable Find a Technics 1200 and look up KAB for an upgrade path. I will guarantee you these tables will go up in value. Check the KAB websight for a little history of the 1200 pretty eye opening understanding that the technology behind the drive system m... | |
| MC versus MM. Which to choose. It is harder and harder to deliver to the market a high quality below $500.00 cartridge. I am listening now to an Empire 2000E that was bought NOS and from a Gramaphone review I read from back in the 70's that cartridge sold for Around $229.00. It... | |
| Denon 301 II up and running. With the Samuels Nighthawk I load the 310 at 100ohm, 50 too low and 500 it seems bright. Walt | |
| Denon 301 II up and running. We lost power for a couple of days but power went back on this afternoon and I listened to recods all afternoon and into the evening. I listened to a Vivaldi Erato recording of concerto's for four violins and it is uncanny how well defined and dif... | |
| VTA for ADC XLM II Improved I believe cartridge is defective, distortion is getting worse. Sending back and Alan at Bluz Broz is taking care of me, actually sending a new copy and another NOS he wants me to compare it to. Great company to deal with. | |
| Adj. azimuth for Black Widow tonearm After trying a couple of different penetrating oils I went out and bought A NEW can of PB Blaster nad applied some to the hole where the set screw came out of and where the arm and the headshell meet. Let it sit for a few minutes and still did not... |