can i get advise which one should i go with. which is better sound Phono, set up is VPI classic 1 , Dyna XX2MK2, will appreciate those have compare, my dealer said go with IO MK2.
I should comment I am not 100% sure the tubes are the issue they where pretty new and aesthix claimed they where good. Also both channels have a lot of noise. If I knew it was tubes I would just buy them.
Programmergeek, hmm.... if the tubes are quite new, I would guess that it is less to be the tubes. Sonically, they are not quite as good as NOS tubes but they are carefully selected and it would be rather difficult to find a whole set of NOS that have as low microphonic as Aesthetix stock tubes unless you spend a fortune. But I suppose the new tubes sometimes don't last nearly as long as NOS, so I am told. That's a big bummer...
I had both units and I can definitely say, noise or similar has nothing to do with stock or NOS Tubes. I spent a small fortune for those NOS tubes and ant that time it was ok. Later I had a different unit for comparison and beat it in a minute. Today I think, Design, the brain counts. NOS tubes are probably the icing on the cake but in the end it is overrated.
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