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| Daily Record cleaning I use an Okki Nokki with L'Art Du Son record cleaning solution (diluted per instructions). Then a couple of rinses and vacs with distilled water. Let them dry. One application of GruvGlide will remove any static electricity. Store them in Mofi sle... | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? Quick update: This thread generated a lot of interesting discussion for me. Some felt that upgrading the phono pre in my system was a greater priority and others felt the cartridge was. My take away was that SQ could be vastly improved by upgradin... | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? It's a little comforting to me that there are disagreements on this topic from those that know far more than I do! | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? @artemus_5 I didn't say that the cart is the most important component. What I will say is the 1210GR is the most expensive TT I feel comfortable buying. Now it becomes a matter of optimizing and getting the best possible sound quality with what I... | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? @mijostyn Awesome!! Thanks!!Thanks again for all the wonderful replies. I am taking in all this great information.@chakster "Better phono stage will not make your average cartridges any better. You have to start with a cartridge."This sounds like ... | |
| How much difference does a phono preamp really make? @artemus_5 I can hear a difference between the two carts. Not so much with the two phono pre's@earlflynn I'm very sorry to hear about your stepson. Thank for your input. @dekay I did. The Denon sounded better on the MC setting although I believ... | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget Also, where do you live? Do you have a reputable Hifi dealer by you? Have you gone out and listened/ demoe’d anything? That is half the fun!!! If you have the ability, get out there and listen. | |
| Excellent Speakers for Classical Music - $2,000 USD Budget There are literally hundreds of speakers in the very competitive $2k price range market. Some of my favorites are: Vandersteen 1ci, Ohm Walsh Tall 1000, Magnepan 1.7i, and Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary. But with you saying, "I like a nice de... | |
| Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" MFSL vs Classic Records I heard enough of a discernable difference to go out and buy the MFSL version after hearing this comparison. Wonderful pressing. | |
| SS Budget "Tone" Integrated Amplifiers I have also heard good music come from the Rogue Sphinx. I believe I heard them with the Wharfedale Linton 85th Anniversary speakers. Nice pairing. | |
| Benchmark / Anthem / Rogue Hi Jim,I demo'ed the Rogue RP1 and thought it was just ok. Nothing offensive, just not great. The Quicksilver line stage that I demoed at the same time was more to my liking. I have no experience with the RP 5. I owned the Anthem STR integrated an... | |
| SS Budget "Tone" Integrated Amplifiers +3 Belles Aria | |
| Request for a recommendation on a small footprint floor standing speaker OP,I love your original suggestion of the Ohm Walsh tall 1000's. They are a fun little speaker! I always look for them but they never come up in the used market. Have fun!Joe | |
| An Objective Review of the Tekton Double Impact Speakers What the OP is probably going to realize is that he will probably not get the $3,000 he is asking, more like $2,300 - $2,500. So it will most likely be a wash between selling and eating the shipping costs sending them back. Sending them back is a ... | |
| Anyone's tried repairing/upgrading original Vandersteen 1 speakers? I'm running Vandy 1ci's with Belles Aria monoblocks and preamp and they sound ridiculously good. The fact that I paid $400 for them makes them all the more sweet. The 1's when setup correctly will reward you when paired with good sources and upstr... |