awise1961
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| Bryston? I'm a monoblock fan and have two sets, one tube based and one solid state. My tube monos are the big Conrad Johnson LP275M's each using eight ST120 power tubes and three 6922 signal tubes. My SS monos are the big (and very heavy) Bryston 28BSST's.... | |
| My Analog Journey - Opinions Sought ghdprentice, I am in a similar place as you are, except all of my gear is fairly modern TOTL CJ tube equipment. I too have a well appointed modern LP12 and it is sporting a Grado Aeon 3 cartridge. Although I have just North of 3K vinyl LP's my... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable @awise1961 A very interesting observation, in that you own both but prefer your LP12 over your P10. If you don’t mind sharing, why specifically does your LP12 bring you more joy? The LP12 with the AEON 3 has that midrange bliss with very good bas... | |
| Linn LP12 turntable I have had many turntables over the years and currently own three. 1- Nottingham Systemdeck with Koetsu RSP cartridge 2- New Rega P10 with Transfiguration Proteus D cartridge 3- Four year old Linn LP 12, Lingo 3 and many other upgrades with Gra... | |
| What's my best upgrade options I recommend that you start with a new cartridge; Ortofon Cadenza Bronze. From there go with a new table, perhaps a Rega P8 if you like Rega. I have a new P10 as one of my tables and I like it very much. After the table, I would begin experimenting... | |
| Recommendation for tube preamp I've had my ML 27.5 (and ML 23) for about twenty years now, but it has been sitting idle in a cabinet for several years since going all in on Conrad Johnson. For many years the ML 27.5 was fed by a Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 double chassis preamp. Con... | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) Amen, Always insist on signature required and insurance. | |
| Can You Trust a Shipper? (UPS, Fed-Ex, etc) On Friday July 19th of this year I purchased a Conrad Johnson GAT S1 from The Music Room. In the deal they agreed to pay for next day shipping via Fed-X to the company I run (not my home) because we have a receiving dock and a receiving team ready... | |
| Leave it Open or Close it Off: A Listening/ Living Room Dilemma I have a dedicated listening room which is about 21 feet by 25 feet with a vaulted ceiling. It has a double door entry way with two steps leading down into the room. I prefer to close those doors during listening sessions as I feel it improves the... | |
| Need Opinions for Different Cable Manufacturers/Cable Designs Earlier this year I replaced my speaker cables and all of my interconnect cables with Audience Front Row pieces. A close second for me was Audioquest Thunderbird. This all replaced the Tellurium Q Ultra Black I had been using for the past ten yea... | |
| Audio Cables: All the Same? I was one of the disbelievers years ago. Then, a friend who owns a high end shop let me demo various speaker and interconnect cables from Kimber, Cardas, Analysis Plus, amongst others including variations of each at different price points. What I ... | |
| Where to buy Linn LP12 Replacement parts? In that case, you may try your luck on Ebay | |
| Okki Nokki or kirmuss audio / isonic ultrasonic rcm? For the past 13 or so years I had been using a VPI 16.5 RCM. I'm older now recently decided I wanted something more automated and purchased a Clearaudio Double Matrix Pro Sonic RCM. It's awesome and the VPI will be posted for sale later this week. | |
| That Transformational piece of Gear We All Wish For I had felt that my system sounded very good, However, upgrading my preamp from my beloved Sonic Frontiers SFL-2 (2 chassis unit) to a truly reference level Aesthetix Callisto Eclipse preamp really allowed all of my other components to reach what t... | |
| Wilson Sabrina X ... oh my God! and Jadis... or? I know it's not the Sabrina, but I drive my Wilson Alexia's with a pair of Conrad Johnson's big LP275M monoblocks fitted with ST120 tubes (8 per amp) and vintage Siemens ECC88's. The sound is as wide and dynamic as I could ever hope it to be. As o... |