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| Help, which preamp to buy from my shortlist? What? No ARC SP-6B? | |
| Desk top speakers at low cost Have you thoought about building a pair of speakers small speakers using full range drivers from MarkAudio (Alpair 7's) of a couple of 5" Satori midwoofers.? No crossovers needed and they will provide a nice desktop system, especially from the Ma... | |
| Dedicated 20 Amp Line for Audio Why a "dedicated circuit" when everything gets lumped together upstream of the comnpponent? Separate line for digital? Horse schlockey. If the line goes through a fuse box with "analog" circuits, then the purpose is defeated. If the dedicated ... | |
| Best Phono You've Heard Under $2200 Herron VTPH-2a. Hands down the very best at any price. Might find one used around your price point, if you;re lucky. VERY lucky. Handles LOMC and HOMM carts with equal quality. Easy to manage loading. Sunds terrific. Does not get in the way ... | |
| How do you enhance a bad listening room's accoustics without breaking the bank? thoughts? Pick up a dozen or two 5' artificial Ficus trees from a big box discount home dec store like At Home (@Home). Scatter the artificial trees around the room focusing on behind and to the sides of the speakers and behind the listening position. The... | |
| A Newcomer to Digital Looking to Upgrade My Dac, Tubes? Ideas? Upgrade DAC? Tubes? Ideas? Upgrade the acoustics in your room. It's a lot cheaper than electronics and more aesthetically pleasing. Use a dozen or more artificial Ficus trees scattered around the room to be used as sound diffusers and absorbe... | |
| Top 5 Reaons to NOT BUY A TURNTABLE. The OP left out another reason: The music lover was an armory specialist in the SEALS and refused to use earplugs. | |
| Why does bass have more “punch” when I stand up vs. sitting? "Standing waves" compared to "sitting waves." | |
| Has Nordost forgotton who pays the bills? Caveat emptor. | |
| Does Heavy Metal music benefit from a high end audio system? Heavy Metal only benefits from an extended power outage. | |
| Solid state amp to go with tube preamp; used ok; budget: $3k max Look for a pair of Herron M-1 or M-150 amps. Might be "A Few Dollars More" but will be the last amps you'll need. No future amp upgrade necessary. | |
| Cost Effective System Improvement? The best, most effective and probably cheapest upgrade is to improve the acoustics of your room. A dozen or so 5' to 6' artificial Ficus trees scattered around the room will improve the sound more than new equipment. There are easy to find at di... | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats Depends on the table. I haven't used a mat sine the AR table days. Been using a VPI table since the early 90's with no mat. That said, record clamps or weights need to be used if no mat. At least that's what works for me. | |
| Jelco sa 750e I'm using a Jelco TK-850L. Wrong size for your table, but the TK-850 series is quite good. I also have a SA-750e. It's a capable arm, but not in the sale league as the TK-850 series. | |
| Tonearm adjustments on the fly OP's question about what do other tonearms do?MOST VPI unipivot arms (NOT the stock Classic 1 arm) lift the entire base on which the pivot is located. The mechanism uses a fine-pitch screw to accessible on the arm base to make the adjustment. Al... |