dgarretson
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| great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound KarmapoliceI have OK Computer on vinyl and it sounds great.james1969I have a 1st generation Hovland phono cable w/XLRs that is very nice. I understand the newer Hovland Musicgroove is also up there. If I were doing it again, I would DIY a nice pho... | |
| Used speakers $7,000-$10,000 Used or new Merlin VSM-MX with SuperBAM+. Among the finest speakers made, easy load for medium-powered tube amp, small footprint, and at the bottom of your price range.Dave | |
| Best phono pre amp for Lyra Helikon I'm using the Helikon and a standard BAT VKP10, with cartridge loaded at 100R. Sounds great and the BAT can be acquired inexpensively in the used market.Dave | |
| great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound IMO opinion an expensive hi-end cartridge is wasted on a lesser arm/TT/phono stage combo. Given budget constraints it's probably better to put long money into a great arm/TT that will last in your system & start with a fairly basic cartridge. ... | |
| great vinyl sound cost as much as great cd sound I have a highly customized battery-powered Sony SCD-1 that I believe rivals EMM, and a VPI TNT/Graham/Lyra/BAT vinyl combo that's up there. I believe that RBCD playback is absolutely unforgiving of even minor flaws in the digital front end & t... | |
| Question for BAT 6H30 tube owners I spoke today with Victor Komenko of BAT about this. He mentioned that they are almost out of stock of the NOS 6H30s and would shortly be converting to new production. He stated that his NOS versions are also available in the general market, and a... | |
| Review: VPI Magic Brick Tweak I bought a few VPI bricks years ago and also had good results with them on top of the transformers of a variety of amps. I read in one of my father's old MSEE textbooks from the golden age of hifi in the 50's, that a block of iron or other magneti... | |
| Question for BAT 6H30 tube owners Oh? Have you asked about this BAT lately? | |
| Question for BAT 6H30 tube owners I've been retubing BAT units for years now using $18 6H30s from tubestore.com. They a have premium gold-grid version for $50, which I have not tried.Dave | |
| Upgrade from Merlin VSM-M to What? I'm not sure what is involved in the MX update, but the BBAM upgrade sounds like a whole new line stage or source component. The BBAM is an op-amp based design, and op amps require a top notch battery source in order to lose their synthetic and un... | |
| Upgrade from Merlin VSM-M to What? I recently bought a used pair of VSM-MXs, and upgraded the BBAM myself to work with large external SLA batteries. This upgrade (or doing the Superbam upgrade for $450 thru the factory) will increase the performance of the VSMs by an astonishing 30... | |
| Sony SCD-1 vs Musical Fidelity Tri Vista I base my overall convictions about the SCD-1's potential on my own experience adapting RAM mods to the SCD-1 (silver transformer passive output stage & Audiocom Invisus voltage regulators & Superclock 3) & adding various other tweaks ... | |
| Sony SCD-1 vs Musical Fidelity Tri Vista IMO the SCD-1 modded by VSEI, Modwright, or Reference Audio Mods will murder the Tri Vista, and just about everything else. | |
| Congested sound - more power or resolution? Try auditioning a better CDP. Slurring in dense R&R RBCD is pretty common in midrange digital front ends. | |
| Stillpoint ERS Paper Question I had great results with ERS cloth wrapped around the intraboard signal cabling inside my Sony SCD-1. Small swatches velcroed on top of the the DSPs, around a Superclock 3, and larger sheets above and below the CDP didn't make any difference.Dave |