durkn
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| Is The FM tuner obsolete? We are in a somewhat remote area, in the middle of the sea. There is a classic rock & a classical station near me. They have good quality sound. There are a couple others with OK sound.The classic rock station has gotten worse with song select... | |
| Opinions on VTL preamps I’ve had a TL-2.5 preamp for over 20 years.One minor repair.Upgraded to the TL-5.5 & I’ve had it for 6 years.One minor repair.Both preamps are sonic gems with the right tubes. Amps are too.MB-125’s - no problemsMB-185’s - incomingIt’s their ea... | |
| Aren't you sorry you missed out on this one? It's already sold out! LOL Whatever floats your boat, but I got a VPI Prime 21 open box for that. | |
| Current production EL34 tubes for vtl mb-125 Retubed my VTL MB 125 amps with Genalex Gold Lion KT77.Sounds much better than the EH EL34 that were in them. | |
| Comparing VTL ST85 or MB125s to Manley Snappers I’ve been considering both the VTL MB-125 & the Manley Snappers.After looking into both, I saw that the Snappers have 180 joules of reserve power while the MB-125’s have over 200.VTL:High energy storage power supply >200 joules.Manley:Portl... | |
| Clean AC power I had an old power wedge & decided to try a conditioner to see if there was improvement.I got an iFi power station with the two additional I purifiers. It made a significant improvement in soundstage imaging, blackness & clarity. More impr... | |
| VPI new turntable- Prime 21 I got the 21+ but am running a Soundsmith Zephyr on it. Parks Budgie pre with good NOS tubes. Sounds excellent, and still breaking it in… | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? I have a Soundsmith VPI / Zephyr cart and absolutely love it.It’s balanced & remarkable from top to bottom.The quality & depth of the bass is shocking, with the right pressing.I just got it rebuilt & it’s heading my way. I can’t wait t... | |
| If Steve Got You Last Week... I only stream a distant radio station & the quality is not that good.I use a CAL Alpha 24/96 tube dac with a CAL Delta transport. Crazy good sound out of them with the right discs & tubes.Analog is a VPI TT & the MD-102 tuner.So many a... | |
| Preamp recommendation VTL TL-5.5 Series 1 | |
| turntable recommendations VPI & Soundsmith | |
| Top Ten Tuners of all Time?? I’ve had good Yamaha & McIntosh tuners.I’ve had three Magnum Dynalab FT-101A. They are really good.It wasn’t until I used a reference quality interconnect with it that I realized how very good that model really is.I wanted to take it up a notc... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? Cleeds- Yeah, this one station says they ‘are loading up some vinyl’ but they may not be playing any... | |
| ls FM radio even listenable any more? Absolutely...There is still great quality analog audio being broadcast.I've had Yamaha, Mcintosh & Magnum Dynalab tuners.I have an FT-101A & it sounds really good. I had been using a set of OK Audioquest IC's & when I switched to anoth... | |
| Cardas: Cross vs. Reference and Clear I had been using Audioquest cables for years & then tried some Cardas.Tried one set of Golden Presence IC & really liked it after burn in. Then swapped the others out with GP.Then I went with Neutral Reference Bi-wire speaker cable.I then ... |