elliottbnewcombjr
Responses from elliottbnewcombjr
| Best Cartridge you have heard on a Denon DP62-L turntable I've never seen your TT but it looks like a winner. A straight fixed arm and an S arm with removable head-shell, that's a great combo. Do you have a budget? I have always liked Audio Technica Cartridges sound, and specs, especially wide channel ... | |
| Cool running, low powered power amp I wanted tubes in my small office, went for a Little Luxman luxman SQ-N150, 10wpc, delivers more than that, excellent features $1,950 US Audio Mart here it is, far left I use it with my restored AR-2ax (sensitivity 90db). Enough volume for m... | |
| **Smoking integrated tube amp, advice needed: oh, bought from a charity shop, then a different story. where do you live? perhaps a member here can help you find a competent repair shop near you so shipping is not needed. btw, charity shops are not in the business of cheating people, even ... | |
| **Smoking integrated tube amp, advice needed: return/exchange it. very unlikely, whatever the cause, don't let this put you off tubes, you just got very unlucky. | |
| Need help with phono cartridge selection I like Audio Technica Cartridges, the sound, and several have very good channel separation and tight channel balance: combined they give excellent imaging. I like the AT540ml for beginners, in your case, within your budget, I would move up the... | |
| Insurance for system Receipts, and take photos of all including items with no receipts, find current replacement costs, give copy to agent, revise quote with specific coverage for specific items, like diamond rings, etc. You can cover for original cost, or pay more a... | |
| Preamp only? Bypass Necessary? btw IF you are not using the system for anything other than Video, and simply want a 'better' amp to power your front speakers, no preamp is needed, you can go straight to your amp(s), the AVR handles the volume to the amp. AVR selects Over the ... | |
| Cable vs fiber for audio quality 20Mbps You don’t need a lot of speed to stream music from the internet. You’ll sip just half of a megabit per second from most music streaming services like iHeartRadio, Spotify, and Pandora. Any internet plan with speeds of 10Mbps or more can st... | |
| Looking for advise and recommendations on a nice record cleaner. has OP told us his budget? I manually scrub the heck out of dirty LPs, it's amazing how quiet and wonderful an old LP I have played a million times since the 60's can sound. New shape stylus goes deeper in the grooves, so get them clean!!!!! ... | |
| Moody Blues founder Mike Pinder passed away today at 82 Original Moody Blues, a piano based blues band was fantastic, same era as early Rolling Stones, Zombies, then Animals ... .... Mike Pinder was terrific, and Denny Laine had one of the best voices ever, listen to their 1st album, 'Go Now'. disco... | |
| Preamp only? Bypass Necessary? sadbird OP keep in mind, others follow these threads, so I write responses for both OP and others. | |
| Preamp only? Bypass Necessary? Use your ’better’ 2 channel pre/amp for 2 Channel Music, AND Home Theater Front Speakers. It’s about having the AVR control the FRONT VOLUME (along with the other speakers it is amplifying) AVR must have front pre-out, many do not. The HT Bypas... | |
| SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT carlsbad2 "15awg is not big enough for speaker cables imho." well, we tend to go overboard these days, here’s a wire chart from the roger russell speaker wire document. depends on both length and impedance. Speaker Wire Info from Roger Rus... | |
| SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT Speaker Wire Info from Roger Russell | |
| SPEAKER CABLE OR INTERCONNECT I suggest you build speaker cables yourself using Cat 8 Ethernet Cables I’m 75, tried many speaker cables over the years, myself and my friends. They sound great, cost comparatively next to nothing, and there are advantages to having quality remo... |