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| Best Options To Upgrade Phono Cartridge In A Schiit Sol Turntable Give a look to the Sumiko Blue Points either the #2 or newest iteration. Excellent high MC for the $$$. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? The Smiths: Louder Than Bombs… | |
| Bluesound Node or Audiolab 6000N The newest Node’s DAC is significantly better than the 2.1. With a good PC and good interconnects it does a great job overall. The Blue OS is also really easy to use/setup. A decent system IMO. | |
| starting equiment that ic cold from being shipped There is no such thing as a “sealed” amp. At best, a top panel might have a bit of foam to damp it a tad from vibration. Otherwise, any moisture will be present. It certainly isn’t necessary to open anything up, and I highly doubt the conversion o... | |
| Would you pay more than 25% of MSRP for a used cartridge? I just bought a used cart here. Ortofon Cadenza Bronze. Great deal. About 40% off list give or take, these carts never go on sale. It’s a good way to try different sounds. As with anything mechanical, buy the seller, not the item. In this case, th... | |
| Hegel H590 with BW 800D The H590 will drive those speakers without even blinking. It doubles down from 301wps @8ohms to 600, 1200, etc. The neutral nature would be a great mix with B&W’s. The Gryphon Diablo 300 will drive them nicely as well, but is significantly mor... | |
| starting equiment that is cold from being shipped Agree 100%. Living in CO cold items show up all the time. I just had a phono stage delivered, it was around 0° for a few days. Opened the box, as soon as the stage hit the warm air the outer case instantly had a bit of condensation, so internally ... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Chantel Chamberland playlist… she has an amazing voice! | |
| Experiencing speaker imbalance, while amp headphone output is fine. Any ideas? Not familiar with that particular ARC amp, if it is new from a dealer then you can get a warranty replacement tube from ARC, assuming it is a tube issue. If you discover it is a tube, call ARC they will send you out a new one. Maybe even a new ful... | |
| Can it get better? @dynamiclinearity actually, that’s not correct regarding the wattage of the INT 25. It is basically the XA25 with gain. The reason it has no pre outs is, it was intended to be single ended only and as simple as possible. This comes from the guys ... | |
| Can it get better? The INT25, being pure class a is a power house in and of itself. It kicks out excellent power overall and delivers excellent current. I think the change from Class A to Class D will leave you disappointed possibly. Although the new GaN tech is int... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Yes: Union- for the night. One of my favorite Yes albums! | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? @reubent I’m listening to Who’s Next on MOV right now. I’d give it an “ok” but then the album wasn’t recorded particularly well to begin with, so I’m good with OK as it’s probably a s good as it gets! | |
| Buyer Dispute There is a pair of tweeters for the D3s on eBay, right now. Not cheap. Have the seller refund the amount you need to buy them, plus a 10% PITA fee and install them and call it good. There are SO many things that can go wrong if you send those spea... | |
| Another Hegel H390 vs H590 Thread The 390 is an excellent piece, but the 590 just does everything a bit better. The 390 is the sweet spot, but the 590 is worth it IMO over the 390. |