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| Zu Audio Denon 103 2.5 gram tracking force - record wear? I also have a Zu Denon 103R, which had the conical stylus when I first got it. I sent it to England, and had ESCCO's white sapphire cantilever and Paratrace stylus modification done on it, and it's even more of a giant-killer now. ESCCO recommends... | |
| Speaker recommendation for married couple See if you can listen to some Tannoys. Current models, or as in my case, custom built 1975 HPD 315's are spectacular. Try and see if one of their models might be just what you're looking for.Regards, and good luck,Dan | |
| INTERNAL CABLING- Heres some choices, give me your two cents on these cables..... Please _ I rewired the internal wiring on my DIY Tannoys not too long ago. Like you, I couldn't afford the high-priced wire. I used Connex 16 ga. silver coated wire with Teflon insulation. It has worked out very well, even with the 500 Wpc Class D amp I us... | |
| Class D is just Dandy! I use Class D Audio amps I built from kits. My old Adcom 5 channel bit the dust, and I needed a low cost replacement. I made a three channel amp using two modules, sharing a common power supply. One module is in stereo mode for the surround speake... | |
| Class D = Trash? I don't think you have found the right match-up yet. I made the change from Dynaudio to Tannoy some years back, and so far, the best amp combination is an SET 300B, and a kit-built 500 Wpc Class D Audio. There are two CDA 254 modules that are brid... | |
| best deal on an affordable tube pre-amp with HT bypass? If you are handy with soldering and such, I recommend Transcendent Sound Grounded Grid preamp, just $499 for the kit. Has three 12AU7 tubes, and can easily be made to have a HT pass-through.I built mine with that feature, silver hookup wire, Bent ... | |
| Janis Ian "Breaking Silence" 45RPM 2 disc reissue I don't have that album on vinyl, but I do have Analog Productions Gold Limited Edition CD, and it is outstanding. I have an original LP of "Aftertones", it is an excellent recording as well.Regards,Dan | |
| Tannoy SGM 1000 is number one with a Bullet! (13 of them acutally )! For crossover replacement, check mainlytannoy on Ebay. Mark Pitcher is his name, he makes and sells Tannoy crossovers.The best source for Tannoy info can be found at Hans Hilberink's Tannoy site.Please post with an update should you manage to get ... | |
| Your choice of the most "inert" cabinets ? If I had money for that kind of measuring equipment, I'd just buy Rockports, Magicos, or the like. I use my own measuring tools, and that of friends that can afford those ultra-high-end speakers, our ears, who agree with me regarding the quality o... | |
| Isolation Feet for Garrard 301 wood plinth Congratulations on an exceptionally beautiful plinth under your 301. The rest of your system is very well matched, and must provide nothing but hours and hours of rewarding listening pleasure.I built my own Garrard (a 401), wall-mounted it, put a ... | |
| Your choice of the most "inert" cabinets ? Those who can spend tens of thousands on those massively inert cabinets, I say more power to them. I, however, don't have those resources. For my final loudspeakers in this life, I had enclosures made of two layers of MDF, 3/4" laminated to 1 1/8"... | |
| Need help with DIN to RCA phono cable troubleshooting While the above discussions make me to feel like a mental midget, I am happy to report the problem turned out to be a bad rectifier tube in the power supply section of my Modwright SWP 9.0 SE phono stage.The comments posted above will be great ref... | |
| Need help with DIN to RCA phono cable troubleshooting Noromance, it's not the cartridge, I've switched carts, same result. I've found additional info at vinylengine.com, and will see where that leads to.Thanks to all for your help.Regards,Dan | |
| Recommendations Speaker Cable For Dynaudio S3.4LE Carmenc,I loved my Dynaudio's, and thought I'd never get rid of them, but a couple of things conspired against my keeping them. One was a great curiosity regarding tube amps, which the Dyn's were not really suited for, and the other, a feeling of ... | |
| Recommendations Speaker Cable For Dynaudio S3.4LE I had, at one time, Dynaudio Contour 5.4's, that worked well with Synergistic Research cables. Call The Cable Co; ask them what they recommend. They have a large lending library, you can try before you buy.Good luck,Dan |