islandmandan
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| Building the Audio Note Kit 1 SET amp... Rebbi, I hope your problem turns out to be just a tube, that being the ideal, then it wouldn't have been something you've done.I'm going to have to bite the bullet myself, and send my Class D Audio amp back to them to fix a screw-up of mine. I enl... | |
| favorite phono cartridge My Zu Denon 103R with ESCCO white sapphire cantilever/Paratrace stylus upgrade. Tough to beat. | |
| How to make a 20th Century Nakamichi rig sing...? Gazpachot,Class D has a four-channel amp that would work, though it'd quite a bit more money, around $1200 or so.I've been using some very inexpensive KEF speakers for center and surrounds for around 12-13 years. They are easy to drive, have wide ... | |
| Reparation xv1s I can share with you some experiences with two of the companies named. First is Soundsmith, they installed a new saphire cantilever and their top stylus on my Dynavector XX2MKII cartridge. It came back a much better sounding cartridge than it was ... | |
| How to make a 20th Century Nakamichi rig sing...? I'm trying an amp from Class D Audio, they are very compact and powerful. If you assemble it yourself, you can save money that way.A CDA 224 (120 wpc) kit is $365.50. The same amp assembled for you is $445.00. The CDA 250C (250 Wpc) is $495.00 ass... | |
| M&K Lp's...still superb after all these years. Many years ago, I had M&K's superb "For Duke", and have longed to have it again for almost as many years.I managed to find it on an M&K 20 bit "Real Time" gold disc cd. It also has Earl "Fatha" Hines playing "Hits He Missed", that is also ... | |
| Small 2 or 3 Way Floor Stander for under $3500. I would advise you to stay with Ushers. A friend of mine has a large pair of their floorstanders (can't remember the model) and the midrange is to die for. A great sounding speaker.Since you like Ushers, I would see what you can find in your price... | |
| Anyone using Dayton Audio subwoofer amp I used the cabinet of an old Velodyne sub (12" driver, 15" passive radiator), the driver I replaced with a 12" Eminence subwoofer driver, Dayton plate amp, added insulation and two 3" ports (after removing and plugging the passive radiator hole), ... | |
| A little help for Birdseye I've been using an Adcom GFA 7400 for over ten years now. It does a fine job at how I use it, for center and surround duties, and for a time, to power my old B&W DM 620 speakers.I have just left it on continuously for the whole time, without a... | |
| Garrard 401 service & tweaking my new project. Hello Phduncason, I did not mean to imply you need a new platter. The 50 Hz platter works fine, the strobe function just doesn't work, due to the frequency mismatch.Some with money to spend, and are perfectionists, will seek out a 60 Hz platter, j... | |
| Altec A7 What to do That would be hard to decide. I'm the curious sort myself, I afraid I'd have to find out just how good they could be.I did just that with a pair of ca 1975 Tannoy HPD 315 Dual Concentrics (raw 12" drivers), and they are incredible. You'll never kn... | |
| Does the MAPLESHADE STATIC DRAINING BRUSH work? It seem my problem mentioned on another thread may have been answered here. That is, the magnetic particules that have attached themselves to the cartridge body on (some) of my cartridges (I haven't checked them all).I have been using a static-dra... | |
| Addendum to Charles, you have hit the nail on the head. It doesn't matter how we fulfill our listening requirements, as long as it's done in an ethical manner.So many ways to Nirvana!Regards,Dan | |
| Garrard 401 service & tweaking my new project. Phduncanson,First, I would like to thank Chris for his superb job of describing the switchover in voltage. Although I have done it (once, several years ago now), my memory these days is for the birds.As for the speed, the idler wheel remains the s... | |
| Addendum to Charles, Bill, et al,The MVP 871 is actually a very fine sounding player, especially with the modifications done on it. Had I known about the transport problem, I would have never bought it.I have a sizable collection of multi-channel audio discs,... |