jasonbourne52
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| The review wehave been promising is up Waste of $7500! Get an iFi Zen Stream! | |
| The review wehave been promising is up I wish Valin had reviewed the base model at $3500. Instead he opted for the Aeon at $7500. Quite a difference in price! At least he warned us about the factory default setting of 432hz - which should be disabled by buyers because it fundamentally ... | |
| A perfect song? What are your choices? INNA-GADDA-DA-VIDA by IRON BUTTERFLY! | |
| Do you consider cables to be a "component" of your system? A new religion appeared in First World countries in the late Seventies. With the arrival of Monster and Discwashrr Gold Ens the Great Cable Race was off and running! Unlike horse racing there is NO measurement system that proves cable A is superio... | |
| ADCOM HC/E II cartridge mothballed 25 years ago. Keep the stylus clean! I use the AT liquid stylus cleaner and brush. | |
| ADCOM HC/E II cartridge mothballed 25 years ago. Setup is just the usual procedures for lateral tracking and vertical azimuth. | |
| ADCOM HC/E II cartridge mothballed 25 years ago. The cartridge rubber suspension may still be fine! Try it out by playing a record at the recommended tracking force (~2 grams). If it doesn't bottom out it is fine. No need then to buy a new cartridge. | |
| Fact or misinformation? @intactaudio +1 | |
| Fact or misinformation? NO! | |
| What are we objectivists missing? The next person that can show by measurements how a power cord can affect the sound of an amp can qualify for the Nobel Prize in Physics. Until then the cheap stuff is good enough for me! | |
| Mcintosh MC7300 or Mc402 Hey, a Dynaco ST35 (PP EL84) will drive those KHorns just as well as a big McIntosh amp! 15wpc is plenty! For SS amps get a First Watt SIT3! | |
| Upgrade subwoofer for Carver ALIII If there is no problem with the 10" woofers in the Carver speakers leave them alone! Eminence woofers are fine! The ones in the Carver speakers have been selected for optimum performance in that cabinet size. You cannot just use any random woofers... | |
| Who performs Quality Amp repair service ? Audio Classics in Vestal, NY did nice restoration work on my SAE mkXXX amp! | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? The newest ML gear is certainly expensive enough to place it in the upper tiers of high-end gear. Can it compete with the likes of CH Precision, DartZheel and Soulution? These are six-figure components! | |
| Is Mark Levinson still considered up there with the best of the best? Tom Colangelo (RIP) designed the first generation of ML gear - ML1 preamp, ML2 mono amps and the ML3 amp. Mark Levinson just financed the company. |