johnss
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| Best Tubes for VAC I can't comment on the preamp, but for the power amp, shuguang WE-KT88 plus and their WE6SN7 red base fat bottles. most open, organic sounding KT88 I have tried. | |
| Reel-to-Reel Player--Best Playback Deck 4-trk Stereo-Dependable, Easy Repair, Sounds Great teac 4300 is a good option too, if gone through. keep in mind all of these decks will need service to varying degrees. Most will need a complete recap, so service can cost more than your purchase price on the deck. I would look for a deck with rea... | |
| Turntable isolation platforms I would go to your local granite countertop site and ask them to cut you a 1.5 to 2 inch thick piece large enough to place your table on. all the imaging greatly improves and feedback becomes a non issue. | |
| Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really so many of the younger crowd have not heard a decent LP playback system, and when they do, they are floored, just as the original poster mentioned. Has happened to me several times.... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Preamp = emotionless? first hand experience. bought their cheapest dac; around 660-690.... won't mention any names but compared it to dacs in 2k to 3k range. the little denafrips was much more organic sounding, better imaging, better sound stage depth. so took the plun... | |
| PrimaLuna Dialogue Preamp = emotionless? highsream, but being emotionless, am assuming you want more of that CJ warmth from the earlier CJ gear. If so you will need to make two changes. 1. replace the stock coupling caps with jensen or Jupiter copper foil, 2. replace the rectifier tubes ... | |
| Refurbish a Dynaco St70 Mesch, I have rebuilt 3 of the Dyna 70s and more than a dozen of the MK IIIs. they are decent amps, and can sound good, but don't go crazy with after makret parts, or you will soon have way more cash in the amp than it is worth. or alternatively y... | |
| Snell C-III Have owned many pairs of Snells over the years. Before removing the woofers, you may want to remove the tweeters and see if they are dead or not. if dead, no need to remove the woofers. Just replace the tweeters, if you can find a pair. Pretty har... | |
| Douk Audio. Any experience with any of their products? I have bought several items off of douk audio. they are primarily a re-seller for chinese gear manufacturers. Their EAR phono stage clone is really good, as are their tube pre amps. Great value for the money. | |
| Help me upgrade my Mac system?! If you listen to a lot of vinyl, I would look at upgrading the phono stage. try a manley chinook or an EAR 834P. | |
| mc275 tube options Have been running the PSVANE gray glass bottles in mine....great match | |
| McIntosh mc275 yep, agree with mattmiller. the MC275 is a classic, new or old. there is a reason the 275 has become such a benchmark for others to measure up against. was not just by accident. | |
| Was the Snell Secret a Wide Baffle? the AIIIs were hard to beat. I owned two pairs at one time. an original A3, and the later A3i. A3i was more refined sounding with the tweeter and crossover upgrades. There were four disadvantages to them. 1 you needed a big room to really let them... | |
| Excellent article in Stereophile think atmosphere nailed it. Most don't know about the weighting equation and only see the product or end result. if a person takes the time to measure each multiple orders on the primary freq, and then finds a way to minimize those, and ignore the... | |
| Has anyone upgraded from an AudioTechnica ART9? I did a poor job of explaining.... when you are considering spending 8k to 15k or more on a LOMC cart, buying a tape deck and one tape should not be much of an issue. and even if you only have that one tape, you now have a tool for a true A-B comp... |