marakanetz
Responses from marakanetz
| Fair market value of a turntable/arm/cartidge? In any case for the safe shipping I would suggest getting a dedicated box for your arm, cartridge and table. | |
| amp preference...Plinius or Pass labs It looks like there is a bit of a price difference between those?Pass is definitely better performer... | |
| Tube CD player and no pre-amp ...even if the Pass impedance is low the tube output impedance can be neglected in comparison to Pass input.Is there an analogue volume control in your CD-player?Most-likely if you will be using a passive preamp you will have a very small volume r... | |
| either DAC or transport is giving troubles... My preamp is passive and there is no problem with it.I've recently discovered that by switching the digital inputs it sounds OK for a while and than the left channel dims out and becomes mushy and undetailed in comparison to the other one. The sam... | |
| Preamp mods/Why capacitors? ...not only capacitors: fuses(especially on the output stage), internal wiring, resistors... Capacitors will loose their dielectric abilities within the time and definitely need to be replaced. For the best performance you shouldn't wait the end o... | |
| Integrated amps, need some help ...surf arround Cambridge integrated amps throughout www.audioadvisor.com. they have an unbeatable prices for new mid-fi equipment. | |
| Fair market value of a turntable/arm/cartidge? SME345 ~ $600Grado Sonata ~ $120Oracle Delphi Mark IV ~ 1700+?Anywhay selling as a package you might loose more. | |
| Turntable/Arm in 1500-2000 Range should be good enough for the following nice setups:J.A.Michell Gyro SE -> RB300 ~$1,300 from www.stoneaudio.co.ukBasis 2001 -> Basis RB300 ~$2,000 | |
| Acoustic Guitar CD Recording/track to test Spkrs? Acoustic steel string: Dire Straits "On Every Street" track 8 on the CD. Guitar chords on Bob Dylan's Hurricane.The three best acoustic guitars to listen ever are trio of John McLaughlin, Al DiMeola and Paco DeLucia - "Sunday Night at San Francisc... | |
| Rediscovering vinyl - Question about phono preamp Nad PP1 is for high output cartridtes 3mV or higher.MMF 7 is a great table.Creek is the best suggestion so far for MC cartridges for the value and budget as well.If you need to stay with Nad PP1 you will be better with 3mV(ClearAudio Aurum Beta S)... | |
| Incorrect speaker cable connection can damage amp? It doesn't seem to me that you're shortcircuiting outputs so it will not damage your amp. Connect your speakers correctly to either one of sets. In lots of cases extra set exists for biwiring with the separate set of speaker cables(or wires). If y... | |
| Theta Data II good transport? ...whoever has the luck whoever doesn't. I'm with Muse suggestion also but not realy shure if it outperforms Theta. | |
| Is there a turntable book? ...kelly, can you make an extra-copy? | |
| Theta Data II good transport? You're right they don't have any new player but if there is a chance to get used one for a-little(range of $300) you won't regret. | |
| MUSIC THAT CHANGED YOUR LIFE I've got my first jazz motivation from the album of Chick Corea "Mad Hatter" 10 years ago.Recently German progressive/krautrock had become a part of my life. There is NO listening session without Roedelius or CAN period. |