marco1
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| Past and Present Totem Arro Owners: Favorite Integrated? Plinius is a very nice match for the Totems. Not sure if you can find the 9200 for under $2k but the 8200 runs a close second. Both have phono and occasionally come up on A'gon. | |
| Question for tube aficionados I've had three different CJ tube preamps over the years. I found that European as well as some Japanese NOS tubes made a significant difference/improvement. Be careful to get low noise tubes, particularly in the phono section. | |
| Da Benz? I had the same amp and pre with the Premier 15 phono. The Premier 15 had similar gain as the EF1 which was not enough for a LOMC cart. You'd probably do best with the medium output Benz. | |
| Fix it or not, my CJ Premier 11a Amp? Getting it done inexpensively or quickly at CJ, based on my past experiences, is wishful thinking. Whether its worth fixing imo would depend upon the cost to fix. Depending on where you're located shipping back to CJ and the bench charge alo... | |
| Demo Windfeld Ortofon Cart at Musicdirect I had my Cadenza Bronze refurbished at Ortofon. It was perfect in every respect. If it were me I'd go the refurbished route. As Nandric says a demo is used. Carts are TOO easy to damage despite what someone may advertise. Refurbished other th... | |
| Switching to solid state amp? You can say I went back to Pass after owning Threshold more than 40 years ago. In between I've owned many different SS and Tube amps. The switch back to Pass was originally intended to downsize somewhat from tube separates. I had the Int 30 fir... | |
| Upgrading path from Merlin VSM black magic Caveat 20W will not do. | |
| Upgrading path from Merlin VSM black magic Look at the Dynaudio C2's or C4's. They will give you everything your Merlins give you plus what you are looking for that the Merlins do not. Plus, at least IMO they are gorgeous. I almost went that route myself (I have the Black Magic edition)... | |
| Very Bad purchase from upscale audio Acoustic Zen Adagio Would you buy from someone on Audiogon with 50+ negative feedbacks? Isn't that what we're talking about here? | |
| Conrad johnson 16ls owners it's best to get 6 matched. I tried many different varieties when I had mine. If you really want to treat yourself get a set of Telefunken 7dj8's. Upscale still has them I believe. They're a little pricey, but well worth the investment imo, an... | |
| Conrad Johnson CT6 Teflon upgrade, anyone done/heard it? Another way to look at it would be to comparre the 17 S2 with Teflon to the 16 without and the CT6 with Teflon to the CT5. In both cases I think the 16 or CT 5 would be the better option. | |
| Conrad Johnson CT6 Teflon upgrade, anyone done/heard it? Have not heard it with the upgrade. I did own the preamp at one time though. Sold it and found a Pr16 that I enjoyed quite a bit more for a number of years. Also thought about doing the upgrade to my CT 6 before selling it. At the time I was gi... | |
| Conrad Johnson CT6 Teflon upgrade, anyone done/heard it? Buy a CT5 (there's a couple for sale right now on A'gon) and sell the CT6. The cost difference between the two will probably be less than the upgrade cost and you'll end up with a much better preamp. | |
| Merlin TSM speakers alignment Correction height is 11 9/16" | |
| Merlin TSM speakers alignment The alignment tool is for toe-in. You can make one out of plywood or cardboard. It's a right-angled triangle. The base measures 2 1/8" . Height measures 11 7/16". Set the triangle with the 90 degree corner at the front inside of the speaker. ... |