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| Advice on CD transport HiI feel the best built and best sounding under $1000 transport is the Theta Compli. Built like a battleship and super solid. You might be able to find one for around $500. Think the original price was over $2K. In 1990s dollars. Any used Oppo is ... | |
| Most desirable vacuum tubes for SET amps Many swear by NOS 300B Western Electrics. But they have become rare and upwards of $5000+ a pair. My favorite are 45s in general the lower the power the more magic. But at 1 1/2 watts you need super sensitive speakers. | |
| Question/Advice About Isolation Feet for Speakers Stillpoints Ultra Minis. I put them under my speakers and the appeared to double the value and impact. They are $750 for 6.they use ceramic bearings instead of rubber in the Gaias. I believe speakers need solid connections to the floor.You may be ... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Always looking for great pressings. Just got 5 45rpm, Half Speed Mastered, Quality Pressings LPs from the Reference Recordings catalog. Wow, 5 several double albums, for $140 better than $199 for 1 Better Records White Hot Stamper! | |
| Downside to "revealing" system? Hi I have the same exact problem.I have been pulling out even some of my favorite albums. Harsh in the upper frequencies especially when louder. Ralph at Atma-Sphere has been advising me and I now have and love his M-60 amps and MP-3 preamp with p... | |
| Best "Bang for the Buck" you have owned? In a way, this is a difficult question since, after 50 years of upgrades, I am, thankfully, very satisfied with my system.However, it is an easy choice... Quad 57s!I joyfully lived with them for 10 years and miss them to this day.True, they are fr... | |
| Help with TT ideas for my first TT +1 for MoFi and Rega Planer 3I have owned a Planer 3 and was stunned with how much better it was over digital. And the MoFi has been very well received. They pulled out all the stops, considering price point, to create a modestly priced TT. I woul... | |
| IMHO (and friend's) opinion of acrylic platter After trying a Puresound Tenuto gunmetal mat and a Ringmat, I have found the best available mat-an acrylic mat by Oracle. It is unlike other acrylic mats being high mass and other factors. The vital importance of a good mat was stressed by Ralph K... | |
| How do you know when an LP is a first or early pressing? It was actually Ralph who turned me on to these issues. He told me that he regularly uses a “pink label” ELO first pressing at shows.He also told me to pay attention to the codes stamped into the run out groves. That they list the early or first p... | |
| What is the best way to clean records? HI Charles,The RCM vacuums off solutions with a nozzle at the end of its arm that is suspended slightly off the record bu a thread in between that is automatically replaced. And the vacuum pump is a large and powerful medical grade one. If the noz... | |
| Tubed Preamp recommendations? +1 for Linear Tube Audio MicroZOTL if you buy new. I use mine as a headphone amp. It is excellent. And if you buy used +1 Audible Illusions L3A.I use my AI in my main system and TAS for years refers to it as “best at any price!”. | |
| For anyone who moved from tubes to solid state — a question I learned a lot from my thread, “Is there a SS amp that can satisfy a SET guy?”. The basic answer is no. Tubes and SS are a different paradigm. They approach producing music from different perspectives. My understanding is that tubes are a more vi... | |
| Analog or Digital and why? I don’t want to disparage digital lovers.For sure, there are big advantages over analog.Those are clear and obvious.And there are many drawbacks to analog.However, speaking generally, even a $500 TT produces a physical, gut level reaction to the m... | |
| Best Speakers for a small Nearfield room, budget at most $10000 (used is also ok) +1 for the TAD ME-1. For nearfield listening I don’t think you can find better. | |
| Is idler drive better than belt drive or direct drive? A very informative and interesting YouTube can be pulled up by:“Garrard 301 vs Studer reel to reel”. Not only is this one of the best sound quality MP4s I have heard, it is a great comparison. When he changes from TT to Tape, you don’t want him to... |