noromance
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| The owner of Grant Fidelity is battling cancer Saddened and angry about this. Glad I am an atheist as I could never reconcile this terror with most people's concept of God. | |
| Stand out phono stages I have been using Croft phono amps for years and have never really felt the need to move. Stock it uses JJ tubes which are a little slow and colored for my taste. Switching them out for Telefunkens brings serious improvements in speed, clarity, tr... | |
| What was your first 'hi-end' system? When I turned OFF Dolby C on my 3 head cassette deck. | |
| Thinking of putting to rest ESL63 for Harbeth M30. I swapped a pair of 57s for Spendor SP2/2 years ago. The first thing I noticed was the veil that appeared. I love the Spendors and still run them on another rig. However, I never forgot how good the Quads were. I ended up buying another pair of 57... | |
| upgrading... which amp? The caps in the Sony psu may be leaky. | |
| High End Audio-Gaining Higher Ground? Agree with jmcgrogan. The 1% conspiracy to extract as much profit from every body while dumbing them down with endless tasks, taxes and rules has succeeded. | |
| Telefunken Black Diamond E88CC / 6922 Roxy54, NOS are not new production tubes. NOS are unused old tubes. | |
| getting back to vinly Hey Handyman...4 years later, how did things pan out? | |
| Sonic Difference between 6550 and KT88 tubes I've found that in general (and there many variables) GE 6550 are better in the bass, a little drier with a flatter sounding frequency response, the KT88 being better in the midband with more air. | |
| Amplifier is now off the Power Conditioner Straight into the wall. Lose the plugs and fancy power cables while you're at it and run direct from panel to kit. (disclaimer -only if you know what you are doing) | |
| Zyx Universe. O.24 mv vs .48 mv with low eff spkrs Lose those speakers. | |
| London Decca No problems encountered with my JW Paratracer tipped Super Gold on a 12"Jelco. I never noticed an issue with the old stylus either. In fairness, I don't have many warped records. | |
| turntable mats: should I use one? I posted this a while back and it may be useful:This | |
| Quiet"er" record cleaner? I have never cleaned a record in my life. I don't even use a dry brush. I have never felt any reason to. I just blow dust off the stylus and use Magic Eraser. | |
| London Decca Hi John, kindly update us when you get a chance. |