salectric
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| Your favorites amplifiers for their visual look ? My favorites (visually) are:1. Emotive Audio Vita and Caeli 2. Cary 40M3. Classe CA300I own the last two but not, unfortunately, the Emotive amps. | |
| tonearm for benz micro L2? I tried the L2 in 3 arms. It worked fine in all of them, but it sounded best in the Triplanar VII, followed closely by the Moerch DP-6 (12" Red wand), and followed somewhat further behind by a VPI JMW-10.Dave | |
| Problem matching Benz LP S w/ SME V or IV.Vi arm ? I have been following this thread because I have a 1-year old LP and I am curious what types of improvements the S might provide. Audioquest4life, I appreciate your taking the time to share your preliminary reactions to the LP-S. From what you sai... | |
| Optimum tracking force Benz Micro L2, M2, H2 My L2 sounded best at 1.90 grams, measured on a digital scale. I tried several ticks above and below but the 1.9 worked best for me.Dave | |
| Sold my ET2....now what? I would go with a VPI arm, perhaps a used JMW-10 if the new ones are too expensive. For several years, I used the ET-2 (with the high pressure manifold, Wisa pump and storage tank) on a VPI 19-Mk.3. I could never get it to sound like music. Replac... | |
| Todays new vinyl LP's better than LP's 40 yrs ago? The original LPs almost always sound better. The only time to buy a reissue, in my opinion, is when the original can't be located or is too expensive.Dave | |
| The best phono stage out there? There is no "very best" commercial preamp as others have already stated. The various offerings mentioned earlier all have their merits no doubt, but they will span a wide spectrum of sound character. If you really want the "very best" you will nee... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret All this talk of setting A/S with a test record makes sense if all you do is play test records. In the real world, the proper test is what setup sounds better on records with music, and by that measure I have found that no A/S sounds best. Keep in... | |
| Antiskating .... The last analog secret I haven't used Antiskating on any of the tonearms that I've used for the past 20 years. These include Triplanar VII, Moerch DP-6, VPI JMW-10, AQ PT-6 and Sumiko FT-4. I tried each of these arms with all levels of antiskating and preferred the soun... | |
| Difference between micro line and gyger s stylus No regrets,I just bought a recently manufactured Benz LP and it came with the LP-S Gyger stylus. I think Benz tends to incorporate improvements in their cartridge line without changing the model name. So if you buy a new Ruby 3H, you may find it c... | |
| Tube rolling Artemis Labs Ph1.... I owned a PH-1 for over a year, and tried a number of tubes in it. The third tube (5687) is certainly important. My favorite was a Raytheon. The 12AX7 is equally important. My favorite there was a 1950's Mullard ECC83 long-plate.Dave | |
| Galibier questions I think it depends on where you see yourself ending up after all upgrades that you choose to make. Do you think you will eventually get both the Triplanar and Gavia TPI platter? If so, I would start with the Triplanar since you will lose more mone... | |
| Tweaks that convince others you're truly nuts... Audiofeil, the change in sound of the turntable spinning for a while is probably due to the lubricating oil in the bearing warming up. At least, that's my semi-educated guess. I can't say that this will be true of all turntables, but it's true of ... | |
| Tweaks that convince others you're truly nuts... Here are 4 tweaks that cost nothing and significantly improve the sound of any system, tube and ss, vinyl and digital.1. Disconnect all unused inputs. E.g. if you're listening to vinyl, unplug your CD interconnect from the preamp as well as any ot... | |
| Why the sudden popularity of 12 inch arms I'm surprised no one has mentioned Moerch arms which are probably the best candidates for testing 9" vs. 12". You can easily swap a Red 9" wand for a Red 12" wand, and the mass will be the same. The only difference is the length. Something obvious... |