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| Vinyl Lovers-- Cartridges!!!! Do you have a daily driver? The only cartridge I use on my main table is a Lyra Kleos SL. I have close to ~1000 hrs on it now. I listen ~500-600 hrs/yr; if it’s anything like my three previous Lyra carts, I’ll easily get at least 2500 hrs, so 4-4.5 yrs total. Pretty good. T... | |
| Turntable upgrade You might consider the Sota Quasar (or even bump it up to the suspended Sota Sapphire). I believe both come with the Condor motor controller now. (Could add the Roadrunner tach down the line). Pick your own arm (e.g., an Origin Live Silver or ... | |
| Amp for Persona B Speakers looks like a repeat from another thread...missed that. | |
| Amp for Persona B Speakers I'm using the Luminous Audio Technology Archimedes Monos with my Paradigm Persona 3F's. Fantastic combination. I believe they're running at $9,000/pr. May be worth looking into for the B's. The Archimedes replaced my Parasound A21+, which soun... | |
| Power Regenerator or Conditioner for Digital Sources FWIW, I recently home demo'd a Torus Tot MAX Isolation Transformer with great results. The gent who had the demo unit before me ended up ordering one to replace his PS Audio PP 12. Both my digital side (DAC/Streamer and Master Clock) and analog ... | |
| Persona B Amp Recommendations I use the Luminous Audio Technology Archimedes (Monoblocks) with my Paradigm Persona 3F's. Fantastic - like they were made for each other. (they replaced the Parasound A21+ in my system...which was very nice, but not quite in the Luminous class.... | |
| PREAMPLIFIER UPGRADE QUESTION Great you're using a dealer, but isn't part of that service being able to have a home demo? You're looking at a pretty good chunk of change, no? | |
| Amp — Leave on or turn off I listen 2.5-3 hrs every day for the most part... everything stays on for me (all SS): Power Amps Preamp Phono Preamp Dac/Streamer Master Clock Generator Turntable ADS | |
| DAC Under $3000 TEAC NT-505X is defintely worth consideration. Nice built in streamer. (also preamp and headphone). DAC alone was a bit better to me in my system than my Schiit Yggdrasil A2 wrt detail and space. Yggdrasil a bit better bass and perhaps dynamic... | |
| Esoteric N-05XD clock recommendation @wrxsti Did I try the TEAC CG-10M? Yes indeed...brought it home for demo and it sold me right away. I've had it in the system with the TEAC UD-701N since early APR 23 and have been enjoying digital stuff more than I ever have. (Qobuz has grow... | |
| TEAC UD-701 vs NT-505 vs ? @milpai Tks for the link...interesting review. I will say that as far as "limited soundstage depth", the UD-701N was certainly better than the Yggdrasil in my system, but I'm not certain what he was specifically comparing it to in his context. | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT ...ham fingered above... referencing TEAC 701T & 701N. | |
| BEST CD TRANSPORT TEAC VRDS-791T ...? Has anyone tried this transport yet? Thinking of it myself to go with my TEAC UD-791N DAC/Streamer. Also has the 10Mhz master clock input so I could use my TEAC CG-10M. Seems reasonably priced, too. | |
| CHORD Hugo TT2 vs TEAC NT-505 + TEAC CG-10M Master Clock @darberb Glad it's working out... This 701/CG-10M combo has been really impressive. | |
| CHORD Hugo TT2 vs TEAC NT-505 + TEAC CG-10M Master Clock @darberb I use a 50-ohm "generic" 18" cable ($50) between my CG-10M and UD-701N. My dealer uses it for demos, so I just went with that and he got one for me. Haven't yet pursued higher end 50-ohm cables, as this sounds so good as is. |