wrm57
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| Zesto vs K & K phono stages That's a great point, John. Mine was from around 2009. No doubt Kevin has improved upon what was already a very fine phono stage. He's a wonderful person to work with, too, smart and honest. | |
| Zesto vs K & K phono stages Gain isn't an issue with the Allnics (I have an H-3000). The built-in SUTs add gain to the 38 db of MM input gain, which means at least 70 db for MC carts at the 40x winding. Allnic's approach is a little different from most phono stages, more lik... | |
| Acurus A250 I had one of those back in the early '90s, along with the matching preamp; it was a true bargain in its day. I passed them both along to a friend and they're still in use. The phono stage from that series was also quite good for the money. | |
| Psvane KT88 tubes in VAC amps Dr_John, After a few months of burn-in, how's the all-Psvane tube complement sounding in your VAC?I'm thinking about rolling the 6SN7 tubes in my 300.1a, looking for a little more body and warmth without sacrificing the crystalline clarity of the ... | |
| Ortofon as309s or sme m2-12r Like I said above, I haven't heard the Ortofons and they certainly have a lots of happy users. My SME M2-12R (with an upgraded phono cable; the supplied one is not so good) holds its own next to a Triplanar VIIuii and Phantom Supreme in my system.... | |
| Ortofon as309s or sme m2-12r Doesn't the Ortofon arm use the grub screw on the pillar method for VTA adjustments, in which you loosen the screw and manually slide the pillar up and down? To me, that's not very convenient. I prefer methods that are mechanically controlled for ... | |
| Ortofon as309s or sme m2-12r I'll add that an important advantage of the SME (to me, anyway) is its easy VTA adjustment via an integral thumbwheel. Taking it a step further, I've made these adjustments easily repeatable for different record thicknesses by placing some rudimen... | |
| Ortofon as309s or sme m2-12r I chose the SME, particularly for SPUs, and I've been happy. Many users of the Ortofon arm say the same. I've never heard it myself. Searches of Analog threads here will get you more info on both. Good luck. | |
| Granite surface plate I second Roxy54 recommendation of Adona shelves. Been using them under my TTs for years. | |
| amplifier for large advents? The Harman Kardon receivers from the early '70s sounded great with large Advents then and still do. With dual power supplies and lots of point-to-point wiring, they have a muscular, tubey sound. A friend powers his large Advents with the H/K 430, ... | |
| Is there any 50W 300B SET monoblock out there? Ait, it's really so impressive, and all for the love of the hobby and the sound. My hat is off to you! | |
| Modified Lenco vs TW Raven I've had a Nantais Ref Lenco for three years now, recently upgraded to Mk II status, which is a solid step up in detail retrieval, overall coherence, and speed stability. I'm very happy with it. I also have a Brinkmann Oasis on a Minus-K platform ... | |
| Is there any 50W 300B SET monoblock out there? Lovely. I'm no designer but that layout looks remarkably clean to me. Very impressive. How much does the beast weigh? | |
| Is there any 50W 300B SET monoblock out there? Ait, that image blows my mind! | |
| Speakers that turn your analytical mind off? I don't really sweat the participation of my analytic mind. I typically go to at least one live jazz show a month and often find myself thinking, e.g., wow, the timbre on Shorter's sax sounds great, or, jeez, the decay on Moran's notes just hangs ... |