yoyoyaya
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| What are your top 3 favorite turntable companies (manufacturer) and why? Historically - Rega - because Roy Gandy democratised high quality sound. Roksan - because they broke through the veil of Linn's propaganda and paved the way for the diversity of turntables that don't use springs. Technics - because they showed ... | |
| Guidance on cartridge options or new table @OP - the Safir arm is extremely expensive. You should upgrade your turntable first before considering the arm - or at least consider both together in the context of your overall budget for turntable arm and cartridge. Along with the other brands/... | |
| Why do tube amps often subjectively sound more powerful than SS ? Generalised distinctions between tube and solid state amplifiers are meaningless - it totally depends on the particular amps being compared. | |
| Recommendation for phono stage +1 Parasound JC 3+ | |
| How long should high quality speakers last? If the drive units have non foam surrounds, twenty years plus. Beyond that, some crossover components might need refurbishment. That's assuming the speakers are driven within normal parameters - not used as PA for parties. That's for moving coil ... | |
| Which end is which? Did we not go over this whole cable directionality thing ad nauseam in another recent thread? | |
| Unipivot tone arms The new Clearaudio magnetically stabilised unipivot provides the best aspects of unipivot and dual axis bearing arms - fabulous arm. | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? @OP Very true. In the music biz there's a lot of truth in the saying "it's not what you know, it's who you know". | |
| Who has kids that are in a band or have been? Good commercial pop song. The drummer playing open handed puts him into a fairly select group. The ability to make money out of original music is in inverse proportion to its democratisation and, unfortunately that's only going to get worse with ... | |
| Best Classical Labels for Sound I've always found Philips and Decca's 1970s recordings to be good. | |
| 300 Watt Tube Monoblocks Get a pair of Class A transistor amps. With the poor quality of modern power tubes, chasing failures in 16 or so tubes is a sure recipe for misery. | |
| If Bi-Wiring is an option, should I choose Bi-wiring over single banana with free jumpers As has been said several times above - one set of cables and same cable jumpers. One quality cable is better than two inferior ones. | |
| Best $10-15K bookshelf speaker? I generally don't mention things I haven't personal experience of, but the Thrax Siren sounds like a potentially excellent speaker in that price range. | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @dwette - yes. I am very familiar with all of Clearaudio's lineup. If you have the opportunity, try to get to listen to the same combination with the Unity v the Universal - there is a significant difference. | |
| Turntables currently considered top of the range. Do you know what they are ? @lewm, to supplement what dwette says above, the Master Innovation upgrade is pretty close to buying a second Innovation turntable with all of the parts count that goes with that and that is what the price reflects. The new Clearaudio Unity arm i... |