johnss
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| V-Cap ODAM Capacitor Upgrade in VTL 2.5i Pre? I used to have that same preamp. Better caps will help the sonics but doubt you'll get your money back. May want to consider sticking with copper foil caps though. Believe the ODAMS are metalized film. At some point though you may want to consider... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH @bpoletti - I have most of the AT carts plus quite a few others. The ART 9 is a nice pathway into the ART series. Pretty musical cart, nice soundstage. The ART 1000 is in another league. the dynamics, soundstage depth, instrument placement in... | |
| Shopping for a DAC at AXPONA If you find a DAC you like you may want to swing by Quintessence Audio in Morton Grove, iL. They should be at AXPONA. See what they have. Will also allow you to get away from all the noise at the show which makes it easier to hear the qualities of... | |
| Speakers replace or improve? That open area is going to cause loading problems. You really need to buy a couple of good subs that will proplerly load that whole area. Which means to get good bass you need something that will really move a lot of air. Forget the cheaper subs, ... | |
| AT-OC9XMLvs AT-OC9XSH Would really suggest you consider the ART-9. Quite the nice cart. The only cart I like better is the ART-1000. | |
| Primaluna signal tube replacement I would replace all the stock 12AU7s with NOS or UOS RCA or GE tubes. and you can sub in the 5814As which are electrically the same but are lower noise tubes. Have owned 7 of the PL amps. One of the biggest improvements I got was pulling all 6 o... | |
| What's A Good Upgrade From A Manley Steelhead? I used to have same phono stage with similar vinyl set up. I replaced it with the VTL TP 6.5. Have not heard all, but only thing I have heard better than the VtL is the Boulder 2018. | |
| Speaker upgrade @helomech, yep completely understand. Was the exact same response I had when another person mentioned it to me. Very few of the top speaker manufacturers use the best parts. Sonus Faber on some of their top models has just started. If you look i... | |
| VPI HW-19 with Graham 1.5 arm Question/Suggestions @hoodjem, you have a pretty decent setup. Before you buy anything, you may want to pick up a NAB broadcast test disc and measure the voltage output from your preamp. In doing so you'll get a pretty good idea what the response is of your whole play... | |
| Speaker upgrade @helomech, first you have educate yourself as to what the best high quality best performing parts are. Once you comprehend this, and know how to recognize them, then as mentioned before, don't take my word for it, pull the woofer out and take a lo... | |
| Speaker upgrade BTW, don't take my word for it, pull a woofer out and take a look at the quality level of the parts used. Then sum up those costs, not very much considering what the retail cost is. | |
| Speaker upgrade @ronboco , I completely understand. I was in the exact same boat. But before you can determine what is used, you have to understand what good parts are for a crossover first. I have owned the Aviors and have owned several pairs of Wilsons. They al... | |
| Tube preamp options my vote would be for the VTL 6.5. Fully differential and you will get dynamics and imaging like you have not heard before. They are bit pricy new but you can pick up one used for a pretty reasonable sum. | |
| Speaker upgrade +1 for @audioman58 comments. But would expand that to almost all speaker use cheap crossover parts. Unless the OP is an equipment junky and likes change for change, they may want to consider upgrading the crossover parts first in their current spe... | |
| Parasound HCA-1000A Modifications The pots are not the weak point, run the pots wide open and they are mostly out of the circuit. One of the weak points are all of the cheap film caps used through out the amp. The other is the off brand lytics that were used. These amps are old en... |