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| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... @bigkidz: looked up your website, really nice work! I didn't see any pricing for repairs, but if I go that route, I will send you a PM. I am kind of on the fence as I have wanted to do some of the upgrades myself for some time. But starting to get... | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... BTW elrod; what preamp did you replace for the EAR and are you happy with the transition? I have enjoyed with the EAR for ~ 10 years, but am curious to try something new. Just not sure what I would have to jump up to to notice a solid improvement... | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... Thank you for Mitch's email... I have been interested in some of his modifications, but figured he was no longer in the business. Ah, $750 is a bit lower than I expected. If Mitch is able to repair and mod, this might be the best route I will re... | |
| EAR 834P - Sale or try and repair... Switched tubes around and having the same issue. To czarivey's point, appears like it was a bad tube impacting (what appears) to be a resistor and rectifier. I plan to order the two parts and will decide if I want to repair it or sell it to some... | |
| Request your two cents - BW804, Theil 2.x, or ... All - Thanks for the advice. I may head down to Indy or Chicago and listen to so used old stock. If I can A/B, I'll make the call. Otherwise, I think I am going for either 804 or 2.4 without an audition. Give my historical perspective, I will want... | |
| Request your two cents - BW804, Theil 2.x, or ... Believe the 803's are what I want, but not sure if I can swing it this year. Maybe save funds for another year if needed. Agreed - subs probably won't work for me. | |
| Request your two cents - BW804, Theil 2.x, or ... The MC-352 is solid state 350W (8/4/2 ohm).Thanks for the info, I will reference later as Tubes are a future goal! | |
| Request your two cents - BW804, Theil 2.x, or ... jafant, What do you think of the difference between the 2.4 and 2.7? Really looking for more bass the my current 2-way Hales can deliver.Yeah, good question I did not consider. Right now, I have some homemade cables that sound very good, but cable... | |
| Help- VPI record player on/off switch failed. Oh. Thanks, I'll give it a shot and update the forum. | |
| Record Store Day... New: DMB live trax, Big's life after death, jar of flies.Used: cure staring at the sea, Dylan basement collection. Haven't been into DMB since college. Looking forward to dropping the needle. | |
| VPI Classic platter - is center milled? BTW, I appreciated your input on this thread- big help. The new platter is great! | |
| VPI Classic platter - is center milled? FINAL UPDATE:I was able to exchange the defect* platter for the standard platter.ARE THERE TWO VERSIONS? Yes, the manufacture did screw up a batch of platters, VPI felt it was not of sonic concern and sold them. The correct version has a ~ 0.2 mm ... | |
| VPI Classic platter - is center milled? Brf: I have no idea what's going on. I spoke to Jack at VPI twice and he consulted with someone else there and stated the raised platter is correct. I also called a distributor who said they'd have another classic and the platter is raised. I migh... | |
| VPI Classic platter - is center milled? To add to Bifwynne's clarifying questions: how old is your rig? I just purchased the classic 1 month ago. Could there have been a manufacturing change? | |
| VPI Classic platter - is center milled? Yeah, I understood, I was not serious there either prince, the platter is properly installed :-)BRF: I am not talking about the washer. From the center spindle is about 5 cm radius (label) which is raised about 1 mm above the rest of the outer pla... |