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| Technics SL-1200GAE or VPI HW-40 or …? Wow…super impressed by the wealth of knowledge being shared here! Thanks to everyone for contributing. Now…opening another Pandora’s Box: Record/Table weights/clamps? My experience has been clamping devices: KAB’s record clamp which used fric... | |
| Technics SL-1200GAE or VPI HW-40 or …? Hello, all! Once again, I truly thank everyone for their comments and sharing of knowledge…this is what really makes this forum great. As an update, I have purchased…and am awaiting the arrival of…a new-in-box Technics SL-1210GAE. I was lucky eno... | |
| Technics SL-1200GAE or VPI HW-40 or …? Thanks everyone...especially @billstevenson ...for the very informative feedback! I'm pretty much leaning towards getting the 1200GAE...as several have pointed out, the swappable headshell capability is something I will find immensely useful as I... | |
| How can I add MQA decoding with my current setup? @ricmech23 Hello! At the $3K price point, you’ll have many choices. However, one manufacturer that gets universal praise for how their DACS perform with MQA is Mytek, specifically their Liberty and Brooklyn models. The main difference betwee... | |
| ARC LS7 preamp channels drop out intermittently Hello all! Just wanted to close the loop and say the replacement tubes seem to have solved the channel drop-out issues I was having. As a side benefit, the Electro-Harmonix Gold Tip tubes have a decidedly improved the sound of my system when com... | |
| Bought an Audio Research Amp @rfnoise Thanks for sharing! I went through a similar journey 5-6 years ago when I finally bought my first ARC pieces, an LS7 tube line-stage and a D240 MKII solid-state amp. About 4 months later, I added a PH3 tube phono pre-amp, and about tw... | |
| What do you consider the most when choosing a pair of speakers? @monacousticusa Yes, I do think as streaming and digital files became what I listened to the most, I moved away from wanting the absolute “truth” from my system to wanting a more “pleasing” sound, if that makes sense. The speakers I had before ... | |
| What do you consider the most when choosing a pair of speakers? For me, how they sound is what matters most. When I first started my audiophile journey, accuracy and a revealing nature were what I tended to go for, but those were the days of analog media and the first Compact Discs; sound quality of those sou... | |
| ARC LS7 preamp channels drop out intermittently @oddiofyl @ghdprentice Thanks for the tips! I just ordered 4 Electro-Harmonix 6922 Gold Tip tubes from Upscale. I did go for the Platinum grade, non-cryo versions. I was considering the Gold Lions, but figured I could always go that route if ... | |
| ARC LS7 preamp channels drop out intermittently Thanks guys…really appreciate the insight! Arvin | |
| Least Expensive Power Conditioner/Surge Protector That Won't Worsen Sound Hello! For most of my life, I’ve been involved in the medical imaging (think x-ray, CT, MRI, etc.) world…first as a user/operator, now in sales. One thing I learned from being in those environments is that Tripp-Lite makes a damn fine, no non-se... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? Hello all! I’ve been reading this thread and want to say thanks for helping educate me on the current state of record cleaning machines and methods. I currently am using a Spin Clean and have been happy with it for general cleaning, but I’ve f... | |
| SS preamp suggestion with built-in phono section Take a look and listen to the Michi P5 preamp or the X3 integrated. Both are very much the cutting-edge in terms of engineering, features and design. They not only have very good phono stages on-board (only MM support on the X3; X5 supports both M... | |
| Commonly mentioned speaker brands? While there are plenty of examples of manufacturers who rely on marketing and fluff more than solid engineering and performance to sell their products, I wouldn’t be too quick to absolutely dismiss them, especially the "usual suspects" with the "b... | |
| Buying used vs new speakers from a technology perspective @ronboco Thanks for the kind comment! Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to audition any Rockport speakers. I did something unusual for me in terms of the way I usually shop for my hifi gear in that I decided to buy my latest speakers new from a dea... |