flash56
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| Defunct brands- Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 phono pre. I recently had Parts Connexion out of Canada refurbish and spruce it up. Replacing all of the caps with Mundorfs. The filtering caps were easily 5 times the size of the original caps. I replaced the tubes with Gold... | |
| seeking recommendations for melodic , ear pleasing, and musical sounding LP's? Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington: Recording Together For The First Time-Classic Records Remaster. An absolute pleasure to listen to. Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns- 1975 Japanese pressing. Asylum Records. | |
| Phono Stage @audphile1 I own a couple of Lundahl SUTs. I find that I prefer the Cinemag's sound as far as my system goes. However, the Lundahls are good SUTs. I am sure that you are correct about active MC gain. I happen to own an old Sonic Frontiers SFP-1 th... | |
| Phono Stage @davehg I am totally in your SUT camp. I run my Unami Blue into a Ned Clayton Cinemag 1254 and then into my Icon PS2, which is a simple straight forward three tube, passive RIAA, no feedback, PTP wiring, MM phono pre. It is small and compact and ... | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality @atanarjuat99 I am sorry for your problem. But it relieves me to know that I am not the only one that has experienced this from Qobuz. Just FYI. If they should ever decide to bless you with a response instead of just ignoring you. Which is their ... | |
| B/W 702 s3 I have a pair 702s3's that are being driven by a PrimaLuna EVO 300 Integrated. And they are in no way lacking in bass. The bass is large, deep and defined. In fact, it is one of the most impressive things about the speakers. Maybe it is because th... | |
| Reel to Reel tape question I agree with the consensus that it is most likely a head alignment issue. Although it could be many things. Worn heads. Misaligned tape guides. Tension arms out of adjustment. A worn pinch roller. Or a combination of all of the above and more. A r... | |
| Qobuz vs. Tidal — Real-World Impressions on Selection, Sound Quality & Musicality I do use Qobuz. But I must say. Qobuz has the worst customer support of any company that I have encountered. It is basically nonexistent. For that they should feel ashamed. But they don't seem to care. Nor do they appear to be trying at all to cor... | |
| Tube Phono Stage Recommendations Have you considered the Icon PS2 MM pre? It has PTP wiring. And has a whomping 46 dB of gain. And it will not break the bank. $1295 on Music Direct. It uses three 12AX7s. Two for the gain stage and one for the driver stage. It uses passive RIAA. I... | |
| Caution When Buying Large / Heavy Items and paying with PayPal I have a question. I have my Amex tied to my PayPal account. Would I have any recourse by contacting Amex? Amex guarantees products purchased with their card. Does anyone have any experience with this? Just wondering. Otherwise, I will not go thro... | |
| Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull I saw the Aqualung tour, the Thick as a Brick tour ,and the Passion Play tour. Here in Salt Lake City at the Salt Palace Arena. They were one of the few bands that made it a point to always play Salt Lake City when they toured. They had an interes... | |
| Record cleaning I have tried The Audiophile Man's technique. He explains how to do it with a Disco- Antistat. However, since that time he has fallen in love with the Degritter MKII. He uses the same technique using a Degritter MKII. Everthing applies the same. I ... | |
| Who here continues to regularly use a CD player? Not if I can possibly avoid it! With the advancements that have been made with digital in the past 1/4 of a century, it makes one wonder why such an archaic form of digital audio delivery is still being produced? A 16 bit word depth is insufficie... | |
| Step up transformer @bluetosman @intactaudio Wow! I am a huge fan of SUTs. And I spend so much time swapping resistors back and forth. It never occurred to me to use a pot to find the exact sweet spot. Of course it would change on any given album or my ears on any... | |
| Striking a balance between musicality and resolution I have to say that this is the most bizarre thread that I think that I have ever read. I can only compare it to a bloody car accident. You really don't want to look at it but you can't look away. Many of the posters have legitimate responses that ... |