johnss
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| Upgrading from Dual 704 to Technics 1300G – Worth it for Sound Quality? great to hear you are happy with the 1300G. It offers a lot of performance for the dollar. Now you can begin to take a look at stepping up to a better phono stage and really hear what the 1300G can do. | |
| Help with first tube amp If you can, you may want to borrow a tube amp first and give it a listen. Cayin is a decent amp. They offer several models at several price points. Believe they are made in the same factory as Primaluna. The key with tube amps is the quality of th... | |
| Vintage Tube Gear Priced Insane Now If you are talking about real collectable vintage tube gear I think it has peaked and is slowly heading down. Look at the price of a mint Marantz 7 6 years ago vs. today. Cheaper today. | |
| AD Converter Options you may want to consider the antelope audio Pure2 with a 10MX clock. excellent sounding and under your 10k price point. I use this combo feeding a DA-3000SD with great results. | |
| Best amp for Sonus Faber Many SFs are fairly efficient but have a low impedance dip usually in the 200 hz range. An amp that can drive low impedance loads is usually a good choice. | |
| Converting Vinyl to Digital depends on what your budget is. I use an Antelope audio Pure2 A to D. works very well. | |
| Why Are Used Technics 1200/1210 MK2 Still So Expensive Compared to GR/GR2? would echo @billsteven comments. A couple of years ago took the exact same path. Had a 1200MK2 with all the KAB upgrades. Then bought a 1200G. Better speed stability than the mk2, better platter damping, better chassis damping better resolving pow... | |
| Upgrade from Technics SP25 If you are going to get into LOMC land, you may want to consider a really good step up trans such as the Technics 305MC, and look into a more resolving phono preamp. | |
| My last rodeo In today's world, 30K is going to go really fast. If it were me, I would consider looking at used, since your dollar will go much further. | |
| Why Are Used Technics 1200/1210 MK2 Still So Expensive Compared to GR/GR2? The demand for a clean 1200 MK2 is still high driving up the prices. They are so robust they will run for a long time. Plus KAB offers so many upgrades for the new and old 1200 series, you can really improve the sonics for not a lot of coin. The b... | |
| Primaluna Dialogue Premium preamplifier vs Conrad Johnson ET5 (or CT5) preamplifier I had the same preamp several years ago. For a tad more jumped to a VTL TL 6.5 series 1, Was a huge jump in performance for about the same money or maybe a few hundred more. Better dynamics, deeper bass, better image depth. | |
| Open Reel Curious @mattsca, if streaming is your primary source open reel will blow you away especially if you hear high speed tape. once you hear tape going back to streaming is akin to returning to AM radio. But as others have mentioned, its not for the faint o... | |
| Durable record vacuum cleaner recommendation? yes, you will need a larger fuse. The rug doctor motor draw a couple of amps more than the stock motor, but will last much longer. I had the same issue; blew the stock fuse so measured the current draw on the new motor. don't recall which fuse I i... | |
| Duroch Capacitors Duroch are metalized film capacitors - metalized aluminum film. They are ok but far from great. PL used to use SCR caps (also metalized film) from France but switched to Duroch. The Jupiter copper foil caps are a ton better. Much more organic so... | |
| Help with TT for my System For 4K go for the technics 1200G. Pretty tough to beat until you get north of 10K. |