jperry
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| What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby? I replaced a Nordost Valhalla 2 with an Odin 2. | |
| What are your Eureka Moments in this Hobby? I have had a few: 1. understanding how important a tonearm is in the vinyl reproduction system. I replaced a Rega tonearm with a Basis Vector. The difference was astounding, and sent me through a lengthy system upgrade to see what else could be i... | |
| Another tube preamp "What should I buy" question. "I’m looking for a preamp to last me for the next 20 years - a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend big." Leben is the answer to this. Heirloom quality | |
| Turntable advice / opinion on setup / sound. I owned an Aesthetix Rhea. If you use the higher gain settings it's noisy. If a little hiss doesn't bother you that is fine, but it will hiss at higher gain settings. Additionally if you have a bad tube, there are a lot (10) to sort through in or... | |
| Turntable advice / opinion on setup / sound. Here are a couple in your price range, and one (Luxman) that is more aspirational, but that you would likely never need to upgrade (IMO) Good luck with your search Jim Perry https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbhe6e-manley-chinook-special-edit... | |
| AI saids Vinyls needs to be stored 90 degrees. I had mine at about 70 degrees. Thoughts? I think the 90 degree rule for vinyls only applies to undergarments. Records are fine at normal room termeratures. | |
| Turntable advice / opinion on setup / sound. The Rega Planar 8 w/ Alpheta 2 MC cart is a good setup. I think you need to upgrade your phono stage. I think the weak link is your $400 phono stage. What cartridge were you using with the ClearAudio Champion Level 2? Were you using the same Alv... | |
| Tube Preamp with Full Featured Phono (both MM and LOMC with loading options). Luxman is a good pick. CL-35 III has an option for MC. You need to purchase plug in SUT which is available on ebay | |
| Speaker Help Please: Floorstanders around $1Ok to fill very large space with no sub For that room I would recommend the 7 evo, but the 5 might also got the job done. Great sound, fit, and finish. They are efficient too. https://revivalaudio.fr/product-overview/ | |
| Looking to price my Genesis G350 Loudspeakers with 1500w Servo AMP There are some old listings shown on hifishark.com https://www.hifishark.com/search?q=Genesis+G350 | |
| I need to buy a sme 3009 S3 tone arm 1. You can place a wanted ad here on Audiogon. 2. You can look on hifishark.com, for listings here and on other websites. 3. You can look on ebay | |
| Using Claude (or other) AI to design a systematic amp comparison protocol Fascinating that you don't seem to trust your ears to make these decisions. | |
| Preamp Upgrade Advice Luxman CL38uC is an option worth considering. Great sound and looks. I owned one and upgraded to a preamp higher up the line. I also thought the Benchmark was very clean, but too dry and sterile for me. | |
| Uber Amps - Are they worth it? I haven't heard a lot of uber integrated amps, but I did hear the Jadis i88 (link below) and it did make me rethink my path. I can't comment on the video. https://www.jadis-electronics.com/en/i88-52.php | |
| new integrated tube amp guidance If you are going to use Klipsch or another fairly high efficiency speaker, it will be very difficult to do better than the Leben integrated amp |