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| ATMA SPHERE SCHEMATIC for a UV-1 M/M....... +1 Mapman,Unless you "absolutely" have to have a pre with built in phono stage, why wouldn't an external phono stage work for you? A plethora of phono stages out on the market. You should be able to get exactly what you want. | |
| SYSTEM COMPLETE FINALLY! bondmanpTrue! lol | |
| SYSTEM COMPLETE FINALLY! I educated my daughter at a young age. She is now 31. When I buy a new piece of gear, she asks me if I used the rule of 1/4th when mom asks me how much the new gear costs. That rule is If I buy something for $1000, I tell her it costs me $250. I ... | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? I forgot to mention about a good tube dealer in my post. I too, get my tubes from Andy Bouman of VTS. This gentleman is extremely knowledgeable about tubes. Especially NOS. Yes. Different makes of tubes have specific types of sound and you should ... | |
| How expensive are best NOS tubes ? And how difficult to find ? I have a Rogue Pharaoh. Great sounding unit. Has a very good Phono stage and headphone amp and an outstanding line level section. The stock tubes that come with the Pharaoh are JJ 12au7 tubes. I experimented with some 50 to 60 year old Mullard 12... | |
| Where to have interconnects reterminated in Phoenix Audioquest will do this for you. Not cheap, depending on what AQ. interconnects you have. Usually around $40 per end or $160 a pair. A dealer may be able to do this for you, but getting it done right is another thing. Your call..... | |
| Do i belong here Anything audio is relevant here. Welcome! | |
| Integrateds: Why do they all SUCK? Wolf_garciaIn other words, I think I am, therefore I am, I think...... | |
| Gonna have to ditch the Soundsmith Carmen II I have a Soundsmith Boheme. Neutral it is, sibilant it is not....... | |
| Please , Thank you.Help in choosing a CD or a CD/Universal player Cambridge 840-C cd player. Not bright at all. Good overall sound. | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed Are you sure the possible exhausted batteries can cause output level problems? I was under the impression that the batteries, like Audioquest's DBS battery packs had more to due with the dielectric of the signal thru the interconnects. More of an ... | |
| Why do many discussions about sonic performance disintegrate into technical discusions? Maybe we should let AudioTroy give an answer. He seems to have little to say since he started this thread..... | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed Bondmanp,You mentioned dialing back one the efficiency knob back to 85db. Shouldn't you be going up to 86, 89, or 90db to produce more output from the 2Wq? That's what I did to mine to increase bass output. If I'm wrong, I have then set my sub inc... | |
| Vandersteen 2Wq subwoofers with M5-HP crossovers - help needed Yes. Richard's personality is very colorful! | |
| Switching from solid state to tubes Have you considered a tube hybrid? |