rmdmoore
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| Help me understand the current amp market @jyaki I think if you have audio stores near you that should be part of your decision making process. Being able to go in and listen will help so much with helping you decide on preferences. Don't feel bad about "wasting time". Salespeople in thes... | |
| Turntable setup NYC area I spoke to Mike trei at some point and decided to not have him do it as if I brought by table to him he said I wasn't going to be able to watch. I did have Steve at VAS set one up for me and he did a fantastic job. Ive since learned to do it mysel... | |
| joule la150mkII- preamp Also, maybe call Rich at signature sound. He's the guy that does my part of the repairs on those at this point. He'll know and likely be able to tell you what to use to clean them as well. | |
| Vandersteen Aficianados please step inside (Quatro) So, despite the somewhat low sensitivity ,these speakers are an easy load. The bass is handled by a separate class D amp thats in the speaker so you're really only driving the midbass up. I've not tried it but I suspect you'll be fine. You can cal... | |
| Thoughts? - First Watt F8 / Vandersteen Treo's While the sensitivity of Vandersteen speakers is usually in the 80s, as someone said, their an easy load. Bring your amp to your friend's house. Also, give Vandersteen a call. They'll likely put you on the phone with Richard and he'll tell you wha... | |
| Kiseki Blue N.S. vs van den Hul Frog Gold @idv The internal mechanics of the cartridge don't change when you retip and you could have either soundsmith or Steve at VAS put on the same type of stylus. I'd give one of them a call. The retipping will likely be under 1k and you'll get your ... | |
| Component contributions to “sound stage” Man, Ive spent the last few years chasing this and am finally satisfied. Soundstage has so many different aspects and I don't think it's a simple answer. It's going to depend on your room and setup. 1.speakers. Your other components will have a ... | |
| on the cheap The wiim products are excellent | |
| Turntable Cartridge upgrade question. The Hana 1200 cartridges are outstanding for the money. I'd also say that while the Schiit mani 2 is a great phono stage for the money, you’re going to want to upgrade that at some point as well. I ran a Hana ml1200 with a music surroundings nov... | |
| The $10,000 Question Quicksilver and Rogue are great at that pricepoiny and both pair well with vandersteen speakers. You could stay under budget with a pair of newest model 2 or move up the line to the model 3. I think you’ll find the pairing sounds amazing | |
| New TT : Balanced vs. Unbalanced Connection? What balanced gets you, mostly, with phono is a few db of gain. So if you had a very low output cartridge you might find some benefit in going balanced. Also, if you're cable run was very long, like more than 12 or 15 ft you may find significant b... | |
| RCA Phono Interconnect Under $400 This may not be very popular but I recently purchased some cables off eBay. What you want in a phono cable is extremely low capacitance. These are super low. I was using transparent audio cables and these blew them away. I very much believe that c... | |
| Help With New Preamp Decision You've presented some interesting options. My personal experience is stick with units with 6sn7 tubes. Much more natural sounding. A few of the ones you've mentioned use them. Also as someone mentioned, not all the units you mentioned are fully ba... | |
| Tubed preamps and Power amps- How old is too old??? I recently tly purchased a 20 year old pair of Atma-Sphere MA-1s. They were purchased from a dealer and had been recapped and retubed. They sounded better than anything I'd had in my system or that I'd heard at a shop. My point is that some of tha... | |
| Help with speaker selection I'd ad Vandersteen Quatros CTs. They're in the 17k range I believe. Vandys are well known for their musicality and listenability but when they add carbon tweeters to a speaker the detail is amazing. They also have room tunable subwoofers built int... |