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| Best tonearm for London Reference Cartridge My London Reference is more or less welded to my SME V. An excellent cartridge, and a fine all-rounder. I have experimented quite a bit with the damping paddle on the SME V, and it seems to be true that the new design Londons don´t require that mu... | |
| Is the Manley Steelhead still relevant? Yes, the Manley Steelhead is still relevant. I don´t see how you could do better for the money.A caveat: I believe that the earlier model had QC problems, but these seem to have been overcome. | |
| Tonearm/Cartridge Combinations: What Do You Own (Or Have Owned) And Recommend? +1 for @mulveling FR 64 FX and stone-bodied Koetsu is pure magic. Not so sure about FR 64 S and Koetsu, though.... | |
| Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please @1graber2 Re: Metric Halo ULN 8This might be a little OT here in the analog forum, but why don`t you simply buy the MH ULN 8 and sell your other stuff instead? The conversion is great, and I use mine as DAC/ADC/Pre, among other things. It has head... | |
| Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please @1graber2 1) I digitize my LPs through a Metric Halo ULN 8 pro soundcard at 24/96, and use Audacity as DAW.2) Workflow: I always clean my LPs before digitizing. IMO this is not optional, but an absolute necessity. After digitizing I usually normal... | |
| Digitizing Vinyl; Suggestions Please A word of caution:Dgitizing vinyl takes waaay longer than you think. 300 LPs- lets say 45 minutes of music each- that´s 225 hours of music.A good estimate is that one hour of digitised vinyl takes two hours to get right. Even if you don´t do any d... | |
| How many turntable’s have you owned? 1973: Dual something-or-other1981: Dual 12251985: Rega Planar 21985: Pink Triangle ( couldn`t get rid of the Rega fast enough)1989: Kuzma Stabi2003: Micro Seiki RX 15002010: SME 20/22015: Verdier la Platine | |
| What is the best solid state amplifier you have ever heard? Conrad Johnson Premier 350 SA | |
| Older Electronics - When to cut bait? Your thoughts? My personal experience is that CJ `s build quality is excellent, and their amps have a very long life. If anything, I would say that CJ equipment is harder on the tubes, with lower tubelife expectancy than many other brands. | |
| Any experience with Tube rolling 6922 for Conrad Johnson preamp? AI second that. I haven`t tried the ET series preamps, but the ET 250 S has 2 driver 6922/6DJ8/Ecc 88 tubes. They wear out after about 1000 hours. That said, the best sound I have had was with a pair of Mullard Ecc 88s. | |
| The Conrad Johnson Premier 350: Revisited @jafant I will be biamping my Overkill Encore speakers with two Premier 350s, one in champagne and one in black. As for the rest, you can find it on Audiogon`s Virtual Systems under "tkr`s digital system". | |
| The Conrad Johnson Premier 350: Revisited ....And there came the answer from Conrad Johnson: Yes, a black faceplate was an option on the Premier 350. Almost unbelievable, but there you go! | |
| The Conrad Johnson Premier 350: Revisited @unsound Thank you. I have sent a mail to Conrad Johnson to get your information confirmed, but no answer yet..... | |
| The Conrad Johnson Premier 350: Revisited I`ll exhume this thread once more:I have been offered a Premier 350 at a reasonable price, but according to the seller, it has a black faceplate, not champagne. The seller tells me that it was possible to order this from Conrad Johnson. This was n... | |
| Cartridge recommendations That`s a hard one, depending on your downstream equipment and personal taste. IMO, a wood-bodied Koetsu would be a safe bet. At the moment I have a London Decca Reference in my SME V, and it sounds great. But I don`t think that such a idiosyncrati... |