truman
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| Do I Have the Wrong Cartridge? In a nutshell, your phono stage doesn't have enough headroom for your high output MM. Your cartridge is minimal, the phono stage inadequate for your dynamic classical recordings. Perhaps go back to a lower output quality cartridge, I'd say. Or, a ... | |
| Blindly deafly? bought Purple Flare cables... So now you know why you're "here", on audiogon where you can buy cables for generally 50%. Try 'em and trade 'em with minimal damage. Read, talk, try. There is a synergistic combination that exists for any system (and they're all different) so the... | |
| Power supply to Amplifier Al is correct in that you have to have protection for when you forget to unplug (obviously the best) your equipment and a lightning storm descends up on you (it will happen). I have Brickwall unit(s) for this as well. Elizabeth is right in that yo... | |
| Speaker cable and brightness control Another thought....maybe the Martin Logan's are the problem, in that most electrostatic type speakers do need to be a bit "cranked" to sound good, not so hot at low volumes, so you've been developing hearing problems by, again, listening too loudl... | |
| Speaker cable and brightness control Given your price constraints, I'd try buying a used, middle of the road price-wise audioquest digital cable. See if that doesn't help before proceeding with expensive tubes. Your other components seem adequate. Digital is the fastest still-evolvin... | |
| Dodd Tube Buffer Sure, just use the tape out (rec out) which is a line level constant volume.Use the headphone amp volume control to attenuate. | |
| How can a 30 watt, 28 year old amp sound more Probably the power supply. Is the NAD appreciably heavier? | |
| Best reasonably priced power cord for lamm ll2 Vladimir will probably say his power supply is so robust that it really doesn't make much of a difference what kind of a power cord you use. That's what I'd bet upon. (Former LL1-Ref owner.) Anyway, that was good advice. Let us know.Having said th... | |
| Power conditioning / surge protection Look into the Brick Wall surge protectors for non-fail protection (no MOV's). They claim some line conditioning as well. All for around $200.Makes sense to me. I own 6 here in lightning prone Atlanta.http://www.brickwall.com/index.htm | |
| Review: Jim Smith RoomPlay voicing Tweak Okay, I'll bite...So, how did he have the Maggies set up (and I don't even have Maggies - anymore). I do agree that you have to start with the right sized speakers for the room. Too big and you'll never tame the boomy bass; too small and you'll ne... | |
| At What Age Does An Audiophile Buy His Last Amp? "When they pry my paypal account credit card from my cold arthritic fingers." Hey, I'm 61 so you've got time. Nothin's gonna change my world,so have another hit of crystal clear music. It's the trip, man, not the destination! What does bother me t... | |
| Stock or go to Upgrade Ave? "Modular Electronics Inc." I'll refer you to my technician, Benny Amina of Modular Electronics in Roswell, GA (Atlanta) who repairs all sorts of amps/preamps, builds his own line of tubed electronics, and is an authorized McIntosh repair shop. His... | |
| Pure Music I too noticed the PM 1.88, which I was demo-ing, didn't sound as rich and full when I updated to the 1.89 version...and did not sign up as a result.Tell me though, if using a Logitech Squeezebox Touch to wirelessly transmit ones ITune library to y... | |
| Help me put a system together for my son Look for a used Quad 909 ($1695) for around $700 to drive the Maggies. 140 w/ch and a bit of boost in the bass as they were made for planers. Pair with $500 used PS audio GCPH phono preamp with volume control($1000). You're good to go. Add a tube ... | |
| How to reach James Burgess? In the past, I see that gerrye123 and bradearles have been helpful in connecting others to James Burgess via this forum but I can no longer seem to be able to send them a direct email with the new system. Fellows, a little help please. |