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even with the rat shack adaptors it sounds sweet

I am on a sony DD vintage binge here is the ps-x7 table great sound I would put on par with my linn lp12 better in some areas and not as good in others. When I get the supplies in I am looking at a three stage arm wire upgrade. The headshell tags, these are easy, an upgraded rca wire the stock are really crappy but the table has to be disassembled for that and the really tricky one would be a tone arm rewire with cardas 33 gauge wire. I could potentially skip stage 2 if I figured out a way to avoid going to the board with the wire and come straight out of the tone arm the rca connectors. This would avoid the solder joints to the pcb board and out for the pcb board.

Dom I would focus on better PS for an amp or source where possible over the cable. The PS Nate made me for the apogee mini dac did improve the sound over the wall wart. As long as the cord is decent ala quail or volex you should be fine another thing is to look at the wall socket and think about upgrading that to a hospital grade they grip better and you can't believe how shitty the cheap $2.50 wall sockets most builders use are.

Mike the BEL look like they are great amps and while they are up to MK V right now there is an MKI on a-gon for a grand , they look to be $4k amps. Maybe you could bribe Tom to let you audition his spare BEL with your speakers. Sorry to put you on the spot Tom. Anyway there are tons of HQ options to look at on the used market that in all likelyhood will best the $900 monos.

Man I miss the Falcon Pub fish and chips. Around here many to mention but Alembic on Haight st stands out for great small plates. 21st Amendment also makes standout fish and chips.

while I have no background in computer audio science, my sound cleaned up with the use of a reclocking device like the assemblage ultajitterbug. This was needed when taking data off the usb port but when using the firewire port with the duet the sound is magic. There are two pretty big threads both here and on headfi on the Duet. Grawk, Tyrion and I are pretty big proponents of it. I am still fiddling around with other dacs mainly for fun not out of necessity. I felt it was on par with or better than many of the $2k cdps I have owned. The headphone jack is just ok but the output to 1/4 jacks sound top notch. Good luck with your search.

x2 on APS and while you are at it get the rewire done

last dna .5 sold for $600 and a modded by smc they go for $1200 ish

I highly recommend the computer as source option. I tried the trends and Hagusb connections for computer usb output. I purchased the Hagusb in the aes config and both were good. I could not get the trends to lock with my jitterbug or sonic frontiers transdac in the coax format but in aes it locked right away. Indra if you have a macbook the apogee duet is the way to go, bests most dacs in the sub $1500 range and is made specifically for core audio in your mac. They run $500 in the US and since they are powered by the firewire connection there is not the usual voltage issue. Sweetwater.com is a great outfit to get these from.

sweet pick up, although this company makes me nervous with the tubiness knob on the cd player and the "tube sound" without the tubes on this one. They seem to be well thought of on the boards with little dissent though. Listen carefully between them and the cary though before the trail period is up. They should solve your heat issue though although with the System Audio Rangers you should be on the look out for a top flight amp. For the same price as these you could pick up a McCormack DNA .05 or 1 and I know those sound great! Happy listening and report back what you hear.

congrats and many years of happiness

sora sound , Mehran is the man sent out the cart prior to my payment hius is one of the good guys on A-gon

I can report that the biotracer on the ps-x500 mated with the xyz bloom sounds great and is a fine match

oops saw Reks clarification about the HD2 after this post

picking up my second Sony TT tomorrow from fedex tomorrow a ps-x7. Hopefully they did not play kick the can with it I'll know more tomorrow.

Terry welcome to headcase!! I'd love to hear the maggies some day and let me know when you want to go to an A's game I'm always in for that if I am in town.

I heard the Zu's at HES in NYC and they were good until we asked them to rock they failed miserably with led zep

I dunno no list of 100 titles for such a varied genre would ever be complete. I tend to view these lists as a great way for the average fan to fill in the collection and get turned on to different styles or overlooked artists.

my near term dream rig is a pair of total victory speakers with either wavelength or Frankenstein 300bs

I would strongly recommend the super hemps or the abbeys with a sub. I have wanted to hear the coicident line for some time but do not have a dealer local.

great cart, i like their yatra cart bit better but the bloom easily outclasses the competition in its price class like the dyna 20x r even the shelter 501. I have owned both and consider the bloom an upgrade.

no it sold out from under me on agon and so far I have not seen another, someday all gear comes around if you just give it time.

Dom good to see you here, there are alot of good folks here. The board is more rough and tumble than HF and people are more apt to say what they think and feel. It's good stuff and lots of knowledge here!!

Adam your dac in action , the jitterbug makes a big difference with the usb feed.

ghetto version of the 800 the ps-x500, nice table no motor noise but the arm can exhibit some noise particularly at the begining and end of lps. Overall a great table and easily as good as most regas and music hall or project tables.