Maybe i did try to cut the corner too steep by buying the pre and riaa.
Maybe try to lend home a proper enough pre with built in riaa ala´ E.A.R or something and se what happens..
What would the cheapest decent pre/riaa be?
Thanks again!
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Maybe i did try to cut the corner too steep by buying the pre and riaa.
Maybe try to lend home a proper enough pre with built in riaa ala´ E.A.R or something and se what happens..
What would the cheapest decent pre/riaa be?
Thanks again!
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I'm sure others would disagree but I found a yaqin valve stage from China (if you add upgraded valves) and a half decent (at least a tisbury if not better) passive pre work quite nicely.
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Failing that a Croft might work well with the audio physics, I sold my Croft before I got the Virgos so that's not confirmed.
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Having demoed a fair few speakers in recent months, I really enjoyed Dali Epicons - they might be worth a listen.
I agree ref Audio Physic - too lean for me and lacked body. Epicons provided a bit of everything I like and may well be my next speaker.
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I had a revelation with my Virgos last night, might not work for you but try swapping the phase of the speaker cables round on both of them, you might just be surprised.
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You can't do that. The music will come out backwards!
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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An Audio Research SP10,11 or 14 would be nice with the Levinson....
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I don't think my mind´s gonna allow me to put something labelled + somewhere marked - hehe
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As Jez said, an Audio Research would do the job or better still, you might be able to find yourself a Levinson pre-amp such as a 28 or 25/26 for not much money.
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