porcy62

Actually, I missed the goal of it. I mean declarared earnings are already public, I can go to the office and ask the tax contribution of someone, for example my former wife or husband, or truste oe employed, if I have some reason to believe that they are cheating me. You wouldn't discover tax dodgers from the declared earning, it's an oxymor, so apparently, the only reason I can see for it is that envy and resentment push people to tell on the neighbour with a BMW X5 and a low declared income. Nor really a great move for a civil country. About tax dodgers, the former center left governments got something like 10 billions euros in two years from them.

Yeah, and by adding the phono stage you effectively bring up the phono input level to 'line' level as used with CD sources. A language question: when one says 'most of something' should the verb be referred to 'most'? 'most of the guys has integrated amps' or 'most of the guys have integrated amps'?

Yes. So the pre-amps are only useful for turntables. You need to feed the output from a pre-amp into an amp, into which all your other junk - radio, K7s, CDs etc - is also being fed. I didn't get that feeling looking at the NAD page you referenced. I thought it did all of them. MG Not really, on the contrary since a 'phono stage' (or 'phono pre amp') is costly, with the advent of CD, most manufactures dropped the phono input in their product. Actually it's pretty rare find an amp with an internal phono section. A side note, (roughly explained) we usually talk about 'preamp' and 'power amp' as separate components because the better gears split the 'pre amp' (the section in wich all the signals coming from different source CD, K7,etc are treated: volume, tone controls) and the 'power amp', (the section where the signal of the preamp get the watts to the loudspeaker) into diferrent cases. So I have a phono preamp, a pre amp and two mono power amps, total FOUR different cases. The Nad and the Cambridge are 'integrated amp' (in wich pre amp section and power amp section are togheter in one case). If you look for an 'integrated amp' that can handle cartdrige signal you should look in the specs if there is a real 'phono section'. Most of the integrated amps have only 'line' inputs.

Great subject for a movie like 'Erin Brockovich' or 'The Rainmaker'. Go for it.

Agree BTW you could find decent phono stage at human prices. I am using a 100 euros NAD right now and it sounds OK. Does that handle everything - CD, tape, turntable, CD recorder - all in one? I thought NADs were more expensive than that. Perhaps I should do some more looking around before I go firm on this. MG Not really, it's a MC/MM phono stage http://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-am...no-Preamplifier But I'd have a look at this http://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-am...eo-Preamplifier, considering that the Cambridge hasn't a phono imput, make your calculation. The A5 has a phono input as an optional extra, for an extra twenty quid. Looked at the NAD page, thanks. What's a preamp, as opposed to an amp? MG Get the phono imput at twenty quid if you want stay in the budget. About preamp and amp, well...it will need a long explanation, or a shorter and better one of some english mother tongue fellow members, perhaps THE engineer Anyway, the signal of a cartdrige is different from cd/tuner/etc (generally called 'line signals'), it needs to be amplificated and equalized by some means, usually called 'phono pre amp' or 'phono section'... Are you serious?

Agree BTW you could find decent phono stage at human prices. I am using a 100 euros NAD right now and it sounds OK. Does that handle everything - CD, tape, turntable, CD recorder - all in one? I thought NADs were more expensive than that. Perhaps I should do some more looking around before I go firm on this. MG Not really, it's a MC/MM phono stage http://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-am...no-Preamplifier But I'd have a look at this http://nadelectronics.com/products/hifi-am...eo-Preamplifier, considering that the Cambridge hasn't a phono imput, make your calculation. edit: more expensive then the Cambridge AND the Nad phono stage, at least over here. Though it's a Nad, excellent stuff.

Agree BTW you could find decent phono stage at human prices. I am using a 100 euros NAD right now and it sounds OK.

Dexter Gordon - OUR MAN IN PARIS - BN, NY label mono. for Claude Ermelin: the man at the knobs and faders.

Ah, yes, at last a TRUE engineer...

THELONIOUS MONK Prestige 7053, 50th label.

Roy Haynes - OUT OF THE AFTERNOON - Impulse! stereo.

And Leary.

Of course, I presumed MG hasn't a tube amp.

Thanks Porcy. Didn't think of switching the wall sockets - tried that but no good. Looks like I'm in the market for a new amp. And one of the K7 decks bust a year ago, so I'm now looking to replace that at the same time. MG If I understood the buzz is there even if there is no imput (TT or CD) hooked on the amp, even if the volume knob is on 0?

My Lou Reed's Dynaflex are excellent. I love them. As they say 'magic tubey sound'. And I got them from the dust bin.

It seems some kind of ground/mains electric problem. Have you got some new electric stuff like halogen lamps hooked in the house? Did you try another wall socket? Try to exclude the ground pin of the amp's power chord. A few tries you could do also: switch the cables and channels, (inputs and outputs), disconnect sources at once (first TT, then CD player or viceversa). After that, and I presume you already did most of it, if your amp still buzz on both channels with both TT AND CD player's inputs, your amp has a problem.

You're right about sleeve adhesive problem. BTW I already listened to all six reissues. Gorgeous sound...and good exercize flipping the LP every 10 minutes.

Buddha said: One day some people came to the vinyl lover and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your beloved LPs from harm, wear and death? The vinyl lover held up an LP and said: Someone gave me this LP, and I really like it. It plays music admirably and its sound pleases me. I touch the needle to it and it sings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table or scratch it irreparably. I know this LP is already broken, so I enjoy it incredibly. http://blog.stereophile.com/stephenmejias/042508buddha/ Loved this one.

Woopeee ! I spun Drew's 'Undercurrent' and Donaldson's 'LD+3' too. Great sounding stuff, they did a great job on these old masters. I was skeptical at first buying again and again the same records. Now I am very happy I did. The covers are first class too. I haven't got any flaws on my copies, (warped, off centered or scratches) anyway, like Mosaic, they should have a first class replacement service, if you weren't lucky. Chapeau.

Music Matters 45 rpm reissue of 'Soul Station'. Well, expensive? yes! Does it worth the extra money? YESSS!

Totally agree, you don't need audiophile stuff for Bruce Willis' movies, just a big subwoofer.