OK, I've been rediscovering my vinyl collection and loving my new Music Hall mmf 5.1 turntable with Goldring 1012x cartridge. Now I have another question that I could use some expert advice on. My phono preamp is a Parasound pph-100. It cost about $150 a few years ago. If I were to buy a new phono preamp for about $600, will I hear a noticable improvment? I've been told yes by the store I bought my turntable from. I'm thinking about the Simaudio Moon LP3 or a Pro-ject tube model. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance,
Don in Phoenix

A brand new band is on the net!
Just go to www.myspace.com/theslowpilot to hear great music.

Personally, I would like to see some Martin Logan loudspeaker.
Not the low end, maybe the middle, Vista, Vantage, and the high end Summit or the new out of reach$$$ CLX.

p.s. I would prefer Vista and Vantage over the others.

Hi all,
some information about the new Spendor floorstanders?
release date, price, reflex or sealed?

I have heard a few mentions about led zep recently, so I wanted someone to recomennd one to listen to, being this would be my first time listening.

thx

For those of you with a Squeezebox or Transporter, Logitech is now selling separately the new controller that was introduced with the Duet.
http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_controller.html
I like the idea of a screen on the remote instead of having to grab the glasses to read the display on the unit. Mine should be here next week.

Bob

Dear Stereophile Staff,

Do you have any plans to review this DAC? It looks like a candidate to go with my Squeezebox 3.

In the meantime, does anybody here have experience with this DAC?

Thanks,
Bob

Edit: I meant to add a link:
http://www.psaudio.com/products/digital_link_iii.asp

After a little more reading, it looks like this DAC forces upsampling. I don't see a defeat switch. I can't understand why the designers would not include a means to turn upsampling off.

Hello dear all,
I am new to this game, and have recently got me a Quad pre-amp and amp
(303, 33) with two very nice Celestion speakers. The speakers work excellently with a modern marantz HiFi. Yet when connected to the Quad, often there is noise (not always) , especially when deep sounds are played, which sometimes disappears with tweaking the volumes on the input device and the amp. Does anyone have any tips for how to play music on the Quad without any noise, and without having to limit oneself to listening to very quiet music?

Hello dear all,
I am new to this game, and have recently got me a Quad pre-amp and amp (303, 33) with two very nice Celestion speakers. The speakers work excellently with a modern marantz HiFi. Yet when connected to the Quad, often there is noise (not always) , especially when deep sounds are played, which sometimes disappears with tweaking the volumes on the input device and the amp. Does anyone have any tips for how to play music on the Quad without any noise, and without having to limit oneself to listening to very quiet music?

Hello dear all,
I am new to this game, and have recently got me a Quad pre-amp and amp
(303, 33) with two very nice Celestion speakers. The speakers work excellently with a modern marantz HiFi. Yet when connected to the Quad, often there is noise (not always) , especially when deep sounds are played, which sometimes disappears with tweaking the volumes on the input device and the amp. Does anyone have any tips for how to play music on the Quad without any noise, and without having to limit oneself to listening to very quiet music?