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Finally got some right angle RCA adapters for the Budgie.

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Posted on February 17, 2017 at 17:57:05
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I hated the cables sprouting straight up from the chasis.









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RE: Finally got some right angle RCA adapters for the Budgie., posted on February 17, 2017 at 19:01:46
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 So how do you like the Budgie compared to the Schitt Mani you had previously?

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Still have both. Strictly on sonics, a no-brainer. Budgie all the way., posted on February 18, 2017 at 04:04:54
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 The Mani is, by far, the best under $200 phono preamp I've found when you consider it's gain/loading flexibility. Sonically, I'd rate it and the Hagerman Bugle 2 a tossup. Being a tube preamp, the Budgie is a chameleon. Warm and rich with the Matsushita 7DJ8s. Clean and detailed with the stock EH 6922s.



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RE: Finally got some right angle RCA adapters for the Budgie., posted on February 18, 2017 at 07:55:31
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Did adding the extra connectors change the sound at all?

 

Not that I can tell. /nt\, posted on February 18, 2017 at 09:22:46
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RE: Finally got some right angle RCA adapters for the Budgie., posted on February 18, 2017 at 17:15:40
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 I've got mine so they go straight up, I like it that way.

Strange, I've emailed parks audio twice through their website about using the 7DJ8 in the Budgie and have had no reply.

"Now about that Dust, !!!

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Mike.

 

I'm using the 7DJ8 with no problem . . . , posted on February 18, 2017 at 19:36:59
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 Soundstage is more defined than the stock tubes and overall I find teh tonal balance better, bass is much more extended.


Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

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I'll talk to my "putzfrau" about the dust., posted on February 19, 2017 at 06:07:35
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 However, you will notice it was not on the Budgie, but a lamp nearby. I "Swiffer" the components daily.





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I'll agree the bass via the 7DJ8s is superior., posted on February 19, 2017 at 06:10:30
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 However, I found the upper mids a bit "thick" and the highs not as crystalline as the stock EH 6922s.





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RE: Still have both. Strictly on sonics, a no-brainer. Budgie all the way., posted on February 19, 2017 at 06:48:54
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 I'm thinking about getting the Budgie myself. Where did you get your 7DJ8's? Thanks.

 

Upscale Audio (Link), posted on February 19, 2017 at 11:54:36
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RE: I'll agree the bass via the 7DJ8s is superior., posted on February 19, 2017 at 19:07:32
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 Maybe so, but in my system the +s outweighed a maybe slight darkness in the mids that with my speakers gave more body to the sound that I found quite pleasant. I've always been more interested in "beauty" than in "truth" but only in moderation.
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.

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Sounds reasonable. My speakers (Elac debut B6s) have a tendancy, posted on February 20, 2017 at 05:34:55
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 toward a bit dark upper midrange to begin with, plus a bit of reticense on top. My previous speakers, Maggies had gobs of treble and maybe a touch of thinness in the upper mids. The 7DJ8s would have been a perfect match for them.





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