76doublebass
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| How do you determine how much to spend on speakers i bought a VPI MK3 with a Morch Arm,and with the money left over purchased a Grado Reference The Reference Phono Cartridge.You would be very hard pressed to find any CD RIGsound like this one.Of course I can always upgrade the table a little more ... | |
| FIY, one of best Bass Test Discs The Sheffield Drum Record with Jim Keltner and Ron Tutt on drum sets.This was recorded live, no tape, direct to disk straight onto the cutting lathe.The Record id.# was LAB 14.This may be a collectors LP by now in NM LP condition.BUT the drums sou... | |
| what made you get into high end gear. I had sold a pair of big JBL 4343 Speakers to a high end dealer in VA. back in the early 80's.He listened to them first in my apartment with my modest Marantz 4400 Receiverdriving them and stated our Magnaplaners image better then these big boys ,... | |
| Oracle Delphi vs Linn Sondek vs VPI Scout I have a VPI MK3 with a Morch UP-4 Arm,and with the money saved bought a Grado Reference The Refererence Phono Cartridge.I'm spinning vinyl like mad and enjoy the sound of the rig.Next year I can buy the Aries 2 platter for the table and get the S... | |
| Need help, Have a new Phono stage need to set it. You should stay with 47K .Changing the impeadence will dramatically effect the high frequency performance of the phono cartridge.But of course your free to experiment,although it would be wise to stay within the factory specs of what the phono car... | |
| What are the Best Sounding FM Tuners My Marantz 120 Tuner with Scope moded by Joseph Chow.What a sound this puts out. | |
| Help with Cartridge for Pioneer Reference PL-90 Just be careful when removing cartridge .Take your time be patient and reinstall leads correctly red,white,blue,green.Michael Percy does sell headshell leads from some companies.Sometime back in the early 90's my audiophile friends would actually ... | |
| Head Cleaning Fluid I have a restored Teac Reel to Reel.Only use a cleaner recommended for the rubber rollers.If you use Alcohol in any form for the rollers they will dry out and crack.Use MG Chemicals Rubber Renue.This is a rubber restorer and works great on pinch r... | |
| My Moerch DP-6 just arrived I have the Morch UP-4 with my VPI MK3 and a Grado Ref. with the red dot arm wand.I did use the heavy counterweight at first,But found when I bought my Shure VTF Guage I had the tracking force set way to high at over 2 grams force or more and had t... | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival 45 rpm Vinyl reissues I sampled the CCR1 Release Suzie Q, And I Got A Spell On You.WOW! IS ALL i CAN SAY ABOUT THIS ONE.Talk about deep powerful tight bass on both songs simply amazing.AlSO the deep full cord structure is heard and felt in the electric guitars.I never ... | |
| Cartridge choices under $300 I would suggest a Grado Platimum.Entry level wood Grado at $300.00 list you can get in H.O. version at 4.8Mv. or low output at .5Mv,Its $300.00 list you can probably pick it up elsewhere for much less used. | |
| JMW-9/Cartridge Problem I had the opposite problem with my Grado Reference Cartridge.I had it tracking at one point way over spec. at 2.6 grams with my Morch Arm.I realised this when I bought the Shure Precision Stylus Force Gauge SFG-2. In my case my arm comes with 3 di... | |
| I thought you might get a good chuckle over this Thanks for the info.I learned something on this post and deeply appreciate the knowledgeable input from Audiogoners.Happy Listening Don | |
| Can HI FI components really make music? I have played live music for the past 30 years and have played in my symphony for the past 15 years.The speaker that comes very close to the recreation of a live event our my Martin Logan QuestZ's.My Grado Reference Phono Cartridge The Reference a... | |
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