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| PS Audio GCPH mod vs. Heed Quasar Thank you all for responding with great information. It sounds like both phono preamps are terrific. I do like a lot the fact that you can feed the GCPH directly into the power amp; you can actually save money on forgetting a preamp if you only li... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Atmasphere,My speakers are the Totem Acoustics Hawk. Eldartford,That's my understanding of the filter as well. I've personally noticed absolutely no deterioration in sound since I put it in the signal path. In fact, I think it has improved the sound. | |
| Impendance taps setting on a tube amp I settled for the 4 Ohm setting, but didn't listen long enough with the 8 Ohm setting to provide meaningful feedback. I started with the factory wired 8 Ohm setting and thought the volume wasn't loud enough so I assumed the 4 Ohm setting was going... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild The test record and my calculations both put the resonant frequency of my tonearm and cartridge combination above 9 Hz, which I understand is considered correct. My phono stage is from the same manufacturer as my cart, and matches the recommended ... | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Atmasphere,So what do you suggest for those whose cart and tonearm matching looks correct, at least on paper, but still experience woofer fluttering? | |
| Woofers Gone Wild I understand the sentiment of the purist approach to this problem, but I wonder how many of the purists actually used the filter and can offer meaningful advice. Saying it filters ergo it wrongs the signal is, in my opinion, a simplistic theoretic... | |
| New to tubes Thank you all for your input and advice. I switched from the built-in phono section to my Soundsmith MM phono preamp with 48 dB of gain and even though I still have to turn the knob a little bit higher than before, it matters not. The sound is sim... | |
| New to tubes Yes, it does. Thank you very much for your advice. As far as the power rating, Magnum is an upgraded regular Cronus; a Cronus on steroids, if you will. It has 4 KT-90 tubes, instead of EL34, hence its higher power. It has more upgrades as well, su... | |
| MintLP Protractor for the JMW-9T tonearm Istanbulu,To provide you with an update: -I contacted VPI and Mike informed me that the JMW-9T (and all JMW 9s) has the mounting distance of 223mm. So your protractor is spot on.-I measured the distance on my rig again, and although it is very har... | |
| MintLP Protractor for the JMW-9T tonearm First off, Yip has been extremely professional and helpful. I have no doubt his product is the best of its kind out there. I would hate to give even a hint of impression that he has done something inaccurate or incorrect, when quite the opposite i... | |
| MintLP Protractor for the JMW-9T tonearm Istanbulu,The Mint protractor for the JMW-9 tonearms is made based on the mounting distance of 223mm and effective length of 240mm based on the Baerwald algorithm, which Yip uses for his protractors. The mounting distance of 223mm is what VPI used... | |
| MintLP Protractor for the JMW-9T tonearm I am more than happy to report back so that we're closer to the "truth" (in this case the truth being the parameters that should be used to offer the optimal cartridge alignment with the VPI JMW-9 tonearms): My measurements of the mounting distanc... | |
| MintLP Protractor for the JMW-9T tonearm Oh boy, my head is spinning after reading this article. So basically there is no clear answer regarding the geometry of VPI tonearms. If so, I wonder how effective the Mint protractor actually is for VPI tables and tonearms. Owners of VPI gear see... | |
| Azimuth observations and importance Thank you all for your input and advice. It's greatly appreciated! | |
| Woofers Gone Wild Most likely culprit is rumble. I had the same problem and got the KAB filter referenced in the first response to your post and never looked back. To be fair, you should examine a mechanical solution to your problem first (compliance, damping, etc.... |