adrianleewelch
Responses from adrianleewelch
| Mono record sounds like stereo To be honest I had never heard, nor been interested in Mono. I just never had exposure. Now I’m really intrigued. All I need is another rabbit hole !! It will be interesting to take it a step further with a suitable arm and cart. I really apprec... | |
| Mono record sounds like stereo Well I swapped one end of the RCAs and of course it moved the horn section to the opposite speaker. I played it on my other table and it was balanced left to right so I realized it was the SPU cartridge contributing. I switched the preamp to Mono... | |
| Mono record sounds like stereo Oh dang. It never occurred to me to swap the RCAs as a quick test. I’m going to try that now. TBH I’m not even sure if my Preamp has a mono setting. I’m going to check that as well. Thank you ! | |
| Mono record sounds like stereo @elliotbnewcombjr. I have the option of adding a 12” arm to one of my tables. I’m using a Sumiko blackbird and an SPU on 9” arms currently. If I added the 12” arm, would it be better to run the mono cart on it and leave the stereo cart on the 9”... | |
| Mono record sounds like stereo The tiny horns were made by Markus Klug. They are for 1” compression drivers. I’m using Faital HF10AK tweeters. My crossovers are a Hiraga inspired 3 way design built by Pete Riggle. It helps the Altecs up top and you can flip a switch and turn th... | |
| Mono record sounds like stereo I’m listening on an Altec A5 horn system and I was so impressed with the sound quality of this mono record. Thank you for the response. I thought I was crazy or my preamp was broken LOL | |
| If you want lame advice DON'T do this! I spent about 30K on equipment which was substantial since I’m a blue collar worker. It took 8 years to get all my gear. When I moved I decided to try room treatments so I bought about $2k worth of auralex bass traps and acoustic tiles. I brought... | |
| Poll: Most impactful component My ears are only 51 years old but I can only hear to 13k. My 35yo wife can’t stand the super tweeters I added to our 2 way Altec horn system because she can hear 19k. I have a toggle switch that takes the tweeters out of the system when she listen... | |
| Poll: Most impactful component Oh I forgot room treatment. I bought approx 100 Auralex tiles and 24 bass traps. Honestly this did more than any component. Actually it did more than all of my components. I know there is still some room correction to gain and I only spent abou... | |
| Poll: Most impactful component It was the Preamp for me. I had a solid system and when I upgraded preamps it was staggering. I had spent about 10k on speakers and 10k on a turntable and truthfully only had midfi amplification so I had to choose. I flipped a coin and upgraded th... | |
| Under my tower speakers -- Isoacoustics Gaia, other options? I’m using Gaia footers on an SVS PB 16 ultra on wood floors. I’m also using them on a heavy turntable. I’m very pleased with them. I thought they were a bargain at their price. I haven’t used anything more expensive to compare them though. They di... | |
| another arm/cart question (long post) This is all great information. I find that it’s not easy to search the threads when you don’t know what questions you are to be asking. Thank you all for contributing! | |
| another arm/cart question (long post) Yes I read about the .12 output of the 7, and wondered what that would equate to in real world application. I believe my McIntosh has 60db gain, with the ability of going up 6 more db in the trim settings. The lowest cart I have now is the 0C9 at ... | |
| another arm/cart question (long post) Opinions on the art9xA vs art9xI ? Shibata vs special line contact ? Most of my records are new or newer. Many 180g. I don’t have enough experience hearing various profiles to have a preference 😵💫 | |
| another arm/cart question (long post) Thank you for the responses. I believe I’ll spend a little more time researching the art series. The OC9 definitely has a great bass and I can’t imagine that improving. It was also very easy to set up and didn’t seem picky. |