albertporter
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| Good tweaking tools to share I own the Winds stylus gauge ( one hundreds of one gram model) , the KAB quartz strobe and turntable mat, Audioquest phono cartridge de mag, Gryphon's Exorcist, Discwasher anti static gun, LP #9 stylus cleaner, Decca record brush, a machinist (bra... | |
| Fluxbuster info Although I do not own the fluxbuster, the Audioquest version of this was determined to work best by hooking up to the tone arm (RCA) connections, turn on for 20 seconds, rest for 5 seconds, three intervals total. With instructions from Kelly, and ... | |
| Audio Research SP-10 6922 or 6DJ8 The topic of tubes has been covered here many times, but to answer your question, the Russians have done a great job on some tube types and not well at all on others. Unfortunately, the tube you and I are discussing ( 6922 / 6DJ8 / 7308 ), has not... | |
| ESS speakers "Translinear" Transstatic Sean, you are right about the memories, it was pleasant thinking about the ESS again. Your question about Soundlab, all the large speakers in the line have excellent bass, and are exclusively electrostatic. The mylar driver has very low excursion,... | |
| BNC vs. RCA digital connectors The BNC connector is the industry standard, being the only true 75 ohm connector. The impedance of the interconnecting wire ( including length ) , the requirement of the termination of the involved components, and the impedance of the connector it... | |
| ESS speakers "Translinear" Transstatic I was the factory representative for this line in 1971, and took these speakers around to audio dealers for demo. I believe that the electrostatic element was at that time, manufactured by RTR, the same company that made the elements for the Crown... | |
| Audio Research SP-10 6922 or 6DJ8 Frap, the Tele ECC88 is a warm tube, I think you may have suffered a slow loss of resolution and bandwidth over the years, and are perhaps forgetting the sound of those original (supplied) tubes in your ARC. I agree that just before they departed ... | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? Turntable 90 percent of the time, CD or SACD 10 percent. I do not own a tuner, listen to music from the DSS system very rarely. | |
| Need TT setup Help To obtain the correct VTA. The suggestions by Caterham1700 will get you the same results as Plato and I, and could provide the ability to adjust the VTA in tiny increments. I think this is a REAL advantage! I recently worked on a VPI TNT, and coul... | |
| Passive Bi-Amping of Stereo Amps South_park, you mean "Oh my god, the've killed Kenwood" or whatever amps they did this to? | |
| Need TT setup Help Your explanation about the one fourth inch taller platter is almost certainly the problem. Many cartridges change tonal balance and tracking ability in as little as 5 thousands of an inch. There must be a way to bring this back to the original VTA... | |
| Have I been slow to catch on or what... You have already begun, as you are here at Audiogon. I think you will almost always get answers that are from the heart. I realize that even a long and varied post is not a review, at least not in the format presented by a magazine. Much of the re... | |
| Spectral/MIT I have avoided making comments up until now, as I am very prejudiced about the topic here. I met the owner of Boulder Electronics at a CES show, back when he was showing with Soundlab. It only took 10 Min. for us to get into an argument that made ... | |
| FYI - New B W CM Series Sugarbrie, I understand your excitement about the B&W line of speakers, they are very good products. I am considering them as a possibility for my surround sound system, but have not heard the version I am interested in. One of the members of ... | |
| Audio Research SP-10 6922 or 6DJ8 The electrical characteristics are close enough that the 6DJ8, 6922 and 7308 will all three work in the ARC circuit. There is one other possibility, the 7316, which is very low noise military version, also electrically similar to these other three... |