alex_yakovlev

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Back into vinyl - part 1
Psychicanimal, what were the problems? I would appreciate any input before I ruin mine! :) 
Back into vinyl - part 1
Zaikesman,I have to agree with you here. Recently I decided to do some comparison between the 1200 arm and RB600 and modified second MK2 to exact condition short of replacing the arm.From the very first try it became obvious that there is an easy ... 
Back into vinyl - part 1
I personally don't like OL armboard. I used it initially, but then made several ones myself using different materials to find out which one is better. 
Is there advantage to balanced phono-preamp
If you don't have a fully balanced system you are not gaining anything by adding balanced phono corrector. 
Digital as good or better than YOUR analog?
My digital with best recordings is getting closer to my analog, but not close enough to make a mistake and at a serious cost. 
How Much To Rival Good Digital Playback
I don't think this is question is presented correctly. Sound quality has nothing, or almost nothing to do with money. One can spend 5 thousand on very good components that just would not work together, while smartly spending 6-8 hundred would make... 
Back into vinyl - part 1
Zaikesman,If you are comfortable opening the table yourself, it is reasonably easy to unsolder original lead-out cable and solder new one on its place. If you'd rather not, doing what you describe could help also. You just have to remember that yo... 
Back into vinyl - part 1
Psychicanimal,Your friend raises some very interesting issues and he is absolutely right about most of them. Supplying power to a device like 1200 is very tricky thing and there is a lot to it. I personally think that the approach Kevin is taking ... 
Back into vinyl - part 1
Thank you ladies and gentlemen for all your replies. Now I'll try to answer your questions.Sean - I gave a lot of clues about the tables that I had. If you look for them, you should be able to identify them with no problems. :)Zaikesman - I do not... 
Back into vinyl - part 1
Back into vinyl – Part 3.Interesting thing – Kevin (you know, gentleman behind KAB Electro-Acoustics?) never suggested me to buy 1200 again. He would talk about its benefits and quality and terrific price-performance ratio, but never actually trie... 
Back into vinyl - part 1
Back to vinyl – Part 2.I decided to go DIY way. I built quite few audio things in my life. Back in Russia I built several pairs of speakers from the ground up, which to be honest sounded like you know what. Later I realized that when I used driver... 
Philadelphia area audio club?
I live in Voorhess, but I work in Philadelphia.Would be interested in joining audio club.Thank you.