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Help? Problem With Holding The Groove On A Hot Pressing
why wouldn't adding or subtracting some tracking force accomplish the same? The physics must be different?Yes. Triplanar arms are supplied with counterbalanced weights of different sizes. You can use one or multiple weights with different distance... 
Y No YG ?
Interesting. Was curious about the track just mentioned. I’ve seen that posted before on agon. Just played it a few times at increasing volumes on yg Hailey 2.2s. Shook the house, and my dog didn’t like it, but barely closed the gap between the... 
Horn Speaker Recommendations
Right now I have Mola Mola Kaluga mono amps which will deliver more power than I could possible need. @willgolf You might want to consider that the characteristics of an amplifier like the Mola Mola may not be right for many horn designs. The reas... 
PREAMP - Thoughts on Emotiva XSP-1
Funny they claim its all balanced but the phono inputs aren't balanced. All phono cartridges are balanced sources.One important reason to run balanced lines in high end audio is to avoid the colorations that are otherwise imposed by single-ended c... 
Affordable Decent Preamp & thoughts on Emotiva XSP-1 vs PS Audio Stellar Gain Stage
If you are considering a balanced preamp, its helpful (to reduce noise and colorations) if it supports the balanced standard. I've found over the years that most consumer preamps that are balanced don't actually support the standard. The thing is,... 
I went from Class D to Luxman A/AB - And most of what you think is wrong
And this, folks, is why this hobby is in a death spiral. Stupidly expensive gear with adherents that can "hear" all sorts of artifacts and distortions which they focus on to the detriment of enjoying the music. Had a very interesting chat wit... 
Why are my woofers pumping?
The resonance is a bit high - 7 hz ish That's on the low side. The window is 7-12Hz. 
Help? Problem With Holding The Groove On A Hot Pressing
Is there any plausibility that these hot grooves found later in a side would be a result of the physics of cutting? None whatsoever. The physics of cutting is that the cutterhead responds exactly the same to bass notes at the beginning of the LP a... 
Y No YG ?
Too much lab, not enough listening? One year at RMAF YG was distributing leaflets that they made the Best Speaker. Now as we English speakers know, The Best means there can be only One, so I figured it might be worth a listen :) I brought a CD up ... 
Horn Speaker Recommendations
2 more things...the PureAudioProject requires about 5 hours of assembly (super easy!!!), they will totally FILL your 20x 30 foot room, they are 96 dB efficient, and you can drive them with as little as a 3 -8 watt tube amp... which is what they... 
My 1st Tube Equipment Experience
I was researching the viability of using an RCA to XLR cable, with RCA on the Herron and XLR on the M22. Might that help, or is it a bad idea.It won't make any difference. What might help though is to make sure you have a jumper installed in the... 
OTL amps, my pick for the tube used.
They actually recommenced replacing the socket with each tube renewal!The original Russian spec sheet called for 750 hours! In practice I've seen the tube outlast the socket.Now I see M Mathews is offering them for $142 so this is either new prod... 
Amp change/upgrade for JBL4367 (94dB 2Way with Horn tweeter & 15" woofer)
In most rooms a 60 watt tube amp would do nicely on a speaker like that.i have found that the JBL's love current. If you drive this speaker with a 100 watts, because its 6 ohms the current will be slightly less than 4.1 amps. It won't matter what ... 
OTL amps, my pick for the tube used.
The 6C33 is a nice sounding tube. The real issue with it is 2-fold:1) its been out of production for about 20 years. The tooling was destroyed with the plant that made it so there won't be any reissues. 2) the tube was designed to use the socket f... 
Why no Class D integrated love? (from manufacturers)
Muti-inputs corrupt the signal to a degree and this is more noticeable with Class D because of it's purist design. This is nonsense.Another thing, I'm surprised these designers are making the boards as small as they are. My design is going to hav...