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| SL1200GAE New Tonearm If you position the arm correctly, yes, you can use the lid. You can't do it with the 12" though :) | |
| Empire Turntable Parts We built a whole new plinth for the 208 that is machined out of solid aluminum and has exactly the same lines although that big hole beneath the platter isn't there. @falmgren, are you sure the new lamp was good? Did you test the old one? | |
| What is the fascination? Years ago one of my employees picked up an Empire 208 at a garage sale, and got it sounding good enough that for fun, I sought one of my own, which I found for $35.00 (good luck trying to do that now!). I threw out the arm and installed my SME 5 o... | |
| Serious Passive Preamp question I've seen active preamps beat a passive every time. Less coloration, better dynamic impact, more extension. Less sensitivity to interconnect cables.A lot depends on the active line stage though. Some of them outright suck, and then passive sounds ... | |
| Is the Eico HF 81 really that good? Eico tended to use a lot of ceramic disk caps in places they should not have- such as coupling caps. But their transformers were pretty good. So if you replaced the coupling caps (and of course have the power supplies rebuilt) their stuff sounds j... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Why doesn’t someone else use this approach??No-one makes SITs. They can be a bit fragile too!I'm not sure input capacitance is an insurmountable issue. I'm not one of those who automatically cringes at feedback. I'm not either, but one thing shou... | |
| Let's talk power cords There ARE solid core aftermarket power cords available commercially. Yes- I'm sure there are. But they don't meet OSHA regulations. Has anyone been able to explain why power cable would make a difference? Yes. See the first page of this thread. | |
| Phono preamp/turntable connection question. just wondering if balanced cable is an "upgrade" if no other component in the system is balanced as well.If you have an SUT, then that can convert from balanced to single-ended no worries. Otherwise, no benefit. | |
| If aftermarket premium power cords work, why won’t short runs of premium XLR cables work? XLR cables are easily extended, if the source supports the balanced standard. If not, its a bit of a crap shoot.More on this:http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/balanced.php | |
| Empire Turntable Parts The lamp is an NE-55 or similar which is a bayonet-mount neon lamp. I have plenty on hand. They are available on ebay, here's an example.https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eiko-B2A-Neon-Indicator-Lamp-105-125V-0-25A-BA9s-Bayonet-Base-Pack-of-10-G/... | |
| Atma-Sphere in CO? I'd love to be able to just leave the stereo on all day without concern for tube life.If the amps are on a moderate load (and most Coincidents are) then the tube life is really really long. I leave my amps on all day and most of the night without... | |
| Digital integrated alternatives to SET tube system I do have spares but I’ve had poor experiences purchasing tubes over the years already. Had a brand new power tube fail within a month or so. And a NOS Black Treasure flare up and die the first time I plunked it in. With these being matched pa... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Yes I can. The short explanation is that tubes generally are more linear. Semiconductors have a significant non-linear input capacitance which as any solid state designer knows can be tricky to deal with (in fact radios are tuned by the use of var... | |
| Let's talk power cords And then I thought, the exact same wire I was using is still in the extensions. So WHY is that not making the later wire the same as it is on it’s own??? Anyway, I do not have the answer. However it IS a project anyone could do. make a PC out ... | |
| Phono preamp/turntable connection question. Tone arm to preamp. If that connection gets messed with, nothing you can do about it downstream.FWIW, cartridges are a balanced source so you can run a balanced connection between the tone arm and preamp. Balanced lines are more neutral, so this c... |