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| Record-playing Rituals? Crem1, thanks! | |
| MMF 2.1 azimuth/tonearm lifter problem Johnny, make sure the VTA screws at the base of the tonearm are tightened. They probably were not and by grabbing the tonearm, you could have lifted the base without knowing it.Lower the cartride on the record, look at the arm from the side and se... | |
| Vibration and Isolation at a budget? I am looking into isolation products as well.Sorry if I am highjacking this thread.....I have a Blue Circle BC27 phono stage for audition now and if I raise the volume high enough, there is this very low frequency energy being reproduced by the sp... | |
| Record-playing Rituals? Crem1, are you talking about a pressure steamer or a garment steamer? | |
| the dreaded breaking of tonearm wire...now what? Paul, glad to hear the cartridge did not dissapoint.Thanks for your thoughts. | |
| the dreaded breaking of tonearm wire...now what? Pablo, thanks for your answer.How is the Benz sounding?Enoying it?I am ordering an Ace Medium to replace my Sumiko Pearl($95) and am expecting an improvement, although I am also about to change the phono stage soon, you know how it goes... | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? As I was still hoping that Scarlett Johansson may appear in my room, all of a sudden Ted Denney IV shows up with the new power cord, a pre-quantum-tunnel version. About 2 minutes later Ted Denney V appeared with his new power cord that was just "q... | |
| the dreaded breaking of tonearm wire...now what? Pablo, what did you do to damage the cable? I will be installing a new cart pretty soon for first time.Kind of wanted to know what are the DOs and DON'Ts when installing. Cartridge is Benz Ace. I feel pretty confident I can do it, just wanted to k... | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? Brutusab, could you mention the preamp they used? | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? 08-23-07: Bar81Isn't the fact that a power cable is making a "huge difference" indicative of issues in the rest of the system it's being used in, particularly where it's changing the sound of such system (as opposed to lowering the noise floor, et... | |
| Ever hear a power cable make a huge difference? True. Power cords make a difference. I have heard a few. Never it was as shocking as described above though.I respect Synergistic Research. These guys make very good cables. I did audition Tesla Accelerator speaker cables as soon as they came out.... | |
| Unhappy with tubes so which transistor amp? You can give an ARC HD220 a shot.Also, consider Blue Circle hybrid amps such as BC204 or BC206. These amps use 4 6922 tubes. Have a listen. All the qualities you are looking for. IMO, this is the best compromise. | |
| Acousctic Zen Sil. Ref. II and Absolute, anyone? I use AZ Silver Ref MkII between cd and pre. Matrix Ref MkII between pre and amp. Tried 2 Silver Refs and did not like it. Sounded artificial and too thin. However, a blend of Silver Ref II and Matrix Ref II is great. Even the combo of 2 Matrix Re... | |
| MMF-5 compliance question go to www.cartridgedb.comThere you can find tonearm and cartridge specs.I am thinking of upgrading the cartridge soon as well, so was just looking at the same thing...I'm considering Benz and Sumiko. | |
| Marantz SA8001 or Music Hall CD25.2? Compared stock Marantz 8260 vs heavily modded CD25 and the 2 players were extremely close. Figure that the stock 25.2 will be half as good as the 8001....roughly speaking.The difference between stock CD25 and 8260 was that the 8260 had smoother tr... |