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| Thiel Acquired by Private Equity Firm Here's what Thiel's new CEO Bill Thomas has to say, audiofi.net has a short interview with him:http://audiofi.net/2012/12/thiel-will-stay-innovative-assures-new-ceo/ | |
| VPI Classic hum Macster: Haha, so it seems, like the hum on my Classic!I did a whole lock-stock-and-barrel change. The provided arms with each deck don't seem to be drop-in exchangeable units, unless, I suppose, one removes the arm base/mount as well. I ordered t... | |
| VPI Classic hum Gvandyke2: You're lucky, then, that the hum was traced to the interconnects. I tried a number of shielded interconnects before tracing the actual cause of the hum in my (former) Classic ... | |
| VPI Classic hum Bifwynne: Mine didn't, too, at first. I think not every unit was plagued by this issue. If yours is working fine, I envy you, I still love the Classic's looks and sound. | |
| VPI Classic hum Wow, almost 18 months since I started this thread and it's still going on.I've read the replies since my last post. It appears the motor mounting is the culprit. I'm sure VPI would have rectified this issue on all the Classics since then.Macster -... | |
| CPI super platter vs. Classic aluminum platter I recently traded in my Classic for an Aries 3. Before the Classic was sent back, I swapped the Aries 3's acrylic platter for the Classic's aluminum one. No two ways, the metal platter reached deeper into the bass than the Aries' original platter.... | |
| Modwright vs odysessy Extreme While Edorr is right, Leicachamp did say in the beginning that it was not possible to audition the Modwright.I haven't heard the Stratos, so can't say. In my system, I'd take the Khartago any day. In fact, I have taken two - now use the Khartago E... | |
| Modwright vs odysessy Extreme Which Odyssey amp?I recently had an extended session with the Modwright KWA150SE and Odyssey Khartago Extreme SE stereo. Preamps were the Modwright LS-100 and Odyssey Tempest.Whatever the combination, I always preferred the Khartago - with the Tem... | |
| VPI Classic hum So I've traded in the Classic for the Aries 3. Sad to see the Classic go, but I think I'm going to have fun upgrading parts of the Aries 3 in the years (months?). Platter, feet, maybe rim drive ... | |
| VPI Classic hum The Aries 3 is running beautifully. Itchy fingers - wondering how it would sound with the Classic's metal platter. Mike of VPI said no prob using it with the Aries 3, so I did a switch.Wondering if it's my imagination that the metal platter gave t... | |
| VPI Classic hum And thanks for all the suggestions and feedback, folks ... | |
| VPI Classic hum I got the dealer to come over to my place to listen, so he could hear what I was talking about. He agreed there was a hum each time the cartridge hit the groove and started playing. He tried a few tests, including what Bifwynne earlier suggested. ... | |
| VPI Classic hum My next thread will be called 'VPI Aries 3 no hum at all'... | |
| VPI Classic hum Ha ha, at least you found a solution ... if the Aries 3 with the Maestro is hum-free and the results tug at my heartstrings, I'm leaning towards trading in my Classic. But let's see in a few hours .... :) | |
| VPI Classic hum Just to recap:This hum I get when stylus eases into groove, I've experienced from these cartridges:Benz Gullwing (MC, 0.6mV output)Dynavector Karat (MC, 0.3mV)Sumiko Blue Point (MC, 2.5mV)Clearaudio Maestro (MM, 3.6mV)Earlier, I used these, and ei... |