bifwynne
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| Turntable / Arm combo for around $2000. new. Concur with Macdadtexas. Both he and I drive a Classic with VPI Zephyr cartridge. Be advised that a new Zephyr has a MSRP of a grand last time I checked. I picked up a used Zephyr on A'GON with about 10-20 hrs on it for $700. The only caveat I hav... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Hey Klipschking, you were the guy who started the other thread I mentioned. I suppose this thread is asking a different question as to whether you should be the Maytag repairman, but you ultimately have to answer the threshold question: do the cap... | |
| Rookie; replace my own amplifier caps?? Klipschking, there is a thread about this issue already running. One of the guys -- was it you?? -- provided a link to a site that described in detail what was involved with "reconditioning" a NAIM amp. This included changing out caps. Notably, co... | |
| Can the output of an ARC PH-7 be turned down? Handymann, I also own an ARC PH-7. My line stage is an ARC Ref-5. Concur with Mofi -- PH-7 output is fixed and gain is at full bore of 57.5db. I was unaware that ARC sells a gain reduction kit. Question: is the PH-7 clipping your pre?? If not, ple... | |
| Turntable advice-thorens questions Jeremy, regrettably, I can't share your take on VPIs. I own the Classic (w/ Classic 3 arm), The da*n thing is built like a tank. Put treads, a 125mm cannon on it and voila, it's an Abrams main battle tank.The main platter weighs 18 lbs and the mot... | |
| Turntable advice-thorens questions Nandric, if one carefully shops, they can pick up a used VPI Classic for just a little more than $1500. Any preference or views about the "old" LP-12 versus the "new" VPI Classic?? | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? Hey Stan. I have always respected and appreciated your posts. Does your post above mean that you agree with my Rinalso quip???? | |
| Why are modern arms so ugly? This thread reminds me of the old SNL shows where Billy Crystal played Rinaldo. Funny as heck when Billy/Rinaldo said, "it's more important to look good than to feel good." hahaha. Sorry for the low browl(sp?) humor. | |
| Turntable advice-thorens questions Agree with Prcinka and Viridian. You must decide if you want to collect old TTs or a modern TT that will handle modern cartridges and so forth. I started in vinyl with a rehabed old Thorens. It was nice, but I ultimately wound up with a VPI Classi... | |
| Favorite Pre Amp and Amp with Vandersteen? Just an FYI. I don't own Vandys, but for some reason I think John Rutan of Audio Connection, Verona, NJ uses ARC gear to power up his Vandys. John is dealer for both Vandersteen and ARC. If John catches this OP, perhaps he can weigh in. Otherwise,... | |
| What is the best way to hook up a subwoofer Al and Tiffany, I touched indirectly on the point Al makes in criteria 1) above, to wit, "[t]he sub provides separate line-level inputs for the two channels, not just one input jack that is intended to receive a summed mono signal."That is the pre... | |
| What is the best way to hook up a subwoofer Al, you are 100% correct about the outputs. Odd the SP-9 has two tapes and only one main output. That means the SP-9 will drive the sub full bore out of the tape output unless there's some way to control the output gain from the tape output. Just ... | |
| What is the best way to hook up a subwoofer I own an ARC Ref 5 line stage and also have a self powered sub woofer. I mention this because we may share similar issues. I just checked the ARCDB web site and note that the SP-9 has two main outputs. Al asks the correct questions. Also is the su... | |
| VPI Tonearm connector wire and record tracking Tzh21y, last post on this thread. If you're still not pleased with your cartridge/arm performance, I would call Mike at VPI. He knows the JMW uni-pivot arm like the back of his hand. I mentioned above that if you keep fiddling with the arm and wir... | |
| VPI Tonearm connector wire and record tracking Sorry if this is heretical, but when I picked up my VPI Zephyr, I did a quick alignment, VTF was a snap, checked azimuth and VTA -- all in 15 minutes. Didn't need a laser or oscilliscope or any other crazy jigs or whatever. The VPI jig is based on... |