bifwynne
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| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable I would like to thank everybody again for their helpful comments. So, ... as I mentioned above, my son took his TT to the local shop for a look-see. He asked the shop to pay special attention to the big caps and other passives. The shop reported... | |
| ARC REF 150SE vs REF 160S This thread is almost 8 months old, but I would like to respond to gpgr4blu's last post. Gpgr4blu said that: I moved from the Ref 150 to Ref 150 with KT 150s which ARC reps told me was almost as good as the Ref 150se. Then I moved up to Ref160 mo... | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable Thanks to all for the comments and helpful suggestions. I passed everything to my son. He told me that he is taking the Thorens to a local electronics repair shop and told the shop to check all the caps that can be seen, especially the jump star... | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable Thanks guys. Dekay, ... large cap. uuuhm. That could be a possibility. If the cap jump starts the motor, that could be the culprit. My son says that the problem occurs on start up. He told me that he has to give the platter a push to get it st... | |
| Replacement Motor for a Vintage Thorens TD 160 Turntable My son has done enough checking to isolate the problem to the motor. So I ask, is it possible to buy a new or rebuilt motor? Or, are there any shops that can rebuild the motor?If not, I surmise that the TT is scrap. The belt is OK. | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp Respectfully, techno_dude,... I do not agree with your comment. The Ref 6 is a wonderful preamp. The SE upgrade made the Reg 6 sound better. I understand that the changes consisted mostly of new caps and wire. ARC is constantly trying to impro... | |
| Audio Research Ref 10 vs 40th Anniversary preamp Well guys, I am back again, ... 1 year and a few months later, ... with some comments about the ARC Ref 6SE and the significance of break-in. So, I finally swapped out my Ref 6 for the SE upgrade in the Fall of 2020. I am happy to report that I ... | |
| ARC Ref CD-8 compared to CD-6 and/or Ref CD-9 Ok, ... I can answer my own OP from 7 years ago. Last year, I swapped out my Ref CD-8 for the Ref CD-9SE. I think the CD-9SE sounds noticeably better than the CD-8, ... but not by a mile. Yes, there seems to be more detail. Bass is a little tig... | |
| Solid state amp to replace my Audio Research Ref 150 amp Wow, this thread started almost 5 years ago. @shaq -- did you make an amp decision? | |
| Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions? @antigrunge2 - thanks. I read most of the link which discusses Delta Sigma versus R2R DACs. Can't say I understand it all, but I think I get the point. That may be why the SQ from good LPs has a certain life and richness that is lacking in digi... | |
| Issue with ARC Ref 110 amp The hiss could be a tube or the speaker. At least the amp is not blowing fuses. Switch the speaker cables to see if the hiss moves. If it moves, the problem is likely the amp. If the hiss does not move, it is likely the speaker.If the hiss mov... | |
| Issue with ARC Ref 110 amp Obviously the amp should not blow fuses. Step 1: Maybe the speakers are the problem. Does the amp blow fuses if the speaker cables are disconnected from the amp's output taps? Warning: If you disconnect the speaker cables do NOT pass a signal... | |
| Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions? @antigrunge2 - my ARC Ref 9SE can upsample redbook playback to 176.4kHz. I tried it several times and cannot say it really sounds better overall than native sampling of 16Bit/44.1kHz.You did mentioned that upsampling works best with delta sigma D... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required?Absolutely!! Can't wait to drop $46K to $65K in my man cave. To a near certainty, I expect that when my wife see what I did (or propose to do) to my soun... | |
| Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions? FWIW, just picked this up from a Google search: Lindell B. Jones Jr., Long-time music lover. Met a handful of rock/pop stars.Answered 1 year ago · Author has 156 answers and 144.5K answer viewsNot that can actually be heard under ordinary circums... |