bigwave1
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| which turntable for the future? @renatocomes, I have the same set up but did the Gert Petersen mod. As good as the MK IV is with the V arm, the mod addressed the bass and increased dynamics amongst other attributes. If you are DYIer, a short week of Sundays will bring the table,... | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? Sorry, integrated amps | |
| The Best Preamp is no Preamp? I suppose integrates could have a say in this? Thanks | |
| Decisive moments your your audio journey On a busy in store weekend in the mid 80’s I was picking up my rebuilt Quad 57’s and the store owner was demonstrating them with a Spectral amp. The sound stopped the entire store, went quiet. Two customers pulling the trigger on loudspeakers stop... | |
| Best Bang for the Buck Upgrade Best bang, $340 Duelund/Mundorf Ultra Loudspeaker Purifiers by Audioman58. | |
| Duelund/Mundorf Ultra Loudspeaker Purifiers Right out of the box using a 1970’s Akai receiver for breakin, holography plus what wig said. Head shaking not mandatory but unavoidable. They will not be going back. Thank you Audioman58. | |
| GIK Vicoustic and others As well stated above, you are doomed without sufficient bass trapping. That’s where the $ needs to go first. All 4 corners 12-16” diameter for the lowest fundamentals and to tame the standing waves, eliminate nulls. | |
| Beautiful listening rooms @DeKay, thought he resembled Sinatra. | |
| Efficient speaker: Zu, Tekton, Volti, Klipsch, Fleetwood? Open Baffle-PureAudioProject 96db. Wall of sound. | |
| Have you ever been turned off by an Arrogant Dealer? Thoughts @ elliotbnewcombjr, you did mention, +10. | |
| Phono Hum Question I was assuming the ground wire supplied with the tonearm cables grounded the tonearm. Looking under the tonearm mounting plate I see the ground wire for the plate in which the tonearm is not isolated. It will take me a day or two to make sure that... | |
| Phono Hum Question Thank you Kurt, always a pleasure. | |
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| Does a Subwoofer Make Spiking Redundant? Acoustic Science Corp and Acoustic Fields have Subwoofer Platform Traps 18” off the floor for more than one reason. | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats Think about it, even felt was used on my Victor Victoria V from 1906! |