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| Conrad JOHNSON Phono Preamps East Coast. West Palm Beach. Have fun. Let me know if I can help you at any time.Bill | |
| Conrad JOHNSON Phono Preamps Enjoy the adventure. It will not be ugly. | |
| Conrad JOHNSON Phono Preamps I have a lot of cartridges. The best of my better MC cartridges has been an Ortofon Per Winfeld, but I have more recently been happier with the sound of a SoundSmith Experion, which is a MI, based on the older Bang & Olufson design, which in ... | |
| Best cartridge Ahhh...another seeker of the Holy Grail! Sorry for the sarcasm, but based on your investment in digital music I am going to gently advise caution. This is coming from someone who has a vinyl preference. Take stock of your goals first because to... | |
| Cartridge for Technics SL-1200/1210GR One of the great benefits of these turntables (mine is a SL1200GAE) is their versatility. I have successfully used everything from vintage high compliance cartridges like Shure V15s (various versions) and Stanton 681EEE to new Ortofon Cadenza Bla... | |
| Conrad JOHNSON Phono Preamps Hi Jeff,This is way off topic, but briefly my system as it relates to C-J is GAT2, TEA1iii, ART150, all of these powered by a PS Audio P20 power conditioner. To your question of noise, the TEA1 is quiet competitive with the best solid state, the... | |
| Conrad JOHNSON Phono Preamps C-J makes wonderful stuff including/especially phono preamps. I currently own their top TEA1series3, but before that had a TEA2, and before that a ET3 and before that...well you get the idea. Nobody ever got hurt buying C-J. They are competitiv... | |
| Miyajima Zero Mono on Technics 1200G I have seriously considered buying a Miyajima Zero Mono for my 1200GAE (functional equivalent to the G). Soundsmith makes a set of mounting hardware that you can buy from Music Direct (among others) that would allow adding weight to the headshell... | |
| Art Dudley passed away. Rest in Peace Chakster,Thank you for sharing this news. I have always enjoyed reading Art Dudley articles. Curiously enough, most of the time his views and mine differed. That was OK, though. He was a philosopher really and he will be missed.Bill | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... In my experience the Modafferi modded MR78 and the last Sequerra are about equal and as good as tuners get. Or put another way they and some of the others mentioned exceed the best broadcasts available that I can find. Years ago we could listen ... | |
| Do any still use an older high end tuner from the past?.... I loved FM and for years had a succession of great tuners and antennas. How things change. My current tuners are a McIntosh MR78, modified by it's designer Richard Modaferri, which is greater than the program material available here in South Flo... | |
| At what price point do I run into diminishing returns on an MC Cartridge? I am reminded of Mikey Fremer's blind test of 8 cartridges a few years ago which you can still find on Analog Planet. He set up sound samples for us to listen to of cartridges ranging in price from just a few hundred dollars for a few MM to over ... | |
| Maximizing VPI Prime Performance Here is a list of the mods I have made to my Prime: Eagle & Roadrunner - Very worthwhile if you can find them2nd arm - it’s a mono/stereo thingDual pivot mod for both arms3 belts - audible differenceCounterIntuitive - facilitates setupStillpoi... | |
| Testing the Yamamoto HS-4 Carbon Fiber headshell. "I'm disturbed Noromance.....that you have experienced this with the Yamamoto HS-4 Carbon Fiber headshell...."@halcro With two of these expensive things and having the same result as noromance, if you think you're disturbed, you ought to take my ... | |
| Testing the Yamamoto HS-4 Carbon Fiber headshell. I had a very similar experience. My turntable is a Technics SL1200GAE, headshells compared are the one sold by LP Gear as the Zupreme (which I believe is the Jelco headshell) and the Yamamoto HS-4S carbon fiber. You have done a much better job t... |