billstevenson
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| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. Mike, Congratulations, may you derive great joy from your new arm and cartridge. Please keep us posted once you are up and running. Bill | |
| Luxman D-10X Follow up denon, During the first 2-3 weeks I just let the D-10X play on repeat without listening to it critically at all so I can't really help you. All I can say is that when I first turned it on it sounded just a bit on edge. After 2 or 3 weeks of con... | |
| Luxman D-10X Follow up System brief: The new Luxman D-10X. Conrad Johnson ART150 amp, GAT 2 pre, and TEA 1/III phono with Conolidated Silver SUT (a couple of other SUTs). VPI HW40 TT, SoundSmith Experion. Technics SL1200 GAE, VAS Mono, among a half dozen other cartri... | |
| What phono preamp are you using? One cartridge is an Experion for quite a while now, but there are many others. Phone stage is a Conrad Johnson TEA 1, series 3, most often with a Consolidated Silver SUT, which is external, although the cj also has an internal SUT on one input tha... | |
| VPI Fatboys versus others in its' tonearm weight class. I have a Fatboy on my HW40. It is a very good arm. The previous Prime had two arms, a 3D with the Unipivot and a metal arm. They were good too, but the Fatboy is better than either. Easier to set up, greater clarity and depth. The principal c... | |
| Conrad Johnson's TEA phono stage? Well I am familiar with both the TEA2 and the TEA1 series3. The latter replaced the former in my system. What can I say? I love the sound of c-j and the TEA1 series 3 is the best one yet. It is a hybrid design, dead quiet, RIAA accuracy is ess... | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? Looking to soon change my Audiophile status to Relaxed Retiree. Welcome to the club! | |
| Detachable Head shell or Not? John, The correct answer to your question requires that you first know yourself. A person whose priority is collecting records first and being an audiophile second is likely to prefer detachable headshells. Conversely a person who is principall... | |
| Stacking mats on Technics SP-10R Your plan makes perfect sense. Any generic rubber mats will do the job. Bill | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other I, too, have a VPI HW-40, but it is the last thing I would do is recommend it or any other specific turntable to you. One thing to be very wary of, and this forum is a prime example, the correspondent who has a component they love and as far as t... | |
| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other I highly recommend that you call Steve at High Performance Stereo in Miami. He is honest and knowledgeable. He is an advertiser here at Audiogon. I have dealt with him for years and can't say enough good about him. Bill | |
| Silver v Copper wire phono cable Silver will be more tingly. Copper will be warmer sounding. | |
| If you were looking for a direct drive turntable ... Yes Raul you keep posting good information and It is appreciated by me. I hope others are reading it too. For example the recent technical paper of 9" vs. 12" tonearms, which is excellent. Bill | |
| If you were looking for a direct drive turntable ... I am surprised that people still get energized over the drive mechanisms used in better turntables. In my view whether a belt or direct drive is used is about as impropant as what color the plinth is. It is true that my every day TTs are both DD... | |
| Tell about your experience with your old Audio-Technica SL-1200s.. It is doubtful that the KAB fluid damper is a contributor to the difference. I use one too on my GAE, but I prefer the Zupreme. Like you said, not a big difference and probably comes down to taste. I also had the same experience back in the day... |