billwojo
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| Detachable Head shell or Not? Almost every tonearm I own has detachable headshells. I don't give them a second thought. Quality arms and quality headshells are not going to mess up the sound, if it has a good rigid connector and the pins are making contact properly. I don't bu... | |
| What went bang, smelled of "I'm fried", yet left it in working order...??? That smell is still lingering inside of whatever failed. use your nose to determine what unit failed. A loud bag is mostly a capacitor that was shorting out and over heated. After it failed, it opened the short and it's operating again but must be... | |
| The sound of SPU Not familiar with the SPU cartridges sound but from the descriptions of it I think the DL-103 would be fairly close to it. I'm a big DL-103 fan but would love to try one of those SPU carts. My Audio Technica ATP-12T has an effective weight of 21 g... | |
| Belden 9497 as RCA Cable?! I always use good shielded cables for line level and lower. No need to spend stupid money, check out BlueJeans cables for good honest cables. They also have all the technical data on each cable type, not something written by some ad writer with al... | |
| SME 30/2 Controller O-rings are commodity items. As long as they are not all stretched out you should be able measure them and purchase new ones from a industrial supply house. Get a pair of calipers and measure the cross section of the cord stock and than see if you... | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback JVC didn't rebrand other tables. They were a top engineering company that designed their own tables and built some high end TT gear that is very desirable even today. They also designed and built some world class tonearms along with supplying moto... | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback For some reason I could not edit my post. Anyway, I have a set of Carver Platinum Amazings, the 4 bass speakers in those panels are open in the back so a lot of bass is being projected rearward. Might not be helping you any. BillWojo | |
| Turntable Rumble/Feedback Some JVC turntables have a fairly thin plinth top that seems to pick up vibrations from music playing. Here is a link I started awhile back for JVC TT owners. https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/jvc-ql-owners-thread.909550/ T... | |
| Are you surprised Audio Technica does not market a high end table? Not that I'm aware of. They did sell some very nice tonearms, I like the ATP-12T to use with low compliance carts like my Denon DL-103, it's a perfect match. They made a number of other highly rated arms as well. BillWojo | |
| How much of High End Audio is Horn Speakers? Altec's here. HeathKit AS101, basically Altec Valencias in much nicer cabinets. New crossovers and 902 drivers to replace the stock 806 drivers. Sounds fabulous, haven't heard anything yet that makes me feel deprived. Using Mac MC40 for power and... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA @pesky_wabbit , well he did say he was tossed from one forum already and his insistent style that only he knows the truth is just very reminiscent of Jeff. I actually haven't seen Jeff anywhere in a long time, no forums left that will allow him to... | |
| SET Shootout China VS The USA Hey mozartfan, are you by any chance related to a guy named Jeff, AKA LowMu or LoOhms? Just wondering............ BillWojo | |
| ''Óriginal parts'', ''identity '' and ''retip'' conundrum Boron rod is used by several rebuilder's including VAS. Boron pipe is no longer made though. BillWojo | |
| Timely retipping Where in NJ? Did you know that Steve of VAS Audio is in Central Jersey? He is roughly an hour north east of me, I live in Burlington. Steve usually has pretty fast turn around time as well. Just a satisfied customer. BillWojo | |
| How important is the cable between the SUT and phono pre? @mulveling "MC are said to not be sensitive to capacitance, but the problem with a SUT is that it reflects the capacitance of its output cable times the SQUARE of its turns ratio. That’s enough capacitance that it WILL start to affect the MC ... |