bl2000
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| new cart 600.00 and under I'm amazed at the sound from a Denon DL-110 (under $200), after trying it while I figure out what to do with a ClearAudio Maestro ($1k) that may need retipping. | |
| How does the Technics SL 1200 compare with.... Speaking of resonances - in the tonearm - if you don't want to spring for a new arm, I can recommend wrapping the Technics arm with a $3 roll of cloth-based medical tape or similar materials. This does tame some spurious sounds to my ear, the chie... | |
| Post on Speltz Anti-ICs Speltz sent a sheet with the cables that says "Shunting capacitance is about as low as an interconnect can get (RCA less than 10pF/ft). This is due to the topology of the elongated spiral ground wire, with a straight conductor passing down the mid... | |
| How to tell if lp is recorded with phase reversed? The easiest way I've found is to listen at moderate level with your hands cupped behind your ears. If the phase is reversed the sound is better with your hands there. If the phase is correct, the sound is worse. (Either way, adjust for the added a... | |
| Post on Speltz Anti-ICs Rcprince: These replaced cables from Australian company TMC (The Music Cable) and Audio Symphonics As-One. I've also tried cheap Kimber (PBJ?), Magnan and a very thin cable, which I can't recall the name and I gave away. | |
| Wherefore Belt Drive? Magnetic drive: Magnetic bearings and (more germane to this thread) magnetic drives are seeing serious attention given by TT designers. I expect that the state of the art will keep advancing (more powerful magnets, higher platter mass, optimized p... | |
| The Cartridgeman Isolater. I have to disagree with many of the posted comments, just based on listening (but not measurements). After speaking with Pierre at Mapleshade, who suggested I loosen the cartridge bolts to just finger tight, I tried it on my Technics 1200 and Audi... | |
| Have you seen Eric Clapton at his best? The last time I saw Clapton was in Hartford around 1988 or '89. Mark Knopfler, no slouch, was seconding him on guitar and I couldn't believe how much Clapton ran circles aqround him. The (personal) upshot is after an encore Clapton threw his guita... |