bluelight988

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Shelter 901 MkII
I think that designers of cartridges and cars should stick with good designs and allow them to remain affordable rather than trying to improve on something that needs no improvement. the result of "new and improved" may not be better and the raisi... 
Threshold Coda Phono Stage Toggle DIP Switches
Thanks Al,Now I can re-calculate and you have helped me to be able to do that! Thanks loads,Ted 
Threshold Coda Phono Stage Toggle DIP Switches
Hi Al,thanks for responding. I feel that the manual should go into detail for anyone who has not used these switches before. I do not really understand your explanation, so lets take your first example. "With the 22 switch on, you would have 22 oh... 
Shelter 501 versus Soundsmith Zephr ?
It turns out that the sound anomolies I had caused to happen by not knowing how to properly load my adjustable phono stage. Just checked with the maker of the preamp/phono stage and they told me how to properly load it at 47K and now the cartridge... 
Shelter 501 versus Soundsmith Zephr ?
I now have 10 hours on the Soundsmith SMMCI as of may 12 2011 and the cartridge does not sound good so far. I will give it time to break in. very erratic, weird sound anomolies and generally lousey sound. 
Shelter 501 versus Soundsmith Zephr ?
Robob,I did not talk with soundsmith but instead went thru a dealer. 
Shelter 501 versus Soundsmith Zephr ?
I ordered an SMMC1 and it is due to arrive at my house in 2 days from today on May 6th so after I set it up and play it for a number of hours I will give you my initial impressions. I am looking forward to it. I will be curious how this design sou... 
Shelter 501 versus Soundsmith Zephr ?
my JMW is a 10.0 on an Aries 1 turntable. Just re-wired the tonearm with VPI's regular wire but my junction box got the nordhost valhally wire. Now I am considering the SMMC1 which has a class A rating, and today just heard a Benz Glider S Low out...