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| Turntable upgrade recommendations: SME vs AMG vs Technics vs other As a turntable guy, I could be happy with any of the three you’ve listed. The weak link of the Technics is (as others have stated) their tonearms and record mats. These are areas of big gains, especially if using modern MC cartridges. The AMG, w... | |
| Products you added to your system in 2021 that made most impact to your music enjoyment My biggest changes were transducers on either end of my little system. Decided to take the plunge on my favorite Koetsu and picked up a new Vermilion. In spite of Koetsu changing the body shape and eliminating the threaded mount, I’m glad to repo... | |
| World's Best Speakers For 2021 ? Morning humor - Whatever is the most expensive/exclusive/extreme & not to forget, difficult to drive. Sorry had to do it 😈 | |
| Budget High Current Power Cords 👍 @stevehardy1The Audience Forte F3 PowerChord AWG10 is a no brainer. Easily found for $150. | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats I feel the machine's weak points are the arm and the platter pad.I couldn’t agree with Ralph more 👍 | |
| Observation: Passion vs Obsession Soundsmith carts are very interesting. Ortofon had the patent on MI and Peter Ledermann worked on them many years, repairing and improving If my memory serves me right it was Bang & Olfsen that had patents that Mr. Ledermann worked with. | |
| New TT or new Cart? Technics content I adore my 1200 Mk5. Unfortunately, I have little experience with its stock arm as I have never used it!You definitely need to play to the arms strengths and choose a cartridge that allows optimal synergy. Numbers don’t always tell the story and I... | |
| What do audiophiles do in their cars? Silence is golden now as I mostly just enjoy the drive, even on marathon road trips which are common in my Malone tuned 2015 VW TDI SEL.Its system is NoFi HiFi. If I listen in the car at all it’s very brief amounts of Radio Paradise via iPhone Blu... | |
| Singer Songwriters Rarely Mentioned By Audiophiles Grayson Capps 1st record If You Knew My Mind is a great record. He wrote Love Song for Bobby Long (Movie theme song) which was based on the novel Off Magazine Street by Everett Capps, his dad. Married to Trina Shoemaker, a recording engineer.https... | |
| HAT TRICK I like Steve 👍Also like that Cayin A88T with 16 ohm outputs 👍👍 | |
| Double Advent wiring question... I need to finish my 2nd pair of OLAs with the final network (Rev2 Original Large Advent Crossover by Pete Basel).My original pair with Auricap XO electrolytic replacements and 22AWG stranded ohno internal wire (double runs to woofer) are sublime o... | |
| Who Were Your Mentors Sal D’AmicoWow! That’s a name I haven’t heard in quite a while. Interesting character to say the least 😂 | |
| how would you describe a system that is musical in nature I haven’t read through all the posts but from my experience . . .Musical systems are experienced through the heart where there’s some emotional connection and truth evident from all recordings. You know it’s working when the clock goes out the win... | |
| I'm a Dummy, Tell Me About Turntable Mats To not use a mat, a platter must be made with relief for the thicker parts of a record in order for the read surface to have its best chance of coupling with the platter.FWIW, I typically NEVER use a mat on Delrin or acrylic platters.Had lots of s... | |
| What is the best amp pairing you have personally made with the Klipsch La Scala AL-5 The Original Cayin A88T is a great match. Worked so well Klipsch used it at the CES La Scala AL-5 introduction.Here’s a Klipsch image of the Cayin w/Cornwall III: http://assets.klipsch.com/promobox-images/Heritage-Classic-1.jpg |