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| Whats on your turntable tonight? It’s Russian composer night. Starting with Glinka and working forward to maybe Tchaikovsky, time pending. Tomorrow picks up when tonight leaves off. | |
| Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important? If you ask someone involved in turntable manufacturing or sales, they will say turntables are the most important. If you ask someone involved in tonearm manufacturing or sales, they will say tonearms are the most important. If you ask someone ... | |
| How hot is too hot? Call Parasound and ask them. They might say it's normal or they might want to have a look at it. It might be running hot because of a problem like hf oscillation or a ps problem. | |
| Matching cartridge to phono pre amp. pF!? Don't worry about it. In almost all cases, the cables between the phono stage and the cartridge will have adequate loading. And it's NOT important. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? @itsjustme Like I said, I didn't read every comment. Missed yours and mc's. And you're right on REALLY LONG cables. | |
| How important is the pre-amp? I didn't read most of the comments, but looked for a key word that seems to have been overlooked. IMPEDANCE. A preamp is the heart of the system. It receives musical signals from a variety of sources, often with widely varying output impedances... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? I’m very disappointed. I was hoping to be swamped with people requesting my address so that they could dump their McIntosh amps on me for disposal. | |
| Tube Amplifier Sound Characteristics A well-designed amp, tube, SS, whatever, should not have a particular characteristic related to it's underlying circuity. They should be honest to the music and reproduce sound without coloration or other distortion. SS sound or tube sound just ... | |
| Why the hate for mcintosh amps? Yeah, McIntosh amps, especially tube amps, are terrible. I will pay shipping to my address and will properly dispose of them. | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? @noske20If you can't define it, then you have no clue what you're talking about. | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Define what is "musicality" and what is "fidelity." Be very specific and use objective terms, not subjective terms. Once that is finished and resolved, then we can discuss why some equipment fails to reproduce musical performances and other equi... | |
| Best phono stage for Lyra Etna SL cartridge? The best is a Herron VTPH-2A. But since you can’t get one new, you’ll either have to find a used one or settle for something... less. | |
| What angle should I set the VTA on my VPI turntable? Kleos (and every Lyra I've owned) should start with arm tube level and parallel with record surface with stylus playing. Then turn the VTA adjustment knob one full turn up and listen. Then back to level and listen, then one full turn down and li... | |
| Mark Levinson No 52 Preamp phono stage custom loading @dnicol If you're talking about plugs that have a female input to a male output with a 900 ohm resistor from hot to ground, then that will work. But before you do anything, try listening to your cartridge with no additional loading. I've been u... | |
| Looking for Speaker Input IMO, the weak link isn't your speakers. Try looking at the next electronic components upstream of the speakers. Start with anything with the initials "Luxman." |