bpoletti
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| Is my anti-skating too strong. When you set up and align the cartridge, there should be no anti-skate. There is no need for it since the outward force should be just enough to offset the inward pull. According to cartridge design and engineering experts (I'm not one), most a... | |
| Has anyone heard the new Audio Technica AT-OC9X series of cartridges? Just out of curiosity, how does the Shibata-stylus'ed OC9XSH compare to the OC9XSL? I have been a fan of Shibata carts and am interested on hearing about the OC9X version. | |
| Anything SS sounds better than D'Agostino ? Herron Audio M1. | |
| New cartridge $500 range AT OC9/II. Good match for your system and a great bang-for-the-buck cartridge. It might just be the best cart for your system. | |
| Do you let the turntable spin when putting down record and attach the clamp. No, the platter is stopped when putting on or taking off a record. When the clamp is attached, the platter is turned slowly to make sure the clamp is tightened correctly. After playing a record, the arm is moved to the safe position, and the clamp... | |
| Are your current amps and other gear the best you've ever had? Yes. Every generation of electronics and speakers improve over earlier equipment. If manufacturers don't improve, they are not competitive, so why are they in business? | |
| Need advice on used Wilson Audio speakers In my opinion....I found the "early" Wilsons to have hard sounding tweeters that were not particularly well-integrated. That even extended to Wilson's big room at (IIRC) the Golden Nugget at the 1997 Vegas CES. Dynamics, yes. Fatiguing high fre... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Giving the cartridge and table a little break. Listening to seedies tonight. Going to sample some old favorite Merc's. | |
| The Weekend There was no music performed during the superbowl half time. Hasn't been any in years. | |
| Single driver speakers. Are they worth considering ? Mark Audio makes some nice full range speakers. The large metal drivers can suffer from cone brealup, but the paper ones not so much. The Alpair 7 metal-cone driver in a "Pensil" MLTL enclosure can be quite musically satisfying. Don't expect ro... | |
| Acoustic treatment question: do you agree with Dennis Foley that $46k to $65k is required? Bull schlockey. He's selling treatments at unnecessarily high expense. If there is a need for room treatment (pretty much EVERY room)....Get a bunch of 5-foot artificial ficus trees. ~ $40 each from At Home (home furnishing store). Fabulous di... | |
| Building new system starting with power amp. What would you choose ? Go to your favorite audio dealer(s) and listen. Learn. Observe. Make a judgement.Just keep in mind that tube amps require care and feeding that solid state amps do not. Depending of the rest of your system, a very good solid state amp will giv... | |
| Best upgrade for cd player? Depending on the cartridge, a VPI classic can out-dynamic, out-detail and out-nuance even a really good CD. But I think the OP might be looking for a DAC. Use the existing CD player and coax connect into the DAC. Lots of used DACs here, on e... | |
| What tests would you like all speaker reviewers to do for their reviews? I think all speaker reviewers should attest that their hearing aids are all equally calibrated. | |
| Dedicated power Think this through. Every circuit on a given breaker box leg runs in parallel. Each device on a given leg is in parallel with every other device. So.... If there is anything on the same leg in your breaker panel, that noise will enter into the... |