bpoletti
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| How to physically move large heavy 100lb amplifiers easily (up and downstairs) For heavy hauling, I ask the neighbor kids. Both college football players. For a 100 pound amp they would ask which one should come over to help. | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? I've been busy and out of town. So mostly what's on my turntable is dust. | |
| Am I too big of a jerk,even for audiogon? What make you ask that question? Are you fishing for compliments? | |
| Is my Stylus damaged? Clean the stylus or not. The speed of the runout groove is slow so not that much distance would have been covered in two hours. It would be like less than two hours of regular play except that there are no ripples in the groove to cause wear. | |
| Using Maple Butcher Block Under a Turntable I recently bought a 3" thick bamboo cutting board that I made into the top of turntable stand. I cannot make a direct comparison because it was for a new turntable, but the system sounds very good. | |
| Soundstage gone Sounds like your cartridge is short of wack, or out of wack. But make sure the table and platter are level and the arm tube is parallel with the record surface. That's a start. Make sure the cartridge cantilever is a straight and not an an angl... | |
| Cartridge Opinions - Sorry IIRC, your old Audioquest B200L is a low output cartridge. If $1500 is your cap, there are a lot of good performing carts from Ortofon and Audiotechnica. The AT-OC9/II or /III will perform nicely in your arm cart combo. Stepping up, the AT ART9... | |
| Need some turntable guidance Nothing wrong with your TTs or speakers. Upgrade your electronics. Get a better cartridge. | |
| Scam or awesome deal What else is part of the deal that makes it worth $200? | |
| Doe you enjoy your listening to music and your system more with others or alone? Every system has its sweet spot. Mine is no exception. I enjoy most listening to my favorite music in that sweet spot, being carried away into the original performance. That is not a crowd activity. I do not require my system to be approved by ... | |
| New Preamplifier Why don't you call the manufacture's customer service department. Oh, wait... That makes too much sense. | |
| How Do You Live The Audiophile Life I have friends that are audiophiles more interested in "sound" than they are music. For them, music is a means to an end, the end being improvements in the quality of the sound. I am more interested in the music. I am an audiophile as a means to t... | |
| Owners of Jelco arms? I think Turntable Labs has JAC-501 cables. The cables are pretty good. Turntable Labs was a little slow shipping, but they are in NYC and it was during the full lockdown, so they are forgiven. | |
| Black vs. Colored Vinyl I have an original Star Wars music sound track on colored vinyl. The biggest different I can detect between it and black vinyl is the color. | |
| Jelco VTA on the fly @noromance I would probably adjust my VTA a little more often, but I typically don't start listening until well-into or after my first glass of wine. That impairs my short-term memory and changes my sensitivity to high frequency. It may also imp... |