bpoletti
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| Audio Furniture has its own sound! Maple under the turntable is a good idea. Vibrapod pucks could help, might try Vibrapod cones. That also applies to the corners of your electronics. That's been my experience. I've also used metal cones with good success. Got some of them f... | |
| PROAC D48R Bass Booming Another possible suggestion is to place the speakers asymmetrically in the room. Have one speaker places closer to the side wall than the other. One speaker closer to the back wall than the other. Move the listening position so that the speakers a... | |
| PROAC D48R Bass Booming To to a local @home, Hobby Lobby or other store that sells artificial plants. Buy four of five large, leafy artificial plants and position them along the back wall, and between and behind the speakers. Don't be afraid to use 6-foot or taller pla... | |
| Best cartridge for very old worn vinyl It's not necessarily the cartridge itself, but the size and profile of the stylus. Many early cartridges used spherical or elliptical stylii that rode fairly high in the groove. That's where the wear will be. If you can get a cartridge with a V... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Mahler 1, Boston, RCA. Reader's Digest Festival of Light Classics, various selections. Firebird Suite, Shaw/Atlanta, Telarc | |
| Wide baffle speakers are better than narrow @erik_squires So you're saying that the crossover doesn't matter? That the crossover can't be tweaked to make a speaker sound good regardless of the baffle width? Is that what you're REALLY saying? | |
| First Moving Coil (MC) Cartridge Acquisition I'm using a Herron VTPH-2A and a rebuilt Clavis Da Capo with an output of 0.25mv. No problem with gain. I am considering an ART7 as a second cartridge (0.12mv) or if the Clavis Da Capo experiences a catastrophic failure. | |
| First Moving Coil (MC) Cartridge Acquisition You could try an AT OC9/II cartridge. It's a a very good performer and a great match for a VTPH-2a and the Jelco SA-750 arm. I have used that combination in the past. Or if you want to try a cartridge with a higher level of performance, there's... | |
| Speakers or room Have you tried putting in four or five large leafy plastic plants? Scatter a few of them around the room, particularly along the wall behind and between the speakers. The leaves act as small diffusers. Works well for me. And it's 1/10th the pr... | |
| What is the most FUN pair of speakers you've ever had and why? Oh boy, that takes me back. Bozak Concert Grands. Late 70s / early 80s. Tri-amped with a pair of Dyna ST70s and a Hafler DH-100 driven by a modded Hafler DH-101. ARC tube electronic crossover. AR table modded with a Grace 707 arm and a Shure ... | |
| How many times have you ... If I buy a reissue, it's to acquire a recording I didn't have in my collection or to replace one that was damaged through the years. That said, I did get one of the early reissues of the RCA Reiner "Scheherazade" a few years ago. A friend had an... | |
| Cat jumped on turntable @john_g - I had Soundsmith replace the cantilever and stylus in an old Lyra Clavis Da Capo with a Boron cant and line contact stylus. Thought I'd see if the cart could get a second life. I was quite satisfied. The rebuild with the Boron stylus ou... | |
| Turntable Advice Needed @puppyt Here are a few definitions:VTA - In simple terms, with the cartridge mounted flush with the arm's headshell, the angle between the arm and the surface of the record. Azimuth - looking straight at the cartridge from the front, the angle o... | |
| Turntable Advice Needed Just saw a VPI HMW-19/ IV using an original Aries platter and JMW 10.5 inch arm. includes an SDS. $2500. IMO, that's the best platter VPI ever produced. Arm works best on an unsprung table, which is a favorable mod for an HWI-19 (replace the s... | |
| Cat jumped on turntable @s2000cr +2 for the catAgree with missing stylus. Nothing at the end of the cantilever to hold the groove.But don't try anymore record testing since the bare cantilever may damage the records.When you do get a new cartridge of stylus, check your ... |