bpoletti
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| Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's? I always thought the Micro Seiki DDX-1000 was quite good. Always worked very well with with the MA-505 and pretty much every other quality arm. | |
| Aries 1 JWM 10 Tonearm replacement or upgrades? @taj2 - That's a VERY GOOD reason to call VPI to verify EVERYTHING. | |
| Warm up Turntable The reality of the question is that it can take a bit of time to "warm" a stiff cartridge suspension to help the cartridge sound its best. It usually takes the MC carts I've used about 30 minutes (1 1/2 sides) to really come in, especially if the... | |
| Herron VTPH-2A Phono Preamp....anyone familiar? In my opinion....The VTPH-2A is the best phono stage I've ever hear. And I've heard most all the cost-no-object phono stages. Aside from its very accurate and exquisite sound it is very flexible being able to handle high-output and low-output ca... | |
| Best turntable under $2000 Use VPI Scoutmaster. | |
| Aries 1 JWM 10 Tonearm replacement or upgrades? Re: compatibility....The spindle-to-pivot distance is the same for the 3D 10 and the JMW 10. 258mm. Check with VPI so make sure there are no other gotchas. | |
| Aries 1 JWM 10 Tonearm replacement or upgrades? Original Aries is one of the best tables VPI ever produced. Especially the "Extended' model with the JMW-12 arm. Like @stringreen suggests.... Get a current model 3D printed arm. Call VPI to make sure it will work without any modification to ... | |
| Might try a tube preamp My opinion....The new Herron Audio VTSP-360 is at another level by itself. Just calling it superb does not adequately describe it. As good as I think the VRSP-3a R03 is, the -360 is just better. Hard to describe. Everything is just right. | |
| Help me make a decision! Turntable overload There are some very nice used Denon tables and a few used Micro Seiki tables available on the various used equipment sites. Some of the better ones will outperform any on the OP's initial list. Significantly. | |
| Denon DL-110 HOMC The phono input differences are really about cartridge output matching. Generally speaking, the MC phono inputs are for low output cartridges, the MM phono inputs for high output phono cartridges. The DL-110 is a little light at 1.6mv for a MM... | |
| Best TT under $1k My opinions and observations...The AR-ES was stock, including a stock arm. The regas were beaten using both a Shure V15/IV and an Audioquest 404. As I recall the AR-ES arm needed some blue damping material in the headshell for both carts and mor... | |
| What's your definition of analog smell? Depends on who's upwind. | |
| Twist the cartridge phono cable He might have been referring to the dreaded Robarts Frambular parasites that can accumulate near RCA plugs. These nanocytes are mostly composed of multi-spin Quantum electrons that exist simultaneously near the connectors and in inside the sendin... | |
| When to replace preamp tubes? My opinions, partially based on experience from 55+ years of using tubes, building tube electronics (mostly from kits) and tweaking tube electronics. I'm no expert, but I saw one on TV about 20 ago.How to tell if a tube needs replacement?Increase... | |
| Phone Stage and DAC for PrimaLuna Dialogue Premium My opinions.... Wait.... Everyone already knows my opinions. I would look for a used Herron Audio VTPH-1. Keith Herron might have one available that was traded in on a new VTPH-2. It would be your very best bet in a phono stage in that price range... |