bpoletti
Responses from bpoletti
| Need a big favor picking a preamp My suggestion is to find a used Herron VTSP-3a (r03) or a VTSP-360. IMO, they are still the very best available and nothing remotely close for the $$. The -360 is incredible. | |
| High End System Building. How important is the matching, cabling and room? Thoughts ? If your room sux, you cannot get decent quality sound regardless of price. First fix the room. A cheap way is to fill it with artificial ficus trees. They act as great diffusers. And they may not fix problems with soft walls or hard floors. | |
| Tube Phonostage Causing Rumble and Noises Feedback. Isolate the turntable. Move the sub farther away from the table. | |
| What to do with a large collection Look for hospital book sales, | |
| Will audio gear be ok in unheated house Depends on the location of the house. There's a difference between Orlando, Florida and Livingston, Montana. | |
| phono preamp to power amp Phono stage to amp? That sounds like a traditional preamp. | |
| Transimpedance has too much gain? Send the spinstage back to the manufacture to check. | |
| Is There Just One Single Album That Does It For You, Completely? Just One. I love music too much to be so limited. | |
| She loves me she loves me not! Why are you moving your speakers around in the garage? Put them in their place in the listening room and leave them there. If you feel the speakers are unsafe with you near them, leave the grills on except when you’re’ listening. | |
| Anyone has a reference system where amplification is SS ? It doesn't matter what the amplification is. It's how the designer / manufacturer has voiced the amplifiers. | |
| What is meant exactly by the description 'more musical'? I'd like to try an analogy. A lot of equipment is sorta like the pictures from a Kodak 110 film camera. They provide an image the photographer intended, at least most of the time. Colors are close, image lacks detail or controlled depth of focu... | |
| help choosing a turn table Rega turntables are the most overrated and underperforming turntables. Used VPI is the best in your price range. | |
| What percentage of digital vs. analog? Some evenings 100% analog vinyl. Other evenings 75% analog, 25% CD. It depends on what MUSIC I want to listen to. | |
| Still looking for a new Moving Coil Cartridge I agree with @lewm. If the owner cannot set up a cartridge correctly, then they shouldn't try to set it up at all. MicroLine, Shibata, Line Contact and similar stylus profiles are MUCH more desirable than spherical stylus. Spherical stylus wear... | |
| help choosing a turn table Used VPI HW-19 III with a decent arm. |