bpoletti
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| What are the smallest speakers that are clean and flat down to 20hz? Headphones are small and can go down to 20hz. They're pretty small speakers. | |
| What drugs do you use to enhance your listening experience? I just opened a bottle of pinot noir. I’m heading down to the listening cave to enjoy the first half of the Decca Gotterdammerung. I don’t need no steenkin drugs. I don’t want no steenkin drugs. I don’t need no steenkin smoke. That stuff just ste... | |
| Superb Service I've had great service from Keith Herron at Herron Audio. In today's economy and especially in the high end audio community, it's a survival requirement to have outstanding service and value. In the age of the internet and these forums, it's too... | |
| Downsizing from VPI HW-19 simao - There's no real learning curve on a -19 Mk IV. But the springs must be replaced with pucks and the cartridge carefully aligned. Fremer has an OK description of cartridge set-up. VTF, once set, shouldn't need to be reset unless there are... | |
| Advice on a preamp It's a bit above your budget, but if you can stretch a little, it might be interesting to try a Herron VTSP-3A in that system. I haven't heard anything better. | |
| Cheater plug safety The only way to safely use a cheater plus is to keep it sealed in it's original package. | |
| $2000 turntable system San Diego is a little far from St. Louis. If you were closer, you could try my HW-19 Mk III "spare" table. It just isn't getting enough play time. | |
| $2000 turntable system leo -Not sure where you live. | |
| $2000 turntable system Get a used VPI HGW-19 Mk III or IV if you're lucky (remove the springs and use hard rubber pucks instead), a Jelco SA-750D, AT OC9/II and a used Herron Audio VTPH-1mc. It will use up every penny of your budget and maybe a little more, but you won... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Decca Analog Years CD Box Set. Great performances and recordings. | |
| The right footing for a turntable wolf - It doesn't have to be granite. It can be a concrete piling that goes down to bedrock. That doesn't work very well in the west coast due to noise from seismic activity. It can introduce very low frequency rumble into the music though it c... | |
| The right footing for a turntable I placed my original VPI Aries Extended on some old Stillpoints and never looked back. The table is on top of oak plywood shelves that hold most of my LPs, so it's NOT going anywhere. I might have to try a granite surface plate under the Stillpo... | |
| DVD Rippers are Cheap and CD Transports are Not -- Why? The logical alternative seems to be to rip the digital media to a hard drive (or even better, and SSD) and play the music from that source. Those devices provide a much better, faster read rate and no real need for error correction or multiple re... | |
| Vinyl and subwoofers If the sub is working OK with other sources, I suspect the problem is most likely a less than optimum TT set-up. Might not be well-isolated. Might have motor noise breaking through. Belt tension off. Though the ARC PH8 is a pretty good phono s... | |
| Tube Preamp for around 2K? You should be able to find a used Herron VTSP-1 with a little patience. Let Keith Herron go over it to make sure all the updates are installed and it’s operating up to specs. Smokes anything you can find used within your budget. Smokes almost ever... |