bpoletti
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| AR XA + SME 3009 I disassembled an AR XA, cut the arm off the sub-chassis, added a wood extension and Grace 707. Was a very good improvement. That has to be 30 years ago. IIRC, the cart was a Shure V15-IV. Not a bad set-up.As for using an arm as heavy as the 3009 ... | |
| Why do old tubes sound better than current tubes? In this context, bongs suck. (Sorry about yet another bad vacuum joke.) | |
| Why do old tubes sound better than current tubes? Vacuum tubes require, as should be obvious in their name, vacuum. Over the years, vacuum tube manufacturers and suppliers have turned to lower quality vacuum to cut costs. The high-quality vacuum supply is harder and more expensive to acquire. As ... | |
| Three wheel drive for the hw19 Have you tried a squash ball suspension? Double yellow or orange dot balls might work as well as bike tires with the hassle of the pump. | |
| Ortofon 2M Black How does the AT150MLX compare to the OC9? I have always considered the OC9ML as being a real under $1000 stand-our cartridge without [m]any peers in its price range. | |
| Sota/Koetsu Vermillion---what arm? Have you considered a Micro Seiki MA-505? IIRC, it has the same spindle to pivot distance (222mm) but might take a slightly bigger armboard hole (28mm). | |
| I'll never listen to another record... Agreed. But as a rule, I clean every used record I buy regardless of how pristine it may look. I think I cleaned most all of my collection ten years ago or more. I read somewhere that the sound doesn't get sucked from the vinyl surface during clea... | |
| VPI Classic Isn't there a slight problem with VPI arms that don't seat firmly onto the point of the unipivot bearing? (I've seen that before.) It's easy to lift the arm off of pivot and try to make sure it settles back onto the pivot correctly and firmly. | |
| This is Too Funny Vinyl is Still King Differ? That voting with ones wallet determines quality? That iPhones and iPods are better than a good vinyl rig? Can you share whatever you're smoking with the rest of us? | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? What you're describing are not connectivity issues. Those are cable quality issues and personal preferences. Nothing more. New models of components are introduced every year. Does that mean people's "old" systems are no longer any good and must be... | |
| This is Too Funny Vinyl is Still King @ Unsound: Sure there are a lot of problems with vinyl. Nothing's perfect. Nothing is really very close. But to my ears (old as they are), vinyl LPs better the other reasonably available options for my system. Nothing that I could have in my syste... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I beg to differ in your comment "as soon as you break the phono stage out to a seperate box, you have an connectivity problem with whatever is downstream. You see, one of the functions of a line stage is to control the interconnect cable. I don't ... | |
| This is Too Funny Vinyl is Still King Michael Fremer was never young. His real name is Abel. He faked his death and framed his brother Cain for his murder. When looking closely at the CD format, problems seem to occur when there are massed high frequencies. It doesn't seem like CD sam... | |
| What is the Phono stage you have finished with? I have an early Herron VTPH-1MC, serial number < 10. It has all the mods through around mid-2001. I'm completely satisfied with it. Very detailed without being analytical or too polite, pinpoint imaging with a huge and deep soundstage, transpar... | |
| VPI bearing oil/grease? Very interesting. So less is more. Thanks for the tip! How about rotating the bearing periodically? What I mean is to remove the three screws attaching the bearing to the plinth and rotating the bearing one-third turn and reattaching it to the pli... |