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| Can you ever get perfect alignment? Actually you have three dimensional space in which a cartridge is aligned.You can get it about right with care but the record you are playingchanges the plane constantly because no record surface is perfectly flat. That is why I use a unipivot arm... | |
| . Can a well constructed plant table provide the same isolation as an audio rack?? I just received two custom made wood racks from a small South Carolina company calledCustom Racks They are made of seriously thick maple and walnut. The cost for each was about $1900 dollars. They are quite heavy and extremely rigid. The vibration... | |
| Stereophile, no more bench tests????!!!! I agree that The Absolute Sound is a much better publication. As an editor I can see that Stereophile suffers from poor layout and indexing of information. This is a sign of a failing publication. It lives for the adds.Anyway any buyer should con... | |
| Oppo 205 guagers selling used units for twice the price... All of the product development for the OPPO comes from Menlo Park, the home of American innovation. They, as Apple does, outsource to China to have it produced. Really, how many Chinese electronic products that arereally innovative have you seen i... | |
| Why are my woofers pumping? I am no expert but I had the same problem with a VPI Prime Signatureand a very sensitive Van den Hul cartridge. I moved the cartridge to myother VPI Prime Signature (identical) and the problem stopped. Turned out it was a acoustic feedback loop be... | |
| How much do I need to spend to get a preamp that sounds better than no preamp? I agree about integrated amps. I have the new PassLabs INT-250and an OPPO MODWRIGHT 205. I doubt that I could get better sound from separates. To me if you have good speakers and anexcellent amp, the input sources become the most important issue.E... | |
| Just Got My Oppo 205! I have an OPPO 205 that sounded quite good after break in. However if you want it compete with single purpose CD players,you need to have the MODWRIGHT modification done. I just received mine and it transformed the 2 channel performance of the OPP... | |
| Phono stage I have had a Herron VDPH-2A for about month now in an excellent system (really excellent) and it adds considerably to to the overall sound. It gets better each day. There are many good phono stagesavailable. The Herron is a steal. How often do you... | |
| opinions about leaving Audio Technia ART-9 MC for a Ortofon Cadenza bronze mc ? I have two VPI Prime Signature turntables. I have had the following carts on them:Koetsu VermillionKoetsu Rosewood Signature PlatinumCardas Benz Silver Ruby 3Van den Hul Crimson Van den Hul Colibri Stradivarius I can say that you will need an exce... | |
| New or Old CD Player? If you want an excellent analog player buy an OPPO 205 before they are gone and have the MOD RGHT modification done.This player beats them all while giving you lots of additional features. I have one that was just modified and have never heard any... | |
| Oppo Ceasing production Everything that has been said here on the OPPO situation is on the mark. One additional comment. OPPO as with many companies actually assembles their equipment in China. Consider the tariffsthat have been imposed recently and how they add to the ... | |
| So many integrated options -- McIntosh 8900, Levinson 585, Lyngdorf 2170, Anthem STR, I have a Pass Labs INT-250. You will be hard pressed to find a betteramp/preamp combination that can compete with this integratedamp. It is expensive, but worth it, in its clarity, simplicity and absolute excellence. I have it connected to a Her... | |
| Simaudio MOON 610LP with Lyra Kleos I suggest that you check Bob's devices web site for his article on grounding problems and how to solve them. It is the best piece I have seen on the subject. You probably don't need a step up transformer with a .5mv cartridge but I can tell you fr... | |
| Pass x250.8 vs Hegel h4se vs Ayre VX-R I have a Pass Labs INT-250 their new integrated. A truly amazingamp' Its connected to a Herron Phono amp. Best sound I have ever heard. EBM is correct, Pass amps are reliable and the service is excellent. Almost any foreign product has slower serv... | |
| New or used cartridge If the cartridge was produced in the last two years then it probablyhas under 200 hours. Most cartridges are good for 1000 hours.I have had exceptionally good experiences buying used cartridgeson Audiogon. Most of them were cartridges that people ... |