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| Need to turn volume all the way up with cartridge What John says. You can also stick with your present phono stage and get a cartridge with a higher output, say, one with 2.5 mV. | |
| Need to turn volume all the way up with cartridge Do you mean .25 mV or 2.5 mV? 25 mV and you wouldn't have this problem. | |
| On a scale of 1-5 53Good luck. | |
| Got A Turntable...What Next? Don't sell your speakers. Those are unique. However, they, like most Altec home furniture cabinets, suffer from a choked bass and a clipped upper end. The cabinets are just too small for the 15 inch bass drivers. And there are two of them in each ... | |
| How to economically clean old records Try this method. It works remarkably well on dirty, grimey records. If, however, the record is scratched, nothing will help. | |
| A Newbie's First Week Impressions -- Vinyl Rules I don't buy into the upgrade path to sonic Happyland. I have a Scout and a Wright WW200C and I don't plan on going any further. For what I paid, $50 for a 180gm recording is a bad addition to this table, so I buy crap vinyl. A 16.5, however, and a... | |
| A Newbie's First Week Impressions -- Vinyl Rules VPI 16.5, the best money you'll spend cleaning records.For static look here:http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1182836545&read&keyw&zzstatic=on=vinyl | |
| On the Fence with Analog Vs. Digital. Need Help There's the phono stage to buy. The cartridge to buy. The leveling devices and force gauges to buy. The leveling tweaks and isolation devices to buy. There's the RCM to buy. The cleaners and brushes to buy. There's the interconnects to buy. There'... | |
| Shelby Lynne Ghosthouse--Temptation and Identity Crisis are very good. | |
| Your First Concert was..... Supertramp, Breakfast in America Tour, in the outdoors at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin. Can't remember if it was 1979 or 1980. | |
| Video of Man Making Tubes From Scratch ... And all while wearing a tweed jacket. | |
| Where are the female Audiophiles? Often it's the setting that women dislike. There is nothing feminine about audio gear, showrooms (including Audiogon) or salespeople. Furthermore, women are tactile. If they can't touch something, it's less than friendly.The women I know make lots... | |
| Compendium of retail LP stores My favorite in Madison, Wisconsin, is Resale Records. Most lps sell for between $3-$7. The store is an unheated quanson hut near the airport. The Exclusive Company on State street sells new. They have another store on Mineral Point road.Frugal Mus... | |
| Discounts vs. Agon listings Thanks Don and others who subscribe to the dealer demo route--it sounds like a really smart alternative. I have doubts, however, about any dealer in my area agreeing to drive 40 miles into the sticks to set up a demo table for me. It doesn't hurt ... | |
| Discounts vs. Agon listings Jaybo: Again, sage advice. Well worth contemplation.Lloydc: Your warnings are heeded; they are what I worry about.Tiger: That's something I hadn't considered. I was surprised that initial setup performance bested any savings on new retail. Is setu... |