chakster

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Audio-Technica ART 7
the only problem that 2juki sells a grey market products and all the official distributors hates him, some of the manufacturers also have no idea where he's got his cartridges from and there is NO warranty on the grey market units from him, the gu... 
Fidelity Research FR-64x
@lewm   I recalled that I used the Feickert protractor for alignment after setting the P2S at 231.5mm. Set to the Baerwald scale on the Feickert. with conventional headshell, not with the FR-7f cartridgeright?  
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@rauliruegas Dear @chakster : Your Sony tonearm normally was coming integrated to the Sony TT PSX series ( 70,60,50. ) and that’s why came with that protractor. It’s really weird to find out a stand alone unit like yours. My Sony PUA-7 tonearm is... 
Fidelity Research FR-64x
It's always funny when you guys can comment on something you never owned, that's the quietest amp combo i have ever heard with the highest resolution ever, killer dynamics, it's pretty real presentation. But you're talking about noise and Raul is ... 
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@rauliruegas  Because you have a different P2S mount distance. Try this: forgeret about the Sony protrcator and mount the PUA 7 at 235mm from the spindle and your Feickert protractor will works with any alignment you want.  That's was my point f... 
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@invictus005 Nelson doesn't sell passive preamps nor makes them. He only sells active preamps. B1 buffer was meant for DIY amateurs. People who actually design circuits laugh at passive preamps. Are you talking about Nelson Pass new stuff?You s... 
Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model)
Here is a nice Technics turntable i have put together for a friend. NOS SP-20 turntable, Teak wood plinth, Victor UA-7045 tonearm, AT20SLa cartridge on Stax SH-7 headshell, and SAEC SS-300 mat. 
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@invictus005 You remind me a soft of the dudes Nelson Pass is talking about, here is a quote:  So here we are in the New Millennium, and thanks to Tom Holman and THX we’ve got lots of gain in our electronics. More gain than some of us need or wan... 
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Sony PUA-7 does not fit to any alignments on my Feickert, so they use a different alignment for this tonearm. It is not Stevenson, Baerwald or Lofgren. If it was Stevenson then it must be dead on on Feickert’s Stevenson (with correct pivot to spin... 
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Forget about your gain, we use phono preamps as a source with super efficient speakers, all we actually need is a volume control between phono preamp and power amp, if there is no impedance mismatch. I use a buffer (with volume control) to avoid i... 
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You’d better join the lightspeed thread to get the answer from the manufacturer or from the users.What i don’t need is gain, even FW b1’s volume control set up no more than 9’oclock in my system, the sencitivity of my full range drivers is 101db. ... 
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@invictus005 You’re right it’s a buffer, but it has no active gain! I think you should read this thread first before talking about true passive preamps. Some users sold their $8k active preamps for passive $450 Lightspeed attenuator. But I’m talki... 
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Raul, i have various tonearm and some of them designed with Baerwald like my Reed 3p "12, some of the others i can readjust easily with my Feickert. But as i said, i trust manufacturers. For example SONY PUA-7 has its own geometry and its own prot... 
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@nandric haha, you make me laugh :)  
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@invictus005 First Watt B1 is a passive buffer preamp to solve impedance issues, but it has no active gain. It has no sound signature, just the link between your source and power amp.