chakster
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| cartridge set up Buy yourself Dr. Feickert protractor, it's for all cartridge, all turntables, all tonearms. Choose the geometry you like (there are 3) and adjust everything properly. PS distance is measurable too. | |
| Preamp for Herron VTPH-2A current cartridge is an AT-ART9XA. I have others too, mostly LOMCs. Power amp is a Bryson 4B SST2 and my speakers are Maggie 1.7i.Definitely power suckers as I expected :) Magnepan 1.7 SPEAKERS: 3-Way, Full-Range, Quasi-RibbonFreq. Response: 40-2... | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? This SoundSmith design for OMA was more eye candy than any new design from SS. | |
| Brand new Technics SL-1210GR platter wobble ... disappointed! Everything is slowed down in covid, this is one of the reason why international distributors are out of stock.In Japan you can buy all those new Technics.Read about covid situation in Japan and think about international shipping, 90% of the flight... | |
| Preamp for Herron VTPH-2A @lewm there are two balanced inputs in his power amp. | |
| Preamp for Herron VTPH-2A What is your speakers, power amp and cartridge ? | |
| Phono Cartridge for $1,000. For $700-900 this is the best cartridge in my opinion and this is MM. | |
| Brand new Technics SL-1210GR platter wobble ... disappointed! You can buy SP-10 mkII, tonearm of your choice and a custom plinth, if will be much better than anything suggested here in this thread. This is my ex with Thomas Schick "12 inch tonearm. This is perfect and inexpensive tonearm for your cartridge.A... | |
| My new to me Herron VTPH-2A - First impressions People are crazy about gain. It’s system depend, but in a good system, especially with high efficient speakers, you don’t need additional gain!I run my Tannoy System 15 mk2 with 1.5 power amp (Watts Yamamoto A-08s) with Vintage RCA 45 tubes. Even ... | |
| How Do You Store Your Record Collection? Recommendations Please! Go to IKEA | |
| SoundSmith cartridges how good? It depends how many decent cartridges you can audition, you can always find a better cartridge. | |
| Turntable matching to MC or MM cart. @mijostyn I’m talking about “current mode” MC phono stage which I own and it’s excellent for low impedance MC carts, read why. I don’t care about his turntable or tonearm. 47 Labs made some strange things indeed, but his phono stage called PhonoCu... | |
| Turntable matching to MC or MM cart. @surfmuz you want very simple answers, but it’s impossible to say what is better, each MC phono stage is different, they are not the same. When someone will tell you that SUT is always better - this statement is false. For example you can read abo... | |
| My new to me Herron VTPH-2A - First impressions @lewm I said "passive preamp (no gain) with volume control per channel."Not passive device (you have to plug it into the power outlet). But look at this inside (my unit). Very simple design. In neutral, no coloration, pureWhen someone would like ... | |
| My new to me Herron VTPH-2A - First impressions FirstWatt Buffer Preamp is what you need to avoid impedance missmatching.Very simple passive preamp (no gain) with volume control per channel. |