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Notes on Rega upgrades
The tonearm rewire is reasonanly high on my priority list as is upgrading the cartridge. Unfortunately (or not, I enjoy what i do) I'm a PhD student in the final legs of finishing my dissertation. I work with fairly technically demanding equipment... 
Notes on Rega upgrades
Interesting, but it seems a little silly to spend almosy $300.00 dollars for a platter for a table as inexpensive as the P3. Plus I would think that a platter that thin constructed in the way they've described could easily go out of true as a resu... 
Notes on Rega upgrades
In my system, I noticed an improvment in the clarity and extention of the bass, but more importantly the platter contributed a better sense of space and clarity within the soundstage as well as extending the boundries of the soundstage. I could he... 
VPI Scout or Scoutmaster?
Just add a little to this. What about the Aries II black knight wich is about 400 more than the Scoutmaster? I too would be curious as to the answer to these questions (BTW sorry Soundhd if I've pirated the thread) 
Wiring Vandersteen's with Vandersteen Subs
Thanks for the info. I wish that the websire was a little more informative. Like many people om this site I live in a place that has extremely limited acess to high end delears (as in none) so I have to glean what I can from other sources.CTH 
Vandersteen-like "In-between" speakers
I know this is off topic, but I wanted to ask for a little advice related to the 3A sigs. I have a pair of 3's that I bought used a couple years ago that I reallt like and I'm curious about the difference between those and the 3A signatures. I kno... 
Cartridge Recommendation and Other Issues
Thanks for the cartridge suggestions. Any more out there ?Other than the protactor. What do people suggest for the catridge install. I've seen a bunch of different force gauges. Are the super expensive electronic balance (e.g. clearaudio) worth it... 
Mobile audio MP3/iPod/RioRiot, etc.
I have and iPod and the sound isn't horrible. A lot of the sound quality depends on the file format and compression quality you use. A lower sampling rates MP3's can sound pretty bad. With th iPOD you can actually store and use uncompressed audio ... 
Bit perfect copies
Some of the answers above aren't exactly true. Most CD-r burners don't make perfect bit for bit copies and can introduce errors as multiple generations are produced. This is in part due to the large amount of data involved with digital audio. The ...