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| Do I buy an upscale TT? Whatever Garrard 301 enthusiasts say, one does have to ask whether a 70 year old turntable design is the best sounding thing you can buy. And I speak as an former Garrard 4HF owner. Then I did sell that in 1966. | |
| Power conditioner wire gauge? Serious issue For the last time, the wire gauge needs ONLY to be thick enough to carry the current being drawn by the component to which it is connected. There is NO need to match gauges all through a system. IS THAT CLEAR! Re-read what @erik_squires said ne... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? @jumia No, I said there is no reason to match. As long as your wires are big enough to comfortably carry the current being drawn. It's that simple. | |
| Ozzy is done @bikefi10 Let's keep God out of this please. | |
| Made in USA many people don’t think their racist, antiX, proY posts are edgy. They just think it’s free, open, peaceful discussion, thinking out loud, expression, exchanging ideas. But as soon as someone says: "hey you’re intolerant" they call it unacceptable... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @dogberry @mijostyn did not say to 'ignore what our ears hear'. He said (correctly) that our brains are not merely listening machines. They are extremely sophisticated machines that process the raw sound that our ears hear with all sorts of ot... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @boothroyd True. Many arms are not dynamically stable. But surely a majority of arms are gimbal mounted in vertical and horizontal planes and so will not permit significant movement in those planes. @pindac I am unconcerned whether or no... | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @mijostyn You are quite correct that many people including a lot here allow their brains to fool them about what they are hearing. That is of course because their brains are far more complex than mere hearing machines and do not accurately repo... | |
| Do I need 10 gauge power cord if I have 10 gauge from panel? No. There is no reason to match. After all, do you know the gauge of the power line coming from the generating station to your home? Miles of it. Just make sure it's heavy enough to comfortably carry the power being drawn by your amps, which ... | |
| FUSE BOX delivers perfect protection and superior sound Extremely silly. The Swiss ought to know better; they still make good watches. | |
| Discuss The Viv Lab Rigid Arm @mijostyn You mention the unnecessary obsession with VTA. I agree with you. You guess the error from playing a 130gm LP on a setting for 200gm at 'a few minutes maybe'. I have done the calculation, assuming a 9 inch arm and a 1mm thickness ... | |
| Is R.E.M. underrated by new music nerds? @grislybutter Sorry Grisly but I just can't abide Bono. A small-minded show-off who thinks he's a politician. There's a great story circulating you may not have heard: U2 were playing in Glasgow many years ago. In between numbers Bono starte... | |
| Show off! @waytoomuchstuff Great story. I'm surprised the bass did not destroy the Toyota. Of course the Bach piece has far more merit than as an audio demo. Written more than 300 years ago it is a masterpiece. Thank you for responding. Glad my post ... | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. @grislybutter Sorry. I read 6 " as 6 inch. My mistake! I am lucky and have nearly all the 60s Beatles LPs as original UK pressings. They are mostly good, but the MoFi are a noticeable improvment. I only have three of those. I would like to ... | |
| Sound quality of new vinyl recordings. @grislybutter Do you mean 7 inch EPs? (extended play). The Beatles issued quite a few in the early-mid 60s. They were mono, as I recall. I had most of them at the time, gone now I think my brother has them. They played well but were a bit... |