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| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus For those of you fearful of the Last stylus cleaning fluid, here's something that may keep you up at night: I occasionally use it with a Signet electronic stylus cleaner. It has worked like a charm on a variety of phono cartridges for decades. But... | |
| Xfinity cable box directly to amp produces notably superior SQ than cable box > DAC > amp Toslink connections are always dubious and rarely the best means of connection.Before evaluating the SQ differences of the two connection schemes, did you match the two for equal level? If not, any conclusion is also dubious. | |
| anybody buying into magnetic levitation "eliminates the effects of any vibration" ? herman They say it is not attached in any way to the bottom ...Who is "they?"It isn’t clear if you’re dubious about the technology in general, or if you are referring to a specific product. | |
| Audio Research Ref 3 set display off/on. onesign I also have audible high frequency noise from display.Are you sure that noise is from the display? If so, there is definitely something wrong with your Ref 3. | |
| Koetsu Rosewood - Best/safest way to clean stylus I've used the Last stylus cleaner for decades on a variety of cartridges and never had any issue. I think the fear of it "wicking up the cantilever" is unfounded. | |
| Installation of new AC lines......best way to ground to avoid loops and noise jea48 In most cases where the building electrical branch circuit wiring is the cause of ground loop hum it is due to the type of wiring used and or the type of wiring method that was used. I have two 20 amp branch circuits ... My audio system is... | |
| Soundstaging and Imaging: The Delusion about The Illusion celander That’s the critical issue: absent detailed knowledge of the original recording, how would one proceed to fully appreciate the accuracy of reproduced sound on one’s audio system?That's why there's no substitute for making your own reco... | |
| Installation of new AC lines......best way to ground to avoid loops and noise millercarbon The next step up from this is to drive an extra ground rod dedicated to the one system circuit. Oh no, that's potentially lethal and an NEC code violation. All grounds must be bonded together with the neutral in the service panel. ... | |
| Does removing anti-skating really improve sound? lewm... The skating force is generated by the friction of the stylus in the groove ...This is mistaken. While stylus shape can influence skating force, the actual cause of the force is the pickup arm offset. That's why true linear tracking arms... | |
| Headphone cable, what do you do? uberwaltzHow did Grado know if I had bought from an unauthorized dealer?Grado dealers don't sell new product through the e-bay channel. That's not uncommon for premium products. You probably can't buy new ARC, or McIntosh, or Pass through e-bay, ... | |
| Headphone cable, what do you do? uberwaltz So basically they are not willing to back up their dealers if sold online through ebay ...But that isn't what they told you. Rather, the company said the dealer who sold it to you is not an authorized dealer: there is nothing we can ... | |
| heeeelp please audio reserch 5SE - resistor blew up jetterWill it void any warranty if not a ARC tech?Not if it is done properly. But if it is under warranty, why not return to the dealer or ARC for service? | |
| How many brands use own drivers? erik_squiresBose ... They achieve the magical goal of being extremely inexpensive to produce while giving consumers enough value to merit ridiculous prices for a kitchen radio.That doesn't make sense. If the product gives consumers "enough va... | |
| More Cowbell shadorne Can you name a favourite rock song with a cowbell. My friend Farmer Ed sez: "There’s a cowbell in all of my favorite songs. That’s why we call it moosic." | |
| Amp "timing" ? wolf_garciaI was trapped into a "presentation" (in the late 80s maybe) at a stereo shop of why a Linn LP12 table, when compared to a Denon direct drive table, was more rhythmically accurate...it wasn'tRegardless of your opinion about the tur... |