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| Suggest one obsure album we all should hear The track “Kucano Oro” on the MA Records release The Old Country. Features otherworldly harmonica from Howard Levy and superb percussion by Mark Nauseff, with reference SQ. The track “Kit Carson” by Bruce Cockburn on Nothing But A Burning Light. ... | |
| Replaced my Ortofon Blue stylus today via plug and play swap in seconds Only one addition to Chakster's completely correct remarks: for example, Ortofon asks $236.00 for a new 2M Blue cart, and $204.00 for a replacement stylus. That's over 80% of the cost for a complete cart, similar to the "re-tipping" fee for an MC... | |
| Vinyl on NAD M10 lower volume I believe the M10 has a preset function within BluOS. That should mean you can create selections of input source and volume setting to level the perceived change when switching from phono (coming in on Line 1 or 2) to Tidal or whatever. Non-proble... | |
| 15 foot RCA cables out of TT with no pre amp? I failed to mention the Onkyo receiver preamp has its own capacitance. If the EVO has 80 pF and the preamp another 80 pF you need a IC with next to zero capacitance...as the target is 200 pF for Ortofon 2M. Hence the recommendations for a closer p... | |
| 15 foot RCA cables out of TT with no pre amp? The effect of cable length is as a multiplier of the capacitance per foot of the cable. A typical MM cart has an ideal capacitive load for flattest response. You have to know the capacitance of the internal wiring of your EVO, subtract that from t... | |
| Veiled 'wet blanket' sound from tweeters PM-1s are very low efficiency mini-monitors with only 84dB sensitivity. The RA 1570 has 120 wpc...enough for a small room at medium volume with no clipping....but if you get carried away and overdrive tha amp you can damage the tweeter or crossov... | |
| Recommendations for a modestly priced analog system Gonna put in my rec for a Well Tempered table like Amadeus GTA with a Soundsmith or Clearaudio MM cart. Once set up, a WTT is the most no-stress player in life. With this you have budget for a preamp upgrade. | |
| Is this the solution to LP static issues?? Seems to be! In the late 1987 I bought a Well Tempered TT/TA with an acrylic platter, no mat, and a vicous oil damped main bearing and tonearm bearing. Ever since then I have NEVER ONCE experienced any static buildup, static discharges or any of the many othe... | |
| Bluesound Node 2i digital output problems... To my knowledge, Sonos supports Bandcamp. | |
| BlueSound Stinks(!), anyone? I went through a monthlong period where I got constant error messages on my BluOS app. Coincided with an upgrade from conventional network to Eero mesh. Hours of phone support calls to Bluesound, RCN, Eero later, one support person from Eero final... | |
| Preamp recommendation Doesn't Van Alstine have some items the OP might look into? The FET/valve CFR is $2099 w/o phono. Seems worth a look. I found a C-J PV-11 in good working order and my preamp search is over. | |
| tough choices crustycoot127 postsBryston 14B3 x 2, then top off with an Ayre VXR-Twenty...around $50K USD. | |
| DACs and Transports--do they still go together? Black Ice has a player with full functionality...CD transport with Tos/Coax & AES/EBU XLR outputs, DAC with Asynchronous USB, Tos & Coax inputs, and a built-in 12AX7 output stage for use as full CD player or to decode a streamer. Three mi... | |
| MM Cartridge Talk My all time favorite MM/MI was a Sonus Blue Label (on an LP12/Keith Monks arm in the mid-70's). l recently found a NOS Grace F9 Ruby, fitted to my WTTT/WTTA, but I'm eyeing a new toy...Sumiko Amethyst or Grado Master3 or maybe a Benz Micro Ace H.... | |
| A new way of adjusting anti skate! Isn't the aim of anti-skate to prevent the mistracking that would occur if unequal groove-wall contact was applied during highly modulated passages? Isn’t this solvable by a small increase in downforce such that the “weak side” never fell below th... |