czarivey

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cartridge screws
2nd to ACE. all sizes of nuts bolts are there! 
Am I having an affair with my SET monos, or are life-long relationships possible?
Everything I loved, turned eventually to an affair, so having just an affair is far more rational than falling in love. 
Puzzled...
that only tells that more complex equipment with adjustability wins on sound performance over the unadjustable units when playing imperfect recordings.adjustability of gain, tone controls, filters, adjustability of feedback -- it's often not found... 
Room treatments
@marqmike , did you place your equipment to rest on temporpedic maddress? I guess that audio components also need some comfortable rest. 
Is Classe AUdio no longer???
passet0279 posts08-05-2017 10:13amQuality in China is no better or worse then here in USA. The Transmission for your Cadilac cars are made in China ! BINGO! 
"10 Recommended Turntables"....
These aren't better than vintage DD Technics decks and they're far-far away from PL570, PL535, PL518, PL41 Pioneers.How about AR-XA? Marantz 6300, 6350...?I listed them as substantially better alternatives vs. this list of 10. 
Room treatments
volume control can kill ambient noise. 
Empire 598 Tonearm choice
SME 3009 would require replacement of original armboard and altering chassis while AudioTechnica 5001(btw superior arm and hard to find!) or Rek-o-Kut perfectly fits into original armboard. 
WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC?
@geoffkait ,Is the new left-over dry wall a compromise to old discarded? Please share your 'tweaky' expertise :-) 
WHAT HAS WORKED FOR YOU? ISOLATION PLATFORMS, FOOTERS, ETC. for a DAC?
One day, I picked up left-over dry wall $free off the curb side that I needed for small projects. Some of it I used for my StandDesign equipment stand that I cut precisely to fit tight within shelf racks (compared to original wood composite shelve... 
Mono recordings - two questions...
for solo vocal with instrument mono is better otherwise not. 
"One Box Solutions" - Suggestions ?
Yamaha YS801 has everything you need, but streaming. It also has miniature size streaming preamp. I guess B&H has best deals on those. 
Flat vinyl records... Please chip-in to insite!
Actually i must agree with bdp AND wart. I was trying to void spending 4 figures, but VinylFlat would be indeed great professional tool. 
Is Classe AUdio no longer???
Personally, I find it foolish to treat all Chinese electronics as cheap, poor quality products produced by sweat shop labor.Personally, I also try to be as just as possible so I plug in numbers first to be sure.  B&W, large manufacturer, isn't... 
Tonearm microphonics
yes -- remove tonearm.