davide256
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| Inner Tracks Sound Raspy one last thought. Its better to track about 0.25 gram heavier than the nominal/minimum weight recommended. This insures that inner grooves, irregular records maintain good stylus contact. Many myths about lower stylus pressure being better, in poi... | |
| Inner Tracks Sound Raspy Im thinking on this one.. its not very typical and when I was in the business I did over 2000 turntable setups. So lets start with what its not1) stylus problems exhibit throughout the record2) alignment problems don't manifest this way3) General ... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? Mod might be too strong a word. Rejuvenate is probably better, For example in the main pre section there are (2) 2uf 450vdc capacitors that have an ARC label and which show end swelling. So likely these need a quality replacement. Interestingly en... | |
| Conrad Johnson PV-10A mod experiences? I believe the 10A differences are all centered around the balance control knob which was eliminated in the last version. There is also a 10AL which had no phono section. The classic version front panel looks like a PV-10A but its tube complement i... | |
| Why is J River better than iTunes on PC? Jriver allows you to chose your output method asio, wasapi or kernel streaming. These are critical for PC sound optimization | |
| Dual 1009 : Is it a good TT to buy ? Buy the Rega and put a Grado on it if your objective is to buy once and be happy for a long time. I sold every moving magnet made a number of years ago (Before Benz Micro was in market) Grado was then the best MM, followed by Goldring. The Dual is... | |
| USB reclocker pecking order? hmm, I see there is an asynch USB product for SPDIF out from Musical Fidelity, "V-LINK - USB To SPDIF Converter" that supports coax and optical SPDIF thats supports up to 96Khz. Anyone played with it yet? Price point ($169) is right for something ... | |
| How important is the tonearm? paperw8, heres what I've seen with a Linn Sondek going from least to best tonearm available in the shop. #1, quality of arm doesn't affect groove tracking, thats really a matter of good bearings and good match between arm mass and cartridge so tha... | |
| USB reclocker pecking order? thanks for the responses. I've decided to wait a while to see if HRT chooses to make a BNC/RCA digital out model using the fairly good digital circuitry in their existing Music streamer. | |
| How important is the tonearm? the basic yardstick for successful purchase is listening fatigue. In order of importance1) turntable2) tonearm3) cartridgehowever cartridges like speakers illicit love/hate/ho-hum responses. And unlike tonearms stylii can be destroyed in a blink o... | |
| How important is the tonearm? I note also dialogue about whether to spend more money on tonearm or cartridge. note this metaphor... the arm is the chassis of the automobile, the cartridge is the engine. Its more fun to have a cheap chassis with a high powered engine than to ha... | |
| How important is the tonearm? Lewm, i was in audio at the hey day of vinyl and my college education was physics. The assertion is fact based from comparison in the early 80's with reference systems in the $20K range, trying various TT solutions at the time, Rega, Denon, Sota a... | |
| Most Beneficial Cable Upgrade Need to carry that thought a little further. A dedicated line doesn't provide that much additional isolation if on the same phase circuit as all other circuits in the house... all of those circuits are connected in parallel at the breaker junction... | |
| How important is the tonearm? I worked a number of years ago in a speciality business where all we sold were phono cartridges and tone arms. There are some basic principles1)matching a tone arm and cartridge is like matching a car and a shock aborber... what you want is for th... | |
| Most Beneficial Cable Upgrade I do agree that the standard electrical outlets in most homes should be replaced; weak grip, thin contact material, cost the builder maybe $1 per duplex plug. Changing them to a higher quality plug is worthwhile and relatively easy if you are know... |