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| CARTRIDGE WOES? Analogue can throw up unexpected results, there are so many variables in adjustment, phono stages etc.I owned a Linn TT in the past and changed my supex cart for the then "must have" toika cart. It was set up for me by the dealer - even so it was ... | |
| Treating Floor in New Construction - Reducing Footfall and Vibration My room is over the garage. Fortunately the garage is quite high so I was able to strengthen the music room floor by running two 10in deep joists under and perpendicular to the existing joists. I laid a very dense sound deadening materialhttp://ww... | |
| Turntable for life I have owned a Garrard 401, Linn LP12, SME20/2, KuzmaXL4 and now the DC motor version. I would certainly not recommend the Linn, I have heard a few TT which better or equal it at a lower price. I cannot see me changing the Kuzma now or in the futu... | |
| Aesthetix Rhea signature phono stage Thanks for the responses, anyone compared a Rhea with a Manley Chinook or an Allnic phono? | |
| Experiences buying used cartridges Have sold quite a few of my earlier cartridges to help fund the purchase of an upgrade. They have all been in perfect working order, one or two had been re-tipped and I always made that clear.Never had a problem, one buyer even sold the cart on fo... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline Ok Bill. Not sure of the provenance of the Kuzma DC motor. I have not tried the air line arm on my TT - something I would like to try sometime. Is the idea -behind using a mega compressor - that it charges a large reservoir tank, so the compressor... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline Hi BillThe new single motor enables the XL to retrieve more detail. I guess it must lower the noise floor. It has v good speed stability, all the XL strengths are there - powerful dynamics and bass etc - however depth and spatial aspects are impro... | |
| Best Cartridge for Kuzma Airline hiI have a Kuzma 4pt with a ref XL, single motor. I have used - in this order- benzLp ebony, colibri, airtight PC3, shelter harmony and now Atlas.I would avoid the benz and colibri. All the others are excellent. My most recent cart (atlas) is supe... | |
| Anyone used a USB microscope to align cartridge? Thanks Lubachl.I used Adobe illustrator as it gives a bit more control over the placement of lines, then printed out the image and measured the angle.The veho is fairly cheap, I believe the dynolite has some software to enable the placement of mea... | |
| Room correction - what device works best? I have found adding reflection absorbing panels and bass traps have made a tremendous improvement. Mostly DIY. A good site for advice is real traps.com. | |
| Anyone used a USB microscope to align cartridge? Great pictures ninetynine.I have used a cheapish scope, a Veho 400x from amazon. http://www.veho-world.com/main/shop_detail.aspx?article=40Not as good as the Dynolite but does give decent results. Needs a lot of patience to get clear imagesthis is... | |
| Equitech vs Furman Balanced Power Conditioner I would say the Furman I have is very well constructed and their technical support is excellent. | |
| Equitech vs Furman Balanced Power Conditioner I live in the UK and use the Furman IT-REFERENCE 16E which seems to do a decent job.A while ago someone told me the Furman P-2300 IT E was better than the IT-Ref I have. | |
| suggestion for turntable upgrade Have a listen to a well tempered | |
| Does the Transport make a significant difference I find playing the CD disc with a good transport gives superior sound to the same CD ripped to a PC and played back with Jriver. I know other enthusiasts who experience the same result. |