dennis_the_menace
Responses from dennis_the_menace
| Origin Live Illustrious Tonearm hey doc, have you tried:http://www.tonearm.co.uk/tonearm_installation_instructions.pdforhttp://www.tonearm.co.uk/vta-adjuster.htmorhttp://www.tonearm.co.uk/rb300-arm.htm | |
| Did I damage my cartridge? Am I crazy for not cleaning my stylus? | |
| Digital Front End: Critical Listening yep, learned this from personal experience as well. moving up in digital didn't really net much for me... small differences for big bucks. | |
| Say it aint so--- Teres quality question my platter is about 2 5/8" tall. the gap between the wood base (is that the plinth?) and the platter is about 1/8", 6 3/8" high total off the shelf. (it sits in the bottom of a very large and heavy cherry tansu). | |
| Say it aint so--- Teres quality question My armboard is about 1.6" high, and works fine with my expressimo rega arm / VTA collar (i have a 245) | |
| ribbon or electrostatic speakers Tok20000, are you also a dealer for these speakers? | |
| need headphone amp recommendations Ron007... what do you mean by continually replacing tubes on the ASL? why do you say their quality is suspect? The ASL MG Head OTL amp is very popular with headphone users on head-fi.org... | |
| Gilmore Audio planars revealed Any real life auditions of the Gilmore speakers? Unfortunately, I think that the slutty girls in trashy ads with overblown hype, and kitchen corian are going to collectively kill this endeavor. | |
| VTA adjustabilty... I must be deaf: I don't reset my VTF based on different records, I just swap and play, and enjoy. Do I really need to do this each and every time I put on a different record with different thickness? | |
| How to find better pressings i've had good luck with japanese pressings. search the records listing on ebay, using "OBI" or "japan" or "Japanese" in the search field... | |
| help with arm types hey doug... i actually consider my expressimo/denon 103r "set it, and forget it"... I spent a fair amount of time being picky making sure everything was right, and i've checked everything once since then, and other than VTA, i haven't had to adjus... | |
| help with arm types Tom,As usual, your response is such a great resource. Thanks, I really appreciate it.As you know, since you've helped me set it up, I have a Teres 245, with an expressimo/denon 103r, and I've thoroughly enjoyed myself. There is something indescrib... | |
| VAC 70/70 III Owners......6SN7, 300B Recomm. My favorite 6SN7 combination, in my vac 70/70 mk3:in this order:--black glass KenRad, vt231 (6SN7GT): big deep sound, without sacrificing air--black glass National Union vt231: very similar to above, maybe a bit softer, darker--TungSol black glass... | |
| Does Wadia need supratek ? I ran my Wadia 860x direct into a VAC 70/70 mk 3 and compared that to the sound with a Supratek Syrah inserted, and the addition of the Syrah was a big improvement. The Wadia just seemed too dry by itself. People say that this means there must be ... | |
| Which Amp for ML Ascent i? Switching to tubes on my ML Aerius was the most mind-blowing upgrade. Tubes and electrostats are really special together, and worth extra consideration. |