dennis_the_menace
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| Can I mod my Technics 1200? yeh, they have a great website. Tracking force for M44G is 1.5g, antiskate also 1.5. | |
| Can I mod my Technics 1200? Zaikes... THANK YOU. i got my cartridge on properly, using the jig, and was able to balance my arm, as well as look up and set the arm height according to the user's manual. i did all of this without using a leveling bubble. i know, i'll need to r... | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path i got the Wadia about six weeks ago. it's definitely more what i was looking for in a player, but the improvement coming from the upgraded CD player is still much more subtle than the improvement i got from upgrading my amp. i'm pretty happy with ... | |
| Isolation transformers - where do I start? would dedicated outlets take care of most of the "problems" that transformers fix? what is it exactly that they fix anyway? fluctuations in current? noise? | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path just an Ultimate Outlet by PS Audio... honestly, not that big of a sound difference for me. I got some aftermarket powercords also, and couldn't hear much with them either. I'm still pretty new, so I may not be very sensitive. Definitely would be ... | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path honestly, I was surprised that I didn't like the Wadia direct. you're right, it must be a function of my speakers or cabling, because the VAC is awesome. I have tried Western Electric, Golden Dragon and JJ 300bs, and I like the JJs the best. Serio... | |
| Hierarchy of upgrade path Endoit, I have a Wadia 860x, and in the manual it says that it has it's own power conditioner built in; Wadia recommends plugging directly into the wall. In my system, I didn't like the Wadia direct into my VAC 70/70 mk3. too dry. i'm using my VTL... | |
| Box speakers that sound like Electrostats? Not that I'm looking for a replacement, but the reason I asked the question was because size is an issue when you choose to live in major downtown city like DC. Big apartments cost a lot of money, and a house is out of the question...honestly, the... | |
| Can I mod my Technics 1200? THANKS Zaikes for all that... I think part of the problem is that I can't get the cartiridge I have now to firmly stay in place. Since you have a 1200, there are those 4 wires, that you plug into the cartridge, and then you screw the cartridge int... | |
| Are silver coated cables a bunch of hype? Bear's cables are suspended in a way too. They are three thin wires taht are braided inside a fat tube of air. Twl, as for tone control, his cables are meant to be as neutral as possible. That, along with a low inductance and relatively low capaci... | |
| Are silver coated cables a bunch of hype? hmmm... Bear makes silver plate cables, and they sound awesome. | |
| aurios isolation and espresso Is Water really a "component"? Yes, it is an integral part of a rich, satisfying brew, but a true component, like the Gaggia, or the Krups grinder? | |
| Tenor amps..."to pre or not to pre" there's an M7 (never heard of it until i saw it on the classifieds) listed used for $7.5K, new it supposedly was $20K (yikes!)... maybe this was a unit that was only made in the far east? M5 i think is $7.5K new (just line), $10K new (line and pho... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century yep, and there is that sweeeet lookin audionote M7 from singapore on the classifieds right now. would love to hear what that sounds like... | |
| Black glass KenRad 6SN7s take the cake The National Union's I'm talking about are vt231s, black glass... supposedly much like the KenRads. |