dfhaleycko
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| VPI Scout On the early Scout, the motor pod is roughly 4" x 5" x 2.5" exterior, and is extremely sturdy (steel?) with 1/2" tall cylindrical rubber feet on the bottom. The top plate has a circular mounting for the motor, which appears to be centered in both ... | |
| Why does your turntable sound the way it does. I'm still thinking about your question: "So, fellow Audiogoners, what do you think has the greatest effect on vinyl playback as far as only the turntable itself, and what do you think can be done to ammeliorate those effects."I think of the turnta... | |
| Tonearm Ideas for Garrard 301 Rebuild If you really want to optimize for the Denon 103R (a good idea, I think) then I'd recommend that you go for a higher mass tonearm. I've seen a number of people get OK results with medium-mass arms by adding heavier headshells and/or heavier counte... | |
| Empire 498 As noted above, you've got a potential winner here, depending on condition. The platter and bearing and motor are all exceptionally fine, even by modern standards. The tonearm is not well-loved, however as a real heavyweight arm it is a very good ... | |
| Time for a new deck You might also consider a VPI Scout. They have their admirers and their detractors, but for $1,000 or less used, they are hard to beat. A very broad upgrade path exists as well, if you find you like the basic sound. And the resale value is likely ... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy I found a review posted by 'grimagog'? for a Mark Kelly controller applied to a Papst 3-phase motor. His claim was that having the ability to "tune" the current via the conroller leads to a quieter motor and (back on topic) improved speed stabilit... | |
| Turntable speed accuracy This is an interesting discussion! Thanks all who have participated. I'm particularly interested in the role of the type of motor as it relates to speed stability. It seems that DC motors require a lot of fancy/expensive control mechanisms to achi... | |
| Vintage or new turntable If you decide to go vintage, read up thoroughly and do your homework first. The Thorens TD150 has served me well for two decades. Simple, and high quality, and the stock tonearm is surprisingly good, especially compared to the Thorens TD160's whic... | |
| Turntable under $1500 ..... Rega, clearaudio, or ? How about going vintage? Some people are getting spectacular results from the Empire 208/308's of the 1960's. These were manufactured to extremely tight tolerances. Worthy of putting on a modern tonearm. See, for instance, Ralph Karsten's version ... | |
| What's your best 5U4GB rectifier tube and why? As Onhwy61 said, it depends on your circuit. If your amp will run OK with a 5U4G that opens the door to some nice black plate RCA's or perhaps some Mullard GZ32's which can be very nice. The Mullard GZ37 High Wycomb are wonderful in some applicati... | |
| Long Cables w/Short Speaker Cable or Vice Versa? My experience is that short speaker wires work better, but YMMV.I tried both ways with my equipment and strongly preferred having long interconnects and short speaker cables. This was not a casual decision, since I preferred having equipment out o... | |
| Shure V15 XMR Vs DV-20XH I own both of these, although the dynavector is the low output version. Phono stage is a Rhea. The Dynavector is very dynamic, and somewhat technicolor (e.g. brighter, bolder and more contrast than real life). The Shure is more of a precision inst... | |
| Logitech Touch vs Duet A couple more things about the Touch. (and why I'm getting one).1) It can be used as a stand-alone music server. It has an onboard crippled version of the Squeeze software, and with the use of some USB external hard drives, can play music and disp... | |
| Logitech Touch vs Duet I have a Touch on order, but currently use both a Duet and a Transporter (Modwright modded).The big advantage of the Duet is you can have the receiver portion in a closet somewhere, hooked to your preamp/amp and the only visible interface is the s... | |
| Audibile Illusions, Modulus 3 vs 3A I owned a Modulus 3 for more than 10 years, then took advantage of the "factory upgrade" to get a new Modulus 3a made for me (took a good long time, too.)The Modulus 3a does all the audiophile virtues better: much more extended highs, deeper bass,... |