dgarretson
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| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I recently found a P-76 and need to get around to adapting it to a standard headshell. Has anybody done other than the (plastic?) adaptor sold by LPgear? I am considering the alternative of gluing a hardwood or alum spacer to the top of the cartri... | |
| Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit Pettyofficer, in this particular forum, such rants without disclosing the specific components in one's system reveal very little. IME all the formats can be quite satisfying. As far as the record industry is concerned, in the current state of econ... | |
| Rolling Stones SACDS I have a half dozen of these SACDs from 2002. They are all gatefold cardboard with notation stenciled on disk "DSD This stereo hybrid SACD can be played on any standard Compact Dick Player; SACD, DSD, & SB Direct." With Aftermath there was als... | |
| Where are you buying new vinyl? A one-hour train ride from NYC, Princeton Record Exchange has an extensive selection of used rock & jazz LPs at good prices relative to metropolis. | |
| VPI Super Platter - where is it? Buconero117, is HW now using different motors throughout the product line? Both 600RPM and 300RPM Hurst motors that I'm familiar with are comfortable with 40+ lbs. platters. | |
| Direct drive/rim drive/idler drive vs. belt drive? Lew, See Allied Electronics p1069-1099 for many types with illustrations. | |
| Mini-Review of the Beresford TC-7520 DAC I was very impressed by the K Works modified Beresford DAC in demos at several audio club meetings. This is a unit worth rolling with mods costing several times its original price. | |
| Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit Pettyofficer, the blind testing I was referring to was used to compare coupling capacitors-- which may move some audiophiles to orgasm, while barely eliciting a yawn from non-critical listeners. I don't discount epiphanies in audio or in anything ... | |
| Can even a Novice hear differences in Sound Qualit I recently read a white paper on controlled blind listening tests in which the results were random with a panel of non-audiophile listeners under tightly controlled conditions. The results became meaningful with experienced listeners, and more so ... | |
| Best Rock Albums in 2009, so far Son Volt American Central Dust. I was never much of an Uncle Tupelo fan, enjoyed Gob Iron, but the band has really matured with the latest Son Volt. This a straight line back to '70s Neil Young ballads with occasional inflections toward the Byrds.... | |
| Mark Levinson ML-1 power supply The Calex AC/DC supplies require simply soldering a fused AC power cord to one end, and soldering DC application to pin connections at the other. They are potted units that would ideally be repackaged in a DIY enclosure with umbilical to ML. Talk ... | |
| DACs and reproduced sound Pettyofficer, in the long course of modifying my CDP I found that every RBCD sounded better than before-- including some '80s masters that I had written off completely. Various magazine reviewers have made similar observations regarding the better... | |
| Mark Levinson ML-1 power supply You might check with Calex, who makes high quality AC/DC linear power supplies +/-15V up to 500mA.http://www.calex.com/ACDCPowerSupplies.html | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil Volleyguy, 10-20 hours break-in will at least bed in the solder and resistors, and probably reintegrate the sound. These quick takes at cold start are pointless. | |
| DACs and reproduced sound My idea with pangloss was to question the thought that a "perfect DAC" would be too revealing of the underlying flaws of CD format. IME the idea that there are ruthlessly revealing components is generally misconceived. Any such observation about a... |