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| Rock Siblings..... For a close look at Zak, see the VH1 Who Tribute in current broadcast. Zak does a tremendous job and gets closer to Moon than anybody who has since sat in that seat. BTW some amazing performances in that special, particularly Pearl Jam (The Real M... | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil It would be relatively inexpensive to try Alphacore air-core foil inductors. Cannot be certain, but it's likely that the sonic difference between ACore and your stock inductors is greater than the difference between ACore and D inductors. ACore so... | |
| velodyne DD hook up Depends on the preamp. XLR output is pointless, as DD has only RCA inputs (except for one XLR LFE input for HT.) A Y-connector bridging L/R outputs of preamp works only if the preamp outputs are internally buffered. Otherwise outputs to main amp w... | |
| Rock Siblings..... Just finished watching the worthwhile Entwistle documentary "An Ox Tale." Though I had followed that band closely, I never realized that Entwistle & Moon treated each other pretty much as siblings-- in friendship, clubbing, shared bad habits, ... | |
| Rock Siblings..... Well, Zak isn't exactly slumming with The Who. | |
| Rock Siblings..... Ray & Dave Davies. Ray is the leader, but the songs Dave wrote & his solo albums hold up well. The DD kollection "Kinked" is well worth checking out. Many more through time: Everly brothers, McGarrigles, Carters, Enos, etc., and the Whites... | |
| MC phono stage without transformer? Doug, my question arose primarily because of the many posters to AA Vinyl Forum who are enamored by relatively inexpensive LOMC Denon and Dynavector cartridges in combination with inexpensive Cinemag step-ups. Though I have not tried such combos, ... | |
| Update on VPI and classic rock lps If you try the big springs, be aware that they bounce all over the place, but in benign LF oscillations. (Of course they settle down after you cue up the record.) The more mass-loading you give the springs, the lower the oscillating frequency. A h... | |
| vpi scoutmaster versus technics unbiased Barring the expensive DD models mentioned by Johnnyb53, the cognescenti of direct-coupled(i.e. idler) & DD TTs generally favor vintage Lencos, Technics SP-10 & early Denons. They can be purchased for under $500 on ebay and restored/replint... | |
| classic rock lps on VPI BTW, one way to see if the thread drive is tensioned correctly is to give the record clamp a clockwise twist while the TT is running. If you hear the thread complain against the motor pulley, then tighten the thread. If tightening doesn't fix it, ... | |
| jupiter beeswax paper foil caps I'd be cautious about Jupiter caps in a warm tube amp. They're rated only to 110F(43C), as compared to 65C for most oil caps, and 85C for many non-oil constructions. If they develop DC leakage due to heat you may have circuit problems long before ... | |
| classic rock lps on VPI Scott,BTW, listen to piano when setting up the thread drive. Piano will shimmer if the thread is too tight or too loose. Hopefully you have a speed controller, as thread digs deeper into the motor pulley than a rubber band & changes the drive ... | |
| classic rock lps on VPI Scott,My suspensionless TNT is great with rock music & your Scout is very close in design, so you should be able to get there.Regarding siting, you have exactly the same Scout/wall mount/Bright Star set-up as a fellow I know who benefitted gre... | |
| classic rock lps on VPI What don't you like about the VPI? What is it sitting on? | |
| Capacitor log Mundorf Silver in Oil There are a few credible builders who have observed that when all things are equal(same cap type and capacitance value)a large/higher-voltage version sounded better than a small/low-voltage version. However, when comparing different types of caps,... |