dgarretson
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| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Lew, while browsing one of my father's old EE textbooks from the early 50s, I read that a block of iron placed on top of a transformer improves coupling between the magnetic fields. This is how how a VPI brick is constructed. I don't know about th... | |
| does anyone sharpie thier CD's??? The idea has been around for 10 years marketed as AudioPrism CD Stoplight green pen & CD Blacklight luminescent green mat. The red spectra of the CD laser is cancelled by green, instead of being refracted back at the edge & across the disk... | |
| Magico 3 Roypan,This is exactly what I thought listening to the V3 at HE2007. Incredibly fast, transparent sound (which is always my preference), but I just couldn't decide whether something was missing, or whether the speaker might be difficult to relax w... | |
| Maple or Granite Try the $7 springs, then the $8 Cones, then the $100 Stillpoints. | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? You may be in for a treat. I was just talking with a fellow whose Jean Natais-replinthed Lenco kicked a $5K Nottingham Hyperspace out of bed. | |
| Best short-lived band? Ditto Ginger Baker Trio. 11th Dream DayUrge Overkill | |
| Maple or Granite Heavy springs between two platforms is a variation of the Promethean platform. Ideally the TT suspension would be unsprung so as to improve coupling between the TT and the top platform layer. The spring layer below decouples from earth, and the pl... | |
| Maple or Granite Since you already have the platforms, consider trying both platforms under the TT, with five heavy springs between the two slabs (granite on top, maple underneath.) On-line at McMaster-Carr, P/N 96485K125. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. | |
| Top ten tube preamps Atma-Sphere MP-1 differentially balanced line stage/phono stage. The 6SN7-based LS is fantastic. The 12AT7-based phono section beats my BAT P10, but is too noisy for cartridges with less than .5mv gain. When taken together as an integrated preamp ... | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? http://www.btinternet.com/~a.d.richarson/hifi/lenco/lenco_land.htmlhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/maddogmcq/myart/lencoheaven/index.htmhttp://www.sixmoons.com/audioreviews/lenco/lenco.htmlhttp://www.progressive-engineering.com/table_whole3.htmMrJ: T... | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? Right now on Audiogon there are used Nottinghams, VPI Scout, and Oracle Delphi, all w/arms, in the $1K-$2K range. Another option around $2K would be a replinthed Lenco idler drive(check Jean Nantais's website). There is a lunatic following for the... | |
| THE BEST $2000 TURNTABLE - NEW OR USED ?????? Comparing TTs is one of the more difficult exercises. There's no shortage of strong opinions on the subject, but I doubt many opinions are based on comparing TTs with all variables fixed (e.g. same arm, same cartridge, same phono stage, same platf... | |
| Are spare parts for the Sony SCD-1 becoming rare? Sony's standard practice is to begin discontinuing parts availability around seven years from original product introduction. The SCD-1/777ES has reached this horizon. The last I checked in the US the sled motor assembly was unavailable, but other ... | |
| APL NWO-2.5T A Review of a Classic CD Player Over the long haul of modifying my CDP I've found that as the unit approaches perfection, even minor modifications can make large differences. Small smudges are easily noticed on a very clean window.I don't know whether APL's history has been to o... | |
| APL NWO-2.5T A Review of a Classic CD Player Nice review. This reconstituted Esoteric appears to be the one to beat. It's time for the major audio mags to recognize in print that there is important work going on at the periphery of mainstream manufacturing. Of course this would expose weakne... |