dgarretson
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| Are the online zines killing print mags in audio? Serious print journalists like Atkinson, Harley, Fremer, Pearson, etc., have experience & opinions that count and are always worth reading. There are fewer writers of similar stature on the net. Print mag reviewers have access to a wider range... | |
| Upgrade from Scoutmaster? You're premature in swapping out the Scout before resolving the problems of the sprung floors & the tall multishelf rack by putting the TT on a proper footing. A few $ spent to improve the platform will take the Scout to a much higher level &a... | |
| Best sounding VINYL labels? Mid 80's Soul Note & Black Saint are high points of late vinyl mastering & not too expensive. Great jazz on these labels by Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton, Max Roach, Jimmy Guiffre, Steve Lacy, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden. | |
| Best guitar explosion of all time In the here & now of 2007, Marc Ribot is amazing performing John Zorn's "Asmodeus, Book of Angels, Vol.7." | |
| What's the limit for cart upgrade/VPI Scout? Now that your platform has improved vibration control, I suspect your biggest & most cost-effective upgrade will be to improve speed stability. Like you I'm currently without a speed controller(my despised TNT PLC Speed Controller finally gave... | |
| What 6SN7 for BAT VK-60 Victor told me that the 6SN7s need to absorb a fairly high (600V?) start-up voltage, and that as a result some tubes might wear or fail prematurely. That said, the unit comes stock with fairly mundane russian tubes. I've used 6SN7EHs in my VK75SE ... | |
| Heil AMT's - anybody have any experience ? The Heil AMT1 towers I bought in 1974 had a fine-sounding Heil tweeter and good bass via a tall transmission line reflex enclosure. Much better than the Advents & ARs typical back in the day. | |
| Wherefore Belt Drive? Stevecham, that would be an updated version of the crank/spring mechanism in the old Victrolas. | |
| Wherefore Belt Drive? I withdraw my criticism of thread drive on the VPI TNT and come into agreement with Cabeau that thread drive improves upon rubber belt drive on this TT. For the thread to obtain proper grip & for the knots to run quietly, I had to remove the t... | |
| Which CD failed you on bass notes? The more I improve my CDP front end, the more I believe most problems with deep bass in RBCDs actually reveal weaknesses in playback equipment. My favored test CD for this is Emmylou Harris "Wrecking Ball." On a weak front end the bass sounds unda... | |
| Anybody familiar with Mundorf silver&oil caps jd,For what it's worth, Mundorf and several users I've spoken to regard the Silver/Gold as more neutral than the Silver/Oil cap(or put another way, it is less exaggerated in the bass region.) Also, the Silver/Gold is not an oil cap, and is rated t... | |
| Soldering 101 for Audiophiles Much useful info here. I find I can do virtually any soldering job, from thick wire down to tiny surface-mount ICs, with two irons: 40W Radio Shack and Antex 15W mini-iron with .012" gold needle tip from www.telephoneparts.com. The gold needle nee... | |
| What amp should be used with merlin vsm's? BAT VK60 or VK75 with V-Cap TFTF coupling caps. I'm using a recapped VK75SE with VSM-MXs. Transparent, neutral, authoritative with Merlins, particularly when biwired. Hardly a typical configuration, though. | |
| Balanced Phono question - forgive my ignorance TD, I doubt you're giving up anything with your special cable. My guess is that if you take a multimeter you'll find that XLR pin 2 is connected to RCA hot, pin 3 is connected to RCA jacket, and pin 1 is connected to an RFI foil drain that floats ... | |
| Best 6H30 for CJ Premier 140? I've bought both NOS/milspec -DR version & new production -PI from tubestore.com. While the -DR is better, the -PI sounds fine, particularly at $18. IMO there are better places to put money than into an $80 -DR. |