dgarretson
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| New Teres Direct Drive Motor Available as Option Doug,I am a VPI TNT III owner with a poorly designed & now broken PLC controller that VPI no longer supports. I've also observed that the TT sounds better on thread drive than the stock rubber belts. However, slippage of the thread on the smal... | |
| What is new with the Memory Player? Oracle, Thanks for sharing Mark Porzilli's impressive bio. Can I send my Melos preamp to him for repairs? If the prodigous power of invention was of itself sufficient, then Edison would have convinced the power utilities to adopt a DC power grid &... | |
| Personal amp evolution Principal 2CH systems:*1950s vintage Pilot tube mono receiver with RCA speaker (mid 60s)*Kenwood receiver with Altec VOTT(early 70's)*Technics receiver with ESS AMT1 (late 70's)*Nakamichi Stasis receiver with Fried floorstanders(mid 80's) *Bryston... | |
| Ars Sonum / Merlin TSM-MX??? Agreed, when value is factored in, I don't think there's any pre/amp/speaker that approaches ARS/Merlin VSM-MX. | |
| Ars Sonum / Merlin TSM-MX??? Pubul57, I've heard the ARS with Merlins, and while it's very good indeed, it's not as good as it gets, even with Merlins. What ever is? | |
| 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... |