dgarretson
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| Have anyone replace VPI SSM belt with string? Semi, yes with the TNT/single motor/flywheel it is easier because only the long thread around the platter must be cut exactly in order to be self-tensioning. | |
| APL NWO2.5 ? With the lights dimmed we might miss all the log-rolling. | |
| How to get rid of Hiss Assuming you add a cable isolation transformer like the Jensen or the Magic Eye, most hum/buzz problems from preamp are usually resolved by relocating the pre and its ICs away from AC transformers (Tice) and AC cables. | |
| Have anyone replace VPI SSM belt with string? I've used carpet/button thread with a TNT III/flywheel set-up and can report quite an improvement in focus & musicality & relief from slurring in the bass region. If the string can't be tensioned, the tricked is to tie knots within knots t... | |
| Best "album" of 2006 & Tom Verlaine's "Songs & Other Things" | |
| Best "album" of 2006 Thom y, it's a decent list. I would add:Ray LaMontagne: Till the Sun Turns BlackRobyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Ole TarantulaRay Davies: Other Peoples LivesIsobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan: Ballad of the Broken SeasWillie Nelson: SongbirdPear... | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES Tvad,The refined players you have experienced have probably been cleansed of many compromises & arrived at a purer flavor defined by choice of DAC chipset, filter, tube vs. ss output. Now you're talking caviars rather than fast food hamburgers... | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES Chuck hits the mark that if the cost of the mule plus the mods produces a player that matches commercial offers costing 2-3 times as much, the mod has been justified financially & also in terms of personal satisfaction, regardless of resale is... | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES Tvad, Of 30 odd mod/test cycles I've been through with the SCD-1, all but one or two changes were steps in a positive direction without any downside. The one or two mods I would consider "flavor" preferences-- i.e., mods that improve in one area w... | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES Modding is the way to get off the endless merry-go-round of swaps and upgrades. And with the SCD-1/777ES there is pretty much no diminishing return on improvements. Better is simply better until you get near SOTA, at which point Tvad's point about... | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES Chuck,The transport cap mod does improve things. There are several more mods that make an even larger improvement to the transport: (1) Replace 4 SMD coupling caps on Main Board & RF board with radial-lead teflon.(2) Replace signal path SMD re... | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES The Sony DAC is not a gating factor. With clock replacement, power mods, & a swap of output stages to VSEI or buffered RAM coupling transformers, the 777ES will approach SOTA. | |
| Cost effective mods for a Sony SCD-777ES Ditto Czbbcl's recommendations for modders. If you can do the work yourself and want to work incrementally, start with the Superclock 4, replace the AD712 op amps in the output stage, replace select caps/resistors in the output stage signal path, ... | |
| Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have Yesh, the Keith Code video & Keith Code's travelling motocycle school. The only time I ever seriously hi-sided a motorcyle was late braking into a lean on one of his track Ninja 600s. Went over the bars and sprained both hands foolishly landin... | |
| Rock Concerts through your rig? I was reminded of the thrill of live at a recent NIN concert, where the grip of dynamics in the gut felt like a heart attack... no home system can pull this off. There are some well recorded rock concerts, tho it's tough to like the CD versions, a... |