dgarretson
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| vinyl versus digital redux @rossb It would be helpful for you to disclose the ADC and DAC on which you base this conclusion. It's all relative to the level of equipment. | |
| vinyl versus digital redux Given all the effort involved to make and sequence a recording of an LP, it's worth the added step to first clean the LP and get rid of as many of those clicks and pops as possible. For me that means ultrasonic cleaning followed by a VPI 16.5. | |
| vinyl versus digital redux The answer is that vinyl contains euphonious distortions and artifacts that are accurately captured and passed through a hi-res digital recording. I’m saying this as someone who records vinyl to DSD128, and generally prefers these recordings to HD... | |
| Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 diffraction pads and resistors If it's the midwoofer in the Watt head unit that you're replacing, that should be 6.5". | |
| Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 diffraction pads and resistors I don't know how the damage was done, but it's not uncommon for a DC pulse from an amp to take out a woofer without affecting the tweeter. With any luck, you should be fine with a fresh driver.If you want an upgrade from the 8545, consider the ne... | |
| Wilson Watt Puppy 5.1 diffraction pads and resistors If you gently press the cone through its travel and feel rough friction, that’s a reliable indicator of a fried voice coil. If the mid woofers are bad, I believe they are Scanspeak 8545-- possibly modified for Wilson. But you can likely get close... | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update I used a Fabco NV-55 needle valve. | |
| Trans-Fi Terminator Tonearm: 2019 Update Concerning pressure gauges and valves. My Terminator rig is in storage, but I recall that optimal results were obtained with a Weiss pressure gauge in combination with a high quality brass needle valve. You need simple brass automotive fittings an... | |
| Router extender. Over the years I have struggled with all manner of access points and EN over AC. Google Mesh works very well, is easy to set up, and expands with additional access points. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? A very nice system, chakster. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Lew, the L07D came to me with the Kenwood tonearm rewired from cartridge clips to RCA males. I believe it has Cardas wiring. The fellow who sold it to me said that it was a fairly simple matter to loosen or uncouple the bearing and slip through t... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? @luisma31 FWIW, my PD-444 subplinth modification is easily reversible. The stock RCA switch box comes off and its vacated mounting points receive the subplinth. The outboard pillar is the only projection, and doesn’t diminish stock aesthetics. Ano... | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? @Chakster That's nonsense. What diameter hole is appropriate for an EPA 100 MK-2? If Micro Seiki never make one, the OP's machinist could easily fabricate or over-bore one that will pivot off an outboard pillar. | |
| Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? If you have access to a woodworker and machinist, it's not hard to expand a PD444 with a partial subplinth and third arm base out front. I did that with a thick wenge wood subplinth and a brass pillar that accepts standard Micro Seiki brass canti... | |
| Cartridge options going forward Have Soundsmith retip the Etna with his best OCL diamond, preserving the stock Etna cantilever. |