dgarretson
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| Did anyone have a positive experience on RSD? The Mountain Goats Beat the Champ kinda sums up the eccentric cool that RSD is all about. Double 45 rpm, one clear yellow and one swirled, fine SQ and musical performance, and an improbably successful drawn-out concept album--life on the road of t... | |
| Best Sounding new releases 2015 Ditto No Pier Pressure on double vinyl. | |
| Chapman Speakers? I've heard T7 at several shows. Is has natural timbre, spaciousness, and full-range extension with LF grip. In recent years Stuart has spent much time voicing with premium components that few manufacturers anywhere near this price point will take ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? BTW, I'll admit to being candy-assed to let a little hiss get in the way of appreciation of top quality vinyl playback. Years ago at an audition at Sound by Singer in NYC a salesmen said as much to me while demoing a VDH Grasshopper through a some... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? That's interesting with the Jasmine. With XP-25 as input, my modified Atma MP-1 tube line stage is totally silent at about half of its range of attenuation. This is the position of the volume control that the MC-2000 requires when played loud. So ... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? I have a similar love/hate relationship with electronics in combination with the excellent MC-2000. Even +76db of Pass XP-25 is at the margin for normal and higher listening levels. It is a very quiet SS design, but still generates noticeable hiss... | |
| Ref-75-SE delivered ... Bifwynne, now if that service rep's house call includes a colonoscopy with the bias resistor then you're talk'n real value proposition. | |
| Power Supply for a music PC Paul Hynes is still in business and building new product. After a long wait I think I'm close to receiving a four rail version of his master power supply.He mentioned that he is finalizing the design of a new model SR10 linear ATX power supply for... | |
| DIY silver speaker cable is great Sabai, can you share construction details on the silver PC? I've been thinking of doing one for comparison to my DIY PCs of Furutech copper/rhodium plugs and Alpha 3 bulk wire. | |
| Stillpoints LP Isolator Record Weight It's an interesting approach with the primary function of draining vibration from the spindle bearing area, and the secondary function of clamping the record to the platter. A heavier weight or clamp might be more effective at the latter, while le... | |
| Stillpoints LP Isolator Record Weight Assuming that you buy into the Stillpoints "technology," the LPI operates differently from other weights and clamps. The idea is that its five pyramidal bearing pockets convert vibration into mechanical energy dissipated as the heat of friction be... | |
| DIY silver speaker cable is great Been there, done that with stacked, teflon-insulated silver foils totaling 8-10 AWG. It sounds great and doesn't suffer any lack of LF.http://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.html?forum=cables&n=165056&highlight=silver+foil+speaker+cables&se... | |
| Top resistors "The sound of the duelund cast were had very spotlight detailed, too much of a good thing, internet streaming showed certain tracks distortion very clearly."I haven't tried Mundorf or Path, but Duelund R took my Merlin VSM Esotar tweeter to a leve... | |
| Tonearm wiring termination---DIN, or RCA jacks? Ditto uninterrupted direct-wire. I've transitioned from the vetted Hovland Musicgroove to various DIY straight-wire designs-- most recently with KLEI silver RCAs-- and will never go back. Count the number of soldered and metal-on-metal contacts el... | |
| Kenwood L07D turntable and control unit Reviewing the eBay transaction I just noticed that I actually won the auction for $2500 in 4Q2013-- which included a wow & flutter meter! The unit is near mint except for superficial splintering across the leading edge of the mahogany sub-plin... |