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| Eric Clapton Clapton McCartney watchers have mostly moved on, but there is a generation of aging fans for whom hope springs eternal that Clapton will return to form. For awhile it was anticipation for a real blues album, but when he finally did it it came out as minst... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? Clio09, Of course in LSA the series/shunt photoresistor IS the volume control. The knob that you twist merely controls the control. I'm suggesting that by adding a companion active buffer, the LDR control could be directly compared to a convention... | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? "Amplifying the low-level stuff, stuff that might not get through (stage depth & other nuances) is important and not insignificant as we know. Is it possible a great active can get more of this information by way of design then a passive?"When... | |
| Girlfriend's mom threw my Cardas out with trash The obvious answer is to take it out in trade. However if you confess how much those cables really cost and the two of you get married, then you may have severely hobbled future purchases. | |
| Lightspeed Attenuator - Best Preamp Ever? I have not heard LSA but have used the same LDR resistors to provide variable cartridge loading in a modified phono stage. LDRs are about as clean sounding as the best nude Vishay, Caddock, and tant resistors, so I imagine they would make a first ... | |
| Next Upgrade for VPI Scoutmaster TT I just finished implementing DIY stillpoints on the TNT motor. This is an improvement over the stock rubber feet. Each footer is a pyramid of five 1/4" ball bearings captured by the spring steel petals of a 5/8" chrome hole plug from Lowes. The va... | |
| Graham Arm on VPI TNT? A Trans-Fi linear arm retired a Graham 1.5tc on my modified TNT. I correspond with an HRX owner who had similar impressive results replacing a VPI 12.7 on HRX. Feel free to PM if you would like that contact. | |
| Stacking Chip DACs? In dual-mono configuration the Twisted Pair Buffalo II offers 8x ESS Sabre 32 bit DACs per channel-- but you have to assemble it yourself. At some point I'll try this with Audio Consulting Silver Rock output transformers. | |
| Confused about compliance matching with airbearing Rcthweatt, The ET manual is a well-spring of technical information, but I am confused on the subject of horizontal mass. If I understand correctly, moving horizontal mass is 25-35gm wand+manifold, plus up to 40gms counterweights, plus optional 18g... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Kcc123, Look forward to your impressions of Sonus BG. Of all the cartridges I've tried this one has been the most finicky and revealing of problems of geometry, so be patient! | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Timeltel & Lew, I am among the untouchables with only one turntable and tonearm, so for the purpose of addressing cartridges of varying compliance I am forced to the prosthetic of interchangeable arm wands of varying composition and weight. Th... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? After several hours break-in of Sonus Blue Gold on Trans-Fi arm fitted with my lightest carbon eggshell/foam core wand, Sonus surpasses AT20SS by any measure. There is more of everything coming through. I assume this owes to particularly good syne... | |
| Best Rock Album in 2010 Deerhunter "Halcyon Digest". Digest is correct as it's stylistically slipperier than Microcastle, ranging from anticipated alt. psychedelia to Conner Oberst-style crooning(but with less angst and a better sense to melody) to only slightly bent sur... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Just scored a NIB Sonus Blue Gold, which at 50 cu will be my highest compliance cartridge yet. A web search suggests that it wants very positive VTA and 1.25gm. Any thoughts regarding optimal set-up for this one? As there are reported cantilever f... | |
| Who needs a MM cartridge type when we have MC? Lew, Pickering XSV3000 is a vivid & pyrotechnic performer but perhaps a little nervous. AT20SS is more "high-end" in terms of detail that doesn't call attention to itself and detail in balance with embodiment. There have been comments that AT ... |