dirtyragamuffin
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| Wife approval factor? Slappy, I hear you! I definitely do NOT enjoy being single (fine for a while but gets old fast!)...however, I do enjoy the freedom it affords. I've been auditioning and making some major upgrades to my system lately and there have been cables all ... | |
| Rega RB250 Versions? I have an Origin Live Silver 250 mk2 and think it's a very good arm. I bought it for $795, before the price hike, and think it's a solid performer for the dollar. Leagues away from stock RB250s and 300s and definitely better than a rewired OEM250 ... | |
| BSR quanta 400 troubles Gosh, this is an old therad, but since it popped up, what the hell! If I recall correctly, the BSR Quanta is direct drive. I'll betcha ten bucks that that big ol' motor under the platter made that Grado hum like AC-powered Regas, ARs, and some VPI... | |
| Best Way to Ship & Insure Small, High Value items? AVOID UPS AT ALL COSTS!!! | |
| About Lugnut -- Patrick Malone Lugnut, I apologize for being a bit late to the post. I'm so sorry to hear of this news, but you have all our support!Best wishes during your treatment and recovery. You and your family are in my thoughts. It's great that vinyl could bring you and... | |
| A new needle for B&O RX2 turntable or get a new TT For that kind of money, you could get a used Rega P3 with arm and an inexpensive cartridge, and it would probably be better than the B&O. Those proprietary B&O carts are too much money for the sound you get. | |
| Help me find a Simple Hi End Turntable I agree, if you don't want to set it up, get the help of a dealer or friendly 'phile who KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING (this goes for the dealer, too). No TT rig is infallible and will need to be set up at some point, even if it's just a simple adjustm... | |
| Agon Members at CES Hope you guys have fun! I really wish CES would go back to Chicago. I'd be there in a second! | |
| Best cheap cartridge for college student I had a Shure M97xE on my first "good/cheap" TT, an early AR ES-1 with Linn Basik arm (I paid $35for it!). The Shure did fine. I still have it around as my spare cart. I'd recommend it--it should work fine in that setup, and the little brush can b... | |
| Are you bored to tears with the topics lately? I'm with Nrchy. I stop by here daily as part of my stringent internet BBS regimen, and I've been bored to tears lately...hence little posting. Much more exciting and HIGHLY disturbing posts going on at the the NEWAS forum...a little site than seve... | |
| Best tool for cartridge alignment? I set up my Gyro/OL Silver/Beta S with a borrowed GeoDisk. They are back in production for around $50 if I recall. Works well enough. It's easy to use but not infallible--you have to make sure a certain line on the GeoDisk lines up with the tonear... | |
| Jolida JD-402 Tube Tuners Thanks for sharing feedback on this tuner. Sounds like an interesting piece aside from the niggling idiosyncracies... | |
| Best way to ship small value items--US to Canada?? Another vote for USPS...FedEx next. Aviod UPS...they just plain SUCK. None are foolproof by any stretch of the imagination...just today I had to go pick up a package that came in in via USPS from the Toronto area whose delivery they managed to scr... | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? Yeah, good point Nrchy! I almost forgot the most important (and most in need of upgrade) part of my system! 130+ years old ;) | |
| What's the oldest piece of gear in your system? Hmmmm, it's all pretty new stuff in my rig. The oldest would be the Conrad amp--late 90's vintage!I had an '84 AR Turntable/Linn Basik but sold it (I miss it!) and I have an early 70's Pioneer quadrophonic 1/4" reel but it could use a litte TLC...... |