dodgealum
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| Herron VTPH-2 added to system (almost) Congrats @islandmandan I have had my VTPH-2a for many years now and have never felt the urge to change. Super quiet, reliable, sounds great. I’m also using Keith’s Reference linestage which is equally awesome. Love the guy and his gear. Let us kno... | |
| Graham LS5/5: considered impressions after three months of ownership... Thanks for sharing your thoughtful insights. I owned a pair of SP-100s for many years and very much enjoyed them so the comparison resonated with me. I think the 5/5 is unique and if I were in the market for a large BBC style monitor they would be... | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack One caveat to my post—racks that are carrying a turntable are a different matter. Best is a wall mount shelf unless you are on the basement level in which case a higher quality rack offering superior isolation for the turntable is worthwhile. On a... | |
| Speaker of My House…! Easy choice—Daedalus Audio Apollo 11s. Ticks all your boxes. | |
| Herron vs Vinnie Rossi vs a million other options I don’t know the L2 but @jriggy is spot on regarding the Herron—I would just add excellent timing to his description. Simply a great tube preamp that sounds like music. | |
| Charisma Audio Cartridges Not sure on the retip price but Bernard is excellent and will do it for what it costs—ask him. The Sig One is by far the best I’ve owned 35 years into this hobby and well worth the coin. | |
| VPI dust cover Stereo Squares is the way to go. Norm is a nut but great guy and the work is superb! | |
| VPI upgrade? I’ve owned three VPI tables over the years and for the money a Scout with the original unipivot arm loaded with an inexpensive cartridge like an AT OC 9 is a no brainer recommendation. The problem is that when you go higher up in the line the engi... | |
| New Cartridge or New Preamp The other advantage of going with a separate phonostage is that it opens up the world of LOMC cartridges. Unless you got a separate SUT you likely don’t have the gain to run these with your current setup. If the sonic goal is greater detail then t... | |
| New to vinyl question If the alignment was set upon purchase don’t mess with it until you get the VTF accurized as this can be thrown off during shipping. In fact, no turntable should be shipped without removing the counterweight since unless the arm is tightly braced ... | |
| Origin Live Tonearms The OL arms are top tier—even the Silver will outperform most arms at much higher price points. Don’t sweat it between the two you are considering. More important is comparability with your table and cartridge. Make sure this is aligned and then g... | |
| Gurf Morlix Saw Gurf with Lucinda at Maxwells in Hoboken around the time Passionate Kisses was released. Just the two of them with guitars and about 15 of us in the audience standing and swaying about 10 feet away. I’ll never forget that show! | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack @audiotroy Sorry guys, expensive racks are for suckers or folks with more money than sense who want added bling factor to impress their buddies. Can they improve performance, particularly in poorly constructed rooms with full range systems that ge... | |
| Please tell me the wait will be work it......my rack For me the rack for my gear is at the back of the line for upgrade dollars. I’m using a VTI rack (inexpensive, not very well made, passable) and picked up a few Symposium Svelte Shelves used to place under each component to enhance isolation. Work... | |
| Hey Sota - Whatever Happened To Customer Service? The OPs request was not unreasonable. My issue has to do with posting unreasonable criticism on a public forum. |