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| Your best ''outstanding'' products in last 5 yrs? Not in any particular order:Otari open reel tape deck and tubed tapehead preamp by Stuart Polansky.Dedicated 4" maple bases/footers by Mapleshade for my Gallo Ref 3 speakers.Aesthetix Calypso and Rhea.DIY power cords based on Pangea AC-14s with Fu... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Re installing Jean's TJN mod kit, I did it by myself in a few hours, and I'm almost 82. A little tricky in spots, but I don't see why you would have any trouble. Good luck, Dave | |
| Is this Foolish? Audiofeil is right. The table and arm are much more important than the cart. | |
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? Well, you may not be a kid, Jax2, but you're a bunch younger than my son. BTW, I just bought a new cart and a spare armtube for my JMW 10.5i arm today. | |
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? Doug, when you mature, you'll know better. | |
| Are you too old to be an audiophile? At 81 I obviously can't hear the higher frequencies. The nice thing is that you (I) don't miss them. And thank heaven I can't hear most of them, as in the ones you cite. I can still detect cable differences (real ones) and can spot inverted and no... | |
| Stylus replacement for Shure V-15 v MR Arfan, I got my last one from LP Gear. | |
| Stylus replacement for Shure V-15 v MR Orpheus10, I also considered the cart mid-fi ... until I got the JICO/SAS stylus assembly. I just ordered another one in case they stop making the things. | |
| Stylus replacement for Shure V-15 v MR I love Soundsmith, but in this case I'd go for a JICO/SAS stylus assembly. I hope someone here can provide a link. | |
| Why & How to Make the 845 Power Tube of Choice? Regarding the light output of 845s, I resorted to sticking things on top of the transformers as light shields so that the tubes didn't blind me :-)The metal plate 845s are the primary culprits here, in my experience. | |
| Why & How to Make the 845 Power Tube of Choice? I agree with you about the awesome wonders of an 845-based SET, but not much else. To me the most important thing about an 845 design is the transformers. My custom-designed 845 monoblocks have trannies the size of a loaf of bread (well, almost) a... | |
| Anybody find themselves revisiting old threads? A related question: Ever been embarrassed by what you discovered you wrote earlier in a long-ago thread?I'm sure you know why I ask :-) | |
| MC loading at 47K Something that hasn't been mentioned: Anyone with a phonostage offering instantaneous load change comparisons like my Aesthetix Rhea will be aware that the audible difference as you go from sub-100 ohms to 47 kOhms isn't nearly as great as you mig... | |
| Attn Vinyl lovers - what CD Player do you use? I guess it's time for an update, after 4 years. Still using (and loving) the Raysonic CD128 but the Ack dAck is long gone. For the past year or so I've owned an Oppo BDP-83SE, primarily for SACDs. The Oppo also sounds very good on CDs for the pric... | |
| MC loading at 47K Some folks including Charles Hansen (Ayre) and the late Allen Wright recommended running all MCs at 47kOhms. I think Harry Pearson (HP) of The Absolute Sound recommended it too (don't know if he still does). I tried it and liked it with a Denon DL... |