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| VPI Speed Problem Okay, yer a smart guy. But if your turntable changes speed depending on whether or not the stylus is in the groove (my Lenco sure doesn't; I just checked), I'd say you have a dumb turntable:-) | |
| Tubed Pre question? Tubed everything -- linestage, phonostage, SET monoblocks, CDP (Raysonic 128). Works for me. | |
| VPI Speed Problem Okay, mea culpa (my wife says hi). Your own recommendations up top seem sensible, though I would replace the white lithium grease with a drop or two of Mobil 1. Yeah, I know Mike used to recommend the grease, but they also recommended Slick 50 for... | |
| VPI Speed Problem Stew in your ignorance, John. And continue making YOUR stuff up. Maybe you can even find my old TNT out there somewhere to buy. | |
| VPI Speed Problem My, seems there are others who haven't heard Lenco-done-right. | |
| VPI Speed Problem Johnbrown has obviously never heard Lenco-done-right by Oregon or Jean Nantais. I have had one of Jean's two-armed monsters for at least 2 years. I used to have a VPI TNT. "Nuff said. | |
| New Gallo 3.5's Those spikes on the Stein Audio site are unobtainium. I know because I came up with the idea of using these particular spikes in the first place. They were sourced from Parts Express and cost $14 for four of them, but left the PartsExpress catalog... | |
| Warning re JJ KT77s Right, Jim's Da Man. | |
| Warning re JJ KT77s Try the reissued Gold Lion/Genalex KT77s. They sound better than the JJs too (I've tried them both). Dave | |
| New Gallo 3.5's Neil Gader says they're "easier to drive", quoting 4-ohm 87db sensitivity. But the original Reference 3 and 3.1s (I have the Ref 3s) are 8-ohm, 88db sensitive, so what gives? Anyone know if the 3.5s have the same dual (woofer) voice coils as the o... | |
| Favorite Female vocals that give you goose bumps Another newcomer: Melody GardotCheck out her rather amazing back-story via Google. | |
| Preamp inverts phase question: Al, I switched the cables at the speaker end. The cables I was using at the time were shielded. Doug Blackburn's contention was that the cable-switching affected signal flow directionality of wire and other devices (capacitors, etc.) inside the sp... | |
| Preamp inverts phase question: Al, remember that when you switch speaker cables you are also affecting wire directionality, or so I've read. In fact, I remember Doug Blackburn writing an essay on polarity suggesting that the primary audible change you hear (if you hear ANYTHING... | |
| Supporting Local Audio Stores are we? Ironically, the only local dealer with whom I spent substantial dollars (~$20K) turned out to be a crook and a thief. Not sure how I managed to avoid getting screwed and didn't learn about his MO (take advance payments but don't deliver the produc... | |
| Vinyl Tracking Problem Almost every cartridge mistracks on the cannon shots of the Telarc 1812. And the ones that do track it don't sound all that great. Tracking ain't everything :-) |