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| Gallo Reference 3.1 questions... The Ref 3 was named Product of the Year in 2004 by The Absolute Sound. That's product of the year, not just speaker of the year. This followed quite a glowing review in TAS. | |
| Homemade Nitty Gritty Formula Here's what Harry Weisfeld, the head of VPI, recommended on Audio Asylum some time ago. Take a gallon jar, put in 16 oz. of isopropyl alcohol (NOT rubbing alcohol), then fill it with distilled water and add 3-4 drops of Dawn dishwashing liquid as ... | |
| Affordable interconnect for warm system If you don't mind spending less money, I would suggest trying the Morrow Audio MA2 interconnects. Very clear, dynamic, with excellent bass and quite musical. With their moneyback offer, you don't stand to lose anything. No affiliation, just a sati... | |
| Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II Hey, good for you Gadfly. Your next assignment: Learn to spell his name :-) | |
| Who does not like the Lyra Dorian? Only heard one once in a system I'd never heard before but it sounded exactly as you describe and the system owners eventually replaced it with a Denon DL-103(!). | |
| How to remove scratches from lidcover turntable I second the Novus. Takes some time, but can really work wonders. Good luck, Dave | |
| Will adding a preamp dramatically change my sound? FWIW, I'm using a Calypso too. Great preamp. Dave | |
| Will adding a preamp dramatically change my sound? Some CD players (e.g., my Raysonic CD 128) sound fabulous through an active linestage and pretty dismal through a passive or straight into a power amp. I would definitely experiment and not prejudge the result. Dave | |
| Can you hear the difference in R2R format As a general rule, I won't buy any reels on Ebay that are recorded at the slow speed. That said, I do have a few slow-speed tapes which don't sound half bad. It's pretty much a crapshoot in any event, since all the tapes available today (with the ... | |
| Best P-Mount Cartridge MC or MM That Pickering was available NOS for years via a U.K. Ebay seller at approx. $140. Now he's out of stock, though I've seen them at much higher prices. Maybe Vegasears would sell you his :-) | |
| Best P-Mount Cartridge MC or MM Funny how two people can get diametrically opposite results, Vegasears. My Pickering TL-2S carts (p-mount) sound so much better than my Grace F-9E, Ortofon OM-30 and various ADC-XLMs that it's no contest at all. I have four of them on mounted on s... | |
| The phase button on my Rowland Capri is for...? Tvad and Macrojack are correct. A possibly useful hint: I mark the backs of my CDs, LPs and tapes with the "correct" (to my ears) phase/polarity setting, using 0 for "normal" and 180 for "inverted." Saves guesswork. Of course, as you noted, some r... | |
| are phono cables different from regular rca's? Well, you can indeed use any interconnect if you don't mind the hum. Best that it be shielded. | |
| Advice from vinyl types on a good CD player For this long-time vinyl enthusiast, the Raysonic CD 128 has been the perfect CDP. Good luck, Dave. | |
| Does Raysonic CD128 need to be on top shelf? FWIW, I have 10" clearance above mine and it's sitting on 2" myrtle wood cylinders (Waipuna). This translates to a total of 15" between the shelf it's sitting on and the shelf above, but I could get by with 12" if necessary. |