dougdeacon
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| Phono Preamp and Cartridge selection For the stated budget, I'd recommend an MM cartridge (or 2 or 3). Put as much of your $3K into the phono stage as you possibly can, you'll never regret it.I've heard (and own) $200 MMs that compete easily with any sub-$1K MC, and most sub-$2K MCs.... | |
| Don't you just hate it when--- Woo-hoo! As Rtilden said, it must have been fated. ;-)Let us know what you think of the UII. | |
| Serious distortion from Rega RP1 For the safety of your vinyl I'd also check VTF first. But if your noise is not correlated with music volume or inner grooves, that may not be the cause.Sadly, even new records can have flawed vinyl due to errors during the pressing process. Such ... | |
| Metal "whiskers" on cartridge body Do you play many old RCA records? Nipper had whiskers too. | |
| storing vinyl, reducing damage over many years Dougdeacon; How often do you recommend going through the record collection and cleaning the albums and replacing the out sleeve with new to prevent this issue?Once, if you do it properly. | |
| Metal "whiskers" on cartridge body I've seen these on quite a few cartridges. It's not clear to me that such "whiskers" are actually metal, though their orientations certainly appear to result from the magnet field of the cartridge. A research project with spectroscopic analysis is... | |
| storing vinyl, reducing damage over many years +1 to what Czarivey (and Saki70) said...Besides preventing the LP from wearing through an unsupported record sleeve, another major risk of long term LP storage is warping. To minimize this, pack the LPs firmly together and store with the records s... | |
| Serious distortion from Rega RP1 It could be almost anything. Rather than wading through a million blind guesses, could you provide more specifics?What does it sound like?Both channels or just one?When does it occur or not occur?Etc. | |
| Don't you just hate it when--- Basso profundo: UNIverse II... UNIverse II... UNIverse II...Seriously, I'm sorry for your accident. OUCH!!! | |
| What's the best way to clean vinyl records? The OP said he wanted the "best" way. IME, a string based RCM (Keith Monks, Loricraft or similar) used with effective cleaning solutions, including very pure water for final rinses, provides the best results. This method is expensive and time cons... | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Ralph, Thanks for your expert insights from the POV of a cutting engineer, which do gibe with what I hear during playback. Similar weight LPs from the same label and pressing plant do tend to have similar arm height settings, but it's only a tende... | |
| Nube question - what does a tonearm upgrade do Larryi,I think we're in agreement. Different words, similar concepts.***I guess that makes all Well Tempered arms trash. I don't think so. The first function of a tonearm is to center the cartridge directly over the (constantly moving) record groo... | |
| Nube question - what does a tonearm upgrade do Saki70,Great question. Almost all vinyl newbies think as you do. It seems natural but it's actually backwards. Most audiophiles with broad experience and multiple setups will tell you that the tonearm, turntable and phono stage EACH has a bigger i... | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Chayro, great link, thanks! The pics/diagrams help explain what I was attempting to describe. | |
| Do You Have a Favorite Disk to Set VTA/SRA? Whart,Totally agree that "thick/thin" sound is consistent with the fundamental/harmonics timing differences one hears in more sensitive setups. Also agree that this is cartridge specific:1) A cartridge with a spherical/conical stylus does not real... |