dougdeacon
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| I've found the cd player for analog lovers Cmk,Paul and I are in fact two individuals: he's the smart one, I'm the chatty one. We own and enjoy the equipment, the music and the two cats in common.Our Exact Power (which also corrects sine wave irregularities) also helps smooth analog output... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Jtimothya,Thanks for reminding me of that passage in Tchaikovsky 4. I'll spin it tonight and double check my piccolodeum!SirSpeedy,ND is indeed a special guy, and his components ain't half bad either. We are very lucky to have been introduced to h... | |
| I've found the cd player for analog lovers Actually, we prefer our stock 3910 to both our previous Arcam FMJ CD23 ($2400), the Underwood modded 3910 and two $8-10K dedicated CDP's owned by friends. This makes our audio budget very happy. :-)This particular 3910's over-achieving is greatly ... | |
| I've found the cd player for analog lovers Onhwy61,We don't disagree. We're talking about different phenomena.I agree that "purist" recordings sound most lifelike within a certain volume range (though it's hardly a knife-edge adjustment). As classical listeners (and a little jazz), all of ... | |
| Tranfiguration Orpheus description Mark,re: piccolosA few weeks ago Dan_Ed and his wife rendezvoused at my place with Nick Doshi. The occasion was the delivery of Dan's new preamp. (I invited you but you were busy in FL - and please accept my belated condolences. I only just notice... | |
| I've found the cd player for analog lovers Mmakshak,The most interesting info on this thread is that you "find volume really critical". You've said this several times.Needing to play at one very precise gain setting to avoid distortions or edginess is a symptom. The problem is usually some... | |
| Little red gun next to turntable. Really. I'm not recommending it, obviously, but if you want the thing I'll mail it. The first $5 gets it. That covers packing tape, postage, gas to the post office and a Dunkin' Donuts stop. No higher bids will be accepted! :-) It's had virtually ... | |
| Little red gun next to turntable. I've got both a Zerostat and a Mapleshade Ionoclast.Anybody want the Ionoclast? It might make a good taser but it's useless for dissipating static buildup on LP's. | |
| Setting anti-skate Old Dual gimbal arms? Hey, I had a 1218 and a 1229 also. We must be long lost brothers! Warjarret,Most of us do adjust azimuth (I hope). As SirSpeedy said, since there's only one ideal setting for any given cartridge it's pretty much set and forge... | |
| Setting anti-skate Eldartford and SirSpeedy,My TriPlanar sounds alot better than my linear tracking HK/Rabco arms. Does that vote count? ;-)I'm with Mark on the scale. I will defend my .01g VTF adjustments to the death! :-) | |
| Setting anti-skate ...we need to figure out a final step which ACCURATLY provides the real adjustment. Warjarret,I think you're engaging in antiskate overkill. As I said above, there is no such thing as a perfect antiskate setting. The very notion is impossible and ... | |
| Recommend alignment protractor That's the first time I've seen or heard of that VdH gauge. It looks excellent, and nicely compact too. I may pick one up just for ha-ha's. Thanks! | |
| Recommend alignment protractor TurntableBasics.com sells a good two-point Baerwald protractor for just $20. The mirrored surface makes it easy to see and correct small cantilever alignment errors.It would be nice if the TTB's alignment grids were scribed with thin lines rather ... | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Dan,I think it was a 2.0mm error, but your points are well taken. | |
| Shelter and Triplanar matching ? Ken,Sota has had compatibility issues with the TriPlanar on some lower model tables with wood plinths and recessed armboards, but there should be no issues on a Millenium, other than the goof you already discovered of course. Geoff Husband of TNT-... |