dougdeacon
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| Opinions greatly appreciated Sdcampbell,I quite agree about the Shure V15VxMR. It's a good cartridge. Considering the price it's a GREAT cartridge. Unfortunately Krazeeyk's dad doesn't have a V, he has a IV. Different can o' worms. Until Krazeeyk returns to further enlighten ... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long Zaikesman, I remember posting somewhere (maybe on this thread but who could find it) that side weights threaded for in/out adjustability would be useful. I think the tungsten side weights on the Graham 2.2 are like that (4yanx?). My thought was ju... | |
| Cartridge Recommendation Kjl,Rather than contribute to this hailstorm of recommendations I'd like to ask a few questions:1. Could you list your system so we have the full picture? 'Dogcanskate' seemingly knows what phono stage you've got but it's a mystery to most of us.2... | |
| Opinions greatly appreciated Hi Krazeeyk,What turntable and tonearm is your dad using? No one could make a solid recommendation without knowing that. | |
| ikeda mc-transformer Raul,There are plenty of high gain tube phono stages, from near entry level right up to the world-beating Aesthetix Io. Obviously it's true that mine and Eduard's don't happen to be among them. Thus this thread.BTW, since you've become pretty acti... | |
| ikeda mc-transformer Raul,Perhaps we've beaten you up enough for now (on poor Eduard's nickel no less). As you just said, the results you prefer are the results you prefer - in your system and experience. That's a different perspective than a blanket statement that X ... | |
| Strange Tonearm Tweak. Long "Doug Deacon's HFNRR test record measurements with the Hifi mod installed on his OL Silver yielded a near perfect 11Hz vertical, and slightly higher horizontal with a Shelter 501 Mk II on his arm (if I remember his post correctly) Both were well b... | |
| ikeda mc-transformer Excuse me Raul, but any system requires a certain amount of gain between cartridge and power amp, or between cartridge and line stage if you have one. The question is how is that gain best achieved? If you don't have a transformer you must have ad... | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Rush,You're right about some of the CR remasterings. Off the top of my head I remember Solti/'Venice' and the much hyped Gibson/'Witches Brew' being quite glaring. I read somewhere or other that CR was attempting to emulate the classic Mercury sou... | |
| Classic Record RCA 45 rpm reissues - Which? Rushton,Looks like you'll just have to buy these five and post reviews. Please let us know what you think! ;-)FWIW, in addition to the Dorati 'Firebird' I have LSC-2374-45, Bartok, Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta, Reiner, CSO. It too i... | |
| Spacedeck compared with Gyrodec SE I'm right where Bmckenney is (ie, haven't heard either of those rigs). I HAVE heard a stock Rega and own a modded one (OL Silver). There's no comparison. I doubt a stock Rega could come anywhere near a Spacearm either.Otherwise you've got two well... | |
| Teres/Scheu-Help Rlmm,Like Twl and Bmckenney I've only heard a Teres (my 265). Other than that all I "know" is what I read online. I have directed people to both Teres and Scheu in the past, depending on their needs, location and budget. I've talked new owners thr... | |
| Teres/Scheu-Help Bmckenney, You obviously have some personal agenda and chose to hijack Rlmm's thread to throw a public temper tantrum. That was regrettable. If you anything to share regarding the tables Rlmm asked about I'm sure he'd like to hear it. I doubt he o... | |
| Sistrum/Grand Prix Racks for Turntable Support Randyk,I'll offer some additional theoretical musings. Like Stehno I haven't tried either of these racks, but I fully agree with his post. The Sistrum and Grand Prix are diametrically opposite in design philosophies.I have a situation similar to y... | |
| Phono preamp question Agaffer,As long as you're getting uncompressed dynamics and not pushing the Hovland above its own noise threshhold then I agree with Newbee. If you are experiencing either of those problems then I'd continue to look for a solution. A stepup tranny... |