dougdeacon
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| Keep Lenco or get Thorens or Rega? Agree with the above. A Lenco is not a plug and play rig. The kudos offered by hundreds of Lenco-philes all assume some mods and upgrades... quite a bit, usually.If DIYing and modding isn't your thing, a Lenco might not be the best rig for you. OT... | |
| Turntable upgrade, tweaks, or stay put? Some tweaks might help, but in the end you're right that your vinyl rig is weak compared to your digital setup. I've found that to do vinyl as well as good digital requires a larger investment. My universal disc player retails for $6K and it's qui... | |
| Andy Kim - Needle Clinic My Kleos sounded a little off lately, so I thought it should be checked out. I sent it to Andy Kim. It turns out all that was needed was the stylus required a cleaning and polishing. Glad you got it looked at by an honest guy and kudos to Andy Kim... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue Ralph,As this info isn't in the owner's manual, it ought to be included in the TriPlanar Tips thread. Please consider posting a synopsis there.Doug | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue :-) | |
| World's largest vinyl record Such a lovely place, Such a lovely face. | |
| Phono stage good for classical and jazz? +1 to BR3098's question. In particular, without knowing what cartridge(s) you plan to use it's impossible to say which phono stages would be suitable. For instance, the Quicksilver mentioned by Lewm would be suitable for MMs and many HOMCs, but wo... | |
| Brinkmann Bardo and Tri-Planar VII-U armrest issue +1 to Ralph's (Atmasphere's) posts. Just do what he said. I've corrected two TriPlanars this way myself. Don't take the screw out all the way, loosen just enough to make the adjustment.Be careful not to stress the bearings. Hold onto the VTA tower... | |
| Interesting analog experience Stringreen, good question ("Can aliatoric music be recorded?"). One might similarly ask if improvisational music (like live jazz) can be recorded. I suppose the answer is "yes", but that any such recording is only a snapshot in time of one particl... | |
| Interesting analog experience My cats also react to music being played on vinyl. They never react to music played digitally. It's quite strange! | |
| Interesting analog experience Elinor, I was saying just the opposite (and I believe you misunderstand the nature of 4'33").As Stringreen noted, an actual performance (or recorded performance) of 4'33" does NOT sound like "nothing". There will typically be audience coughs and s... | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... Arnie, Thanks for confirming my supposition. It seemed self-evident from the differences between Schroeder's traditional bearing and the bearings on the LT, but an ears-on report is always best.Another advantage is that with the old bearing, arm h... | |
| Interesting analog experience This works best if you're spinning John Cage's 4'33". | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... @ Secretguy, lol. Or how about my HK/Rabco ST-8? It still runs great and the LT mechanism works as flawlessly as it ever did (wink). Of course the signal path is noisy as hell, but hey... | |
| Linear tracking tonearms..... There's no question that a LT's ability to reduce tracking angle distortion to near zero produces superior sound, provided of course that all other things are held equal. The problem, of course, is that all other things are NEVER equal.To take one... |